Poet and activist Muriel Rukseyer said "The universe is made of stories not atoms". Some animal communication could be described as storytelling, crows maintain intergenerational grudges , elephants mourn their dead, and seek revenge, and orcas wear dead salmon as hats, but as far as we understand, we're the only animals who use allegory and metaphor, myth and imagination. Award-winning author Lauren Beukes digs into how stories shape who we are and who we could be, and looks at ways to tell better stories using practical and creative techniques in a workshop format.