Brett Dillingham performs and teaches storytelling in Ireland, England, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Viet Nam, Costa Rica, Africa, Canada, Alaska and the Lower 48 states. His work has been presented at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and he has performed live storytelling on National Public Radio, the Calgary International Children's Festival, the National American Reads conference, the Reading Association of Ireland, the National Migrant Education conference, the World Congress on Reading, and the International Reading Association. In his workshops, Brett teaches storytelling and poetry as performance literacy. Brett is also the author of the children’s book "Raven Day" (McGraw Hill, 2001) and the teacher resource "Performance Literacy Through Storytelling" (Maupin House, 2009). He is a past president of the Alaska State Literacy Association.
Brett is a sought after educator and speaker and is frequently invited to present keynote addresses at conferences in the U.S. and Europe. He teaches workshops on Performance Literacy in which students write and perform their own stories and poems to real audiences. In addition to his teaching, Brett is a world-class storyteller, a powerhouse performer in complete command of his art form. Audiences from Africa to Ireland agree that his riveting storytelling presentations—ranging from the traditional Alaskan tales of his homeland to Inuit legends to original stories—are told with a unique, compelling style.
