StoryTree
StoryTree is a creative hub that celebrates art of all kinds! Bringing together poets, authors, painters, photographers, and more.
We release multiple publications a year, including our Quarterly Magazine and our collaborative project StoryTree In Conversation. StoryTree Quarterly releases in January, April, July, and October. StoryTree In Conversation is a sporadic project - follow us on Instagram to keep informed about when the project is next running!
StoryTree hosts monthly events at The Bungalow in Paisley. Our events include issue launches, open mics, poetry slams, and creative showcases.
We were founded on the phrase “Every word was once a story.” A quote paraphrased from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on poetic theory, The Poet. We platform work that seeks to unearth the hidden stories all around us. The poem caught in the teeth of a comb. The painting falling through the autumn leaves. The prose wrapped in the freshly changed bedsheets.
About Us
StoryTree was founded in 2025 by award-winning spoken word poet, artist, and writer, Georgia Francis.
Francis holds a first class honours degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University.
Francis’ debut poetry collection, Fainting Girl, depicts her experiences with adolescence, chronic illness, disability, love, and sexuality. It released in March 2025, published by Quiet Island (formerly Speculative Books). Fainting Girl won the Silver Award for Poetry in The 2025 Reader Views Literary Awards. Francis has featured in numerous anthologies and publications, including Soft Publishing's Trans & Disabled Love Anthology, The Poetry's Dead Anthology Volume 2, Speculative Books' The SpecBook 2024, Wishbone Words, Fried Egg Magazine, and StoryTree.
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Francis has performed her poetry at numerous events including, Poetry at Inn Deep, Curlers Cosy Corner, Candlelight at The Old Toll Bar, and Crisp Packet Poetry. In 2019, she supported poet, filmmaker, and musician Sean Lìonadh at his debut book launch. In 2025, Francis made her hosting debut at the StoryTree Issue 1 Launch at The Bungalow.