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Notice of passing: Aubrey Davis, d. December 2022
We are sad to share the news that storyteller Aubrey Davis passed away in December 2022.
From Quill & Quire: "Children’s author and storyteller Aubrey Davis, who published four award-winning picture books with Kids Can Press, is being remembered as an exuberant and captivating storyteller. Davis died on December 15, the Idries Shah Foundation announced." Click here to read more.
From the Idries Shah Foundation: "We’re sad to announce the passing of ISF’s friend, Aubrey Davis, the Canadian writer and master storyteller. Aubrey began to tell these stories in nursing homes, schools, festivals, libraries and jails. For some 17 years, he used teaching-stories to help special needs students in Toronto. Aubrey also worked tireleslly through the Institute for Cross-cultural Exchange and Books Without Borders to make Shah’s children’s books available to kids in need in deprived societies around the world. His efforts ensured that a quarter of-a-million books were donated to children in Canada and Afghanistan alone." Click here to read more.