We're a group of Toronto-based writers and storytellers and we believe that authentic stories are the key to human connection and community building.
Brianne Benness
Brianne Benness is a co-founding member of the Stories We Don’t Tell, a writer, editor, and the host of No End in Sight, a podcast about life with chronic illness. She is also the primary keeper of the #NEISvoid.
Paul Dore
Paul has worked in the film and television industry for twenty years as a producer, director, writer, and editor. In addition to his media work, Paul has written three books, been podcasting since the medium started, and is the co-founder and co-producer of Stories We Don’t Tell. Stories and storytelling have been an integral part of how Paul understands and interacts with the world, and hopes to inspire others to do the same. He lives in Toronto with his two aloe plants, Peter and Mary.
Joey Jakob
Out of both necessity and desire for knowledge, Joey has worked as a fruit picker, a fry cook, a prop-maker in film, an owner of a cooperatively run vegan punk restaurant, and completed a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture (not at the same time, don’t panic). Now working as UX Research Operations Manager at social storytelling powerhouse, Wattpad, Joey helps shape the future of digital storytelling. Always asking “why” and “what other contexts are we not considering,” she examines social life and sees stories in everything: stories are where the personal and the social meet, where people share experiences and discover human connections.
Stefan Hostetter
Stefan is probably best described as someone who doesn’t stop moving, whether that’s a positive thing is harder to discern. Since the first year of University he’s been obsessed with the power of community and the impact it can play on our lives. This obsession along with a belief in the need for a healthy planet has lead him to working on a variety of projects centred around the environment, culture, storytelling, and the oxford comma. While not a world traveller by any stretch of the imagination he was born and raised in Scarborough (which is pretty far) and tries to bring some of the wonder that comes from travelling here to the city.