Storyteller Word Warbler

Tanya’s love of stories and storytelling was fostered by her Dad and stepfather and being the tuākana of eight children, she found having a story up her sleeve always useful. Over the last thirty years she has shared her mahi in as many countries as years, to both adults and tamariki as a performance storyteller and author.

She has authored eleven books and sixteen storytelling albums. She is available to share her mahi at festivals, schools, early childhood centres, museums, libraries and for commissions. She is currently touring her performances ‘Mary Bumby’s Hive of Story’ and ‘Toby or not to be – Stories of death and dying’.

“She is a spellbinder. In all my years of telling and listening to stories I have never heard anyone who can match Tanya Batt. Only a few story tellers can send shivers of joy up a child's spine. Tanya Batt is the best of those who can.”

Paul Jennings, Australian Author