Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky

Yarn stroytelling "The First White Man, the story of William Buckley"

Jan Wositzky is a writer / storyteller / musician / singer who plays banjo, mouth organ, bones, spoons and ukelele.

You pronounce Jan as "Yarn" and Wositzky is just phonetic.

You may know Jan as....

  • a founder of the Bushwackers Band and voice on the Bushwackers Band Dance Album
  • a broadcaster on ABC Radio
  • the author of best-selling books such as: Tommy Woodcock; The Fruitcake of Australian Stories; The Bushwackers Song Book; Born Under the Paperbark Tree
  • a renowned storyteller / musician whose shows are a unique mix of story and song
  • not to mention the best bones and spoons player in the land!

In BUCKLEY, Jan 'YARN' Wositzky's shamanistic storytelling draws you irresistibly into the unknowable, black-white world of William Murrangurk Buckley. The show is moving, elating even.
Robyn Annear, Author Bearbrass, Nothing But Gold

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