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Discover what’s growing beyond the stage — new Flame initiatives and inspiring projects from Flamsters whose storytelling journeys continue to evolve. From fresh collaborations to bold independent ventures, this is where the stories sparked at The Flame continue to take shape and move into the world.
Deborah Williams developed her love of storytelling at an early age. It helps when your father—and grandfather too—are big on bedtime stories.
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"My dad's stories were always sort of a big adventure," recalls Williams on the phone from her home near Main and 33rd. "He actually grew up on MacDonald Street in Vancouver, so now I can see all these places that he talked about. He and his best friend made their own canoe out of birch bark, and paddled through Pitt Lake and Pitt River and then all the way home down the Fraser River, and carried it up through the marshes.
