Angie Abdou was born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She received an Honours B.A. in English from the University of Regina and an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario. She is in the final stages of a Ph.D in English Literature at the University of Calgary. Angie currently teaches at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, British Columbia and makes her home in Fernie with her husband (Marty), children (Ollie and Katie), and dog (Brock). Her work has been published in several Canadian literary journals, including Other Voices, The Windsor Review, and Grain. She has also published two books -- Anything Boys Can Do (a collection of short stories) and The Bone Cage (a novel) -- and is hard at work revising a novel about mountain culture (tentatively called The Canterbury Trail). For more information, see www.abdou.ca.
Keynote Speaker - Teen Writing Experience - Moose Jaw
Alice Kuipers was born in London, England. She moved to Saskatoon in 2003. Her first novel, Life on the Refrigerator Door, was published in 28 countries and won several awards. Her second, The Worst Thing She Ever Did, is coming out in May 2010. She has had stories and poems published in literary magazines and anthologies, and one of her stories was the inspiration for a short film. Her non-fiction has been published in Easy Living Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph and The Bristol Review of Books. She has taught creative writing in Panama, Hong Kong, Canada, the UK and for Sage Hill.
Keynote Speaker - Teen Writing Experience - Saskatoon
Daniel Macdonald is a playwright, director and educator. His plays have been produced and workshopped in Canada and the United States. Pageant premiered at the Alberta Theatre Projects PlayRites Festival and has been produced in Regina, Fort MacMurray and Austin, Texas. MacGregor's Hard Ice Cream and Gas premiered at Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and has been produced at Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg), Ship's Company (Nova Scotia) and Shadow Theatre (Edmonton). His play Velocity was part of the Lark Play Development Centre's Playwrights Week 2007 in New York and was part of the Saskatchewan Spring Festival of New Plays. He has written several pieces with and for high school students including the dramas Waking and Tragedie. He also wrote several short pieces for the Globe Theatre's On the Line series (12 Menus, Negotiations). Macdonald is a recipient of the Regina Writer's Award and is a two time recipient of the SIMPIA (Saskatchewan) award for film acting. Daniel is past president of the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre and has served on its board for eight years. He lives, writes and teaches in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Keynote Speaker - Teen Writing Experience - Regina