I can’t believe I was just 24 when I decided to start this amazing journey! I still have clippings of the first ever mentions of Big Ryan in newspaper clippings from 2001 and 2002. I had been storytelling for just over a year when Big Ryan was first published in a paper.

As you can see, the first few mentions didn’t understand the full title “Big Ryan’s Tall Tales” but believe me, back then I was just happy to be mentioned at all! I figured being called “Big Ryan the Storyteller” was better than not being called anything.

I will be posting quite a few gems from the past throughout the year to celebrate 25 years of being Big Ryan’s Tall Tales – so keep coming back to check it out!