Storytelling Appearances

Is your elementary class or public library looking for something special to interest its children? 

Invite author/storyteller Heather Jopling to come in and weave her word magic for your kids.  Heather has extensive experience with public performance and is always thrilled to share her diversity-friendly, quirky stories with young audiences. 

Enjoy tales of a Galloping Granny, an Only Child who really isn’t, and a mother who is obsessed with socks.  

Heather’s diversity-friendly stories and books embrace JK to Grade Three Curriculum and encourage children to participate in the storytelling experience.   

Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Guest Lectures

For older students, post-secondary schools and community groups looking for a new and unique perspective on
what it means to be a "family"

Invite Heather to share her fascinating experiences with surrogacy and modern diverse families. Learn about her life as a mother, author, publisher, playright and actor. Challenge your pre-conceptions with Heather's open and frank insights into the complex issues of family diversity.

About Heather

Heather Jopling, author/founder of Nickname Press has a degree in theatre and has lead workshops in both high school and camp programs as a theatre specialist.  With Nickname Press Heather has performed many readings and story-telling, including Pride Toronto’s Family Pride, Writing Outside the Margin’s Children’s Area, Word on the Street Toronto. She has also made several lecturing appearances at local Ontario schools reading her books and talking about the writing process.  Heather has been a guest speaker for prospective same-sex parents at The 519 Community Centre in Toronto. She has also brought her unique experience of surrogacy and modern diverse families to the CBC’s Gill Deacon Show and Rogers’ The Parenting Show.