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Storyteller Leah Lamb brings her illustrated book with artist Mark Smith, The Little Book of Change, and the community-hosted Gatherings of Change Tour to Orcas Island with an evening of storytelling that shares stories from The Little Book of Change while also calling for stories from the community.
The Orcas Island gathering is hosted by Tabitha Rose of Held Space Studio.
How do we prepare for Change? How do we make sure that our communities are connected, resilient, and ready to walk us to the threshold?
The Gatherings of Change Tour is a new kind of book tour that hosts highly interactive community gatherings where everyone is invited to share their stories of wisdom and experience, and even ask for help.
Born in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, The Little Book of Change: A Storied Guide to Navigating Transitions, Loss, and New Beginnings (WOVEN Publishing) is Lamb and Smith’s illustrated companion for the moments when life asks us to begin again.
The 246-page book brings together short stories, reflective practices and rituals that readers can open to at any point in their own process of change. Its chapters follow the arc of a transition, from Courting Change and Know Thyself through Threshold, Loss and Crisis, to Rituals for Transition, Integration and Arrival.
Inside, readers will find:
- Short stories exploring change through relationships, learning, loss, historical trauma and personal transformation
- Reflective practices for understanding how we relate to change, making choices, navigating endings and envisioning what comes next
- Rituals for marking endings, crossing thresholds and integrating what has been learned
Smith’s illustrations weave throughout the book, offering a visual language that accompanies readers through the many stages of change.
What: An Evening of Stories of Change and book signing
When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Where: Held Space Studio, Orcas Island
Host: Tabitha Rose of Held Space Studio
Tickets: https://www.
When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Where: Held Space Studio, Orcas Island
Host: Tabitha Rose of Held Space Studio
Tickets: https://www.
Why Now?
At a time when people are navigating climate disruption, displacement, loss, changing relationships and profound shifts in how we live and work, Lamb offers another way to think about change: not simply as something to survive, but as a practice we can learn.
“The book became a love letter to our times, filled with stories that can help carry us through hard times,” Lamb said. “I wanted to create something that could support people at every stage of life, no matter what threshold they are crossing, and strengthen the power of their own stories. Our resilience comes from our connection, and our connection comes through sharing our stories.”
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