Lisburn City Library Yarnspinners with Vicky McFarland

March brings International Women's Day, the anniversary of Ireland's last witch trial and a certain famous Saint's Day. Join Vicky McFarland this March as she shares stories of ladies, lovers and luck. Vicky is a storyteller and writer originally from England, now settled in Larne. An animated teller, Vicky has a knack for taking a story and making it her own. 

Storyteller and writer, Vicky McFarland, has been weaving tales since 2008. An animated and engaging teller, Vicky loves to immerse herself and her audience in the landscape of the stories she tells.

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Winner of the National Literacy Trust’s short story prize for re-imagined folktales in 2017, she has a number of stories published in anthologies and writes for clients such as the BBC Teach and BBC NI Writersroom, Anorak Magazine, FunKids, Onebillion.org, the Education Authority and local councils. Vicky has performed at Edinburgh Fringe and Stendhal festivals, as well at community settings across NI and the UK.

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Vicky fell in love with the beautiful Antrim Coast and moved here in 2015 to put down roots and raise a family.