Presenters From Festivals 1997 - 2006

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ANGIE ABDOU2007 Festival

MARK ABLEY    2002 Festival
 - Born in 1955 in England, grew up in England, northern Ontario, southern Alberta, and central Saskatchewan. 
 - a frequent contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, CBC Radio's Ideas, and The Canadian Forum.   

DAVID ALBAHARI     1998 Festival
- born in Yugoslavia, studied at Belgrade University
- winner of 1992 Ivo Andric Award for Opis Smrti (Description of Death)
-New: Words Are Something Else (Northwestern University Press, 1996); Tsing (Bayeux Arts, 1997)

EDNA ALFORD     2000 Festival
- Winner of the Gerald Lampert award for A Sleep Full of Dreams (short stories)
- Founding Editor of Dandelion Magazine
- Editor of Grain from 1990 - 1995
- Anthologized in seven volumes

ARKADIA    2000 Festival
-  9-member Musical Performers
- April 1999 The Bridge their first album was released
- 1999 Song of the Year (Toronto Greek- Canadian Music Awards)
- Air play in Canada, USA, Radio One ( Athens Greece), Galaxias Greek Radio (Australia)
- Members include: George Dimas, Staurola Fourlas, Stephen Lentzos, Nick Kourles, Jim Fourlas, Ionna Hasapis, Trevor Magoulioutius, Sophie Yannitsos, Scott Johnson

DAVID ARNASON     2002 Festival
 - born in Gimli, Manitoba, in 1940. 
 - Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba, and does most of his writing in Gimli.
 - works include two collections of poetry, Marsh Burning and Skrag, and four collections of short stories.

ARROGANT WORMS    1998, 2002 & 2006 Festivals
-hilarious musical satirists, originally from Kingston, Ontario
-stars of concerts and the fringe circuit
-several appearances on “Basic Black”
-recent releases: Russell’s Shorts, Live Bait and C’est Cheese

MARGARET ATWOOD     2006 Festival

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ANNE BAIGNOCHE      2004  Festival
- performs in musical and theatrical productions
- has her own production company called La Leona Productions
- wrote, produced and presented the production called "The Havana Project." 

BRENDA BAKER      1997, 1998,  2000 and 2001  Festival
- The Maleness of God - 1999 winner of the Saskatchewan Book award for fiction
- Popular, well-loved and versatile Saskatchewan entertainer
- Star of the children's show Prairie Berry Pie

JO BANNATYNE-CUGNET (SK): 1999 Festival
- Children's author and winner of the Mr. Christie Book Award for A Prairie Alphabet.

BYRNA BARCLAY (SK) 1999 & 2005 Festival
- Author of six novels including Crosswinds (Coteau 1995) winner of Best Fiction, Saskatchewan Book Awards.
- To The Nth Degree was a winner in Prairie Fires Long Short Story Contest 1999

JOAN BARFOOT  2003 Festival 

GORDON BARNHART (SK)  2002 Festival
 - Born and raised in Saltcoats, SK.
- served as clerk of the Saskatchewan legislature from 1969 to 1989, and served as clerk of the Senate for five years, from 1989 to 1994.  
 - Peace, Progress, Prosperity :A biography of Saskatchewan’s first premier, T. Walter Scott. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 2000

KIMMY BEACH          2004 Festival

- third collection of poetry, fake Paul
- two previous collections, Nice Day for Murder: poems for James Cagney (2001) and Alarum Within: theatre poems (2003).

SHERI BENNING      2005 Festival

MARJORIE BEAUCAGE* (AB)    1999 Festival
- Independent film & video artist
- Selected Works include here are your instructions

JEFF BEESLEY: 1998  and 2001 Festival
-Moose Jaw native
-Acclaimed writer, director and producer of documentary films; feature film in the works
-Credits: Portrait of a Young Artist (1996),  Percy, Me and Bobby McGee (1996), The Last Word from Moose Jaw (1997), Sparkle, Borderline Normal (2000)

VEN BEGAMUDRE (SK)   1999 Festival
- Winner of the City of Regina Writing Award for fiction & non-fiction & the F.G. Bressani Literary prize for prose.
- Novels include Laterna Magika (oolichan Books, 1997), & Van de Graaff Days (Oolichan Books, 1993)

BARNEY BENTALL  2003 Festival 

WENDY BERNER   1998 Festival
- extraordinarily talented professional Canadian storyteller
- a repertoire of folktales from cultures around the world
- audio cassette: Just (?) Desserts and Other Savoury Tales

STEVEN MICHAEL BERZENSKY (SK)     1997 and 1999 Festival
- Poet and winner of the 1998 Saskatchewan Book Award (poetry) for Variations on the Birth of Jacob (The Muses Company, 1998). The cover art work was also his.
- He has taught workshops and courses in creative writing all around Saskatchewan.
- Author of five books including The Blue Pools of Paradise (Coteau, 1983), winner of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Poetry manuscript award.

ANTHONY BIDULKA     2006 Festival

DORIS BIRCHAM    1997 Festival and 2007 Festival
- has written cowboy poetry for adults and has co-authored books for children.
- Doris is part of Prairie Women, a three-voice presentation with Judy Nelson and Anne Slade

SANDRA BIRDSELL    1997, 1998, 2002& 2006 Festivals
- Marian Engel Award, W. H. Smith /Books in Canada first novel award, and the McNally Robinson prize.
-1997 Saskatchewan Book Awards winner- The Two-Headed Calf, (McClelland and Stewart, 1997)
 - The Russlander, 2002 was nominated for the prestigious Giller Prize.

MARY H. BISHOP 2001 Festival
- teacher-librarian in Saskatoon
- Tunnels of Time is her first book publication

SUE BLAND (SK)  1999 Festival
- Writer and illustrator of Madame de Toucainvilles Magnificent Hat.

MARTHA BLUM     2000 Festival
- Born in 1913 in a part of Austria (now inside the Ukraine)
- Studied at universities in Bucharest, Prague, Strasbourg and Paris
- 1999 Saskatchewan Writing Awards - Best First Book and the Saskatoon Book Award for The Walnut Tree (Coteau)

RITA BOUVIER      2004 Festival
- has served public education for thirty years in varying capacities:
- a book of poetry (Blueberry Clouds), a book co-edited with Angela Ward entitled, Resting Lightly on Mother Earth,  highlighting experiences of Aboriginal teachers in publicly funded schools in Saskatchewan 

GAIL BOWEN   1997, 2001 and 2002 Festivals
- author of Joanne Kilbourn murder mysteries.  Deadly Appearance was nominated for the W.H. Smithbooks in Canada award; A Colder Kind of Death  won the Arthur Ellis Award.
- assistant professor of English at the Saskatchewan Indian Federation College, University of Regina

GEORGE BOWERING (BC)    2002 and 2003 Festivals
 - born in 1936 in Penticton, B.C., and attended Victoria College (Victoria, B.C.), University of British Columbia, and University of Western Ontario.  
 - writer in Residence, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68.  Teaching: University of Calgary, 1963-66; Sir George Williams University (now Concordia Univ.), 1968-71; Simon Fraser University, 1972-2001 
 - Governor General’s Award for Poetry, 1969 (Shortlist, 2000)
 - Governor-General’s Award for Fiction, 1980.

TIM BOWLING  2001 Festival
- published three collections of poetry, Low Water Slack, Dying Scarlet, The Thin Smoke of the Heart
- winner of the Petra Kenney International Poetry Prize, and the Alberta Book Award for Poetry

MELANIE BOYD     2002 Festival
 - works in youth programming, community development, adult education, cultural promotion, and free-lance writing.  
 - has designed and facilitated workshops and seminars for thousands of people on topics ranging from intergenerational programs to life story writing.

DIONNE BRAND2007 Festival

BEVERLEY BRENNA    2000 and 2003 Festivals
- Conducts writing workshops for children ages 10-12
- Uses puppets and props for creative interaction
- The Keeper of the Trees (Ronsdale Press) newest title

ELIZABETH BREWSTER   1998 and 2003 Festivals
-Recipient 1995 Saskatchewan Arts Board Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts
-Poetry collection, Footnotes to the Book of Job, (Oberon) shortlisted for ‘96 Governor-General’s Award

ROBERT BRINGHURST  2003 Festival 

IAN BROWN     2006 Festival

DONNA BRUNSDALE (AB) 1999 Festival
- Independent film artist (Cheerful Tearful) and teacher of Guerilla Filmmaking.

NICOLE BROSSARD   2005 Festival

ALF BRYAN     2000 Festival
- Born and raised in the Tugaske area, where he still resides
- Columnist for Grainews
- Columns collected and published in I May be Wrong but..., The best of Alf Bryan Vol. I & II
- Fiction titles: Cradle of Vanadis and Katherine

BONNIE BURNARD    2000 Festival
- Writer, creative writing teacher and reviewer
- Winner of the 1999 Giller Award for A Good House (HarperCollins)
- Winner of Marian Engel Award for body of work
- Women of Influence named Commonwealth Best Book in 1989

CLIFF BURNS  1998 Festival
-Canadian speculative fiction writer with over 100 published short stories
-Violins in the Void (poetry/prose) (1996) and The Reality Machine (novel) (Black Dog Press, 1997)

GARY BURNS* (AB)  1999 Festival
- Among the top ten directors and screenwriters in Canada.
- His works include The Suburbanators (1995) and Kitchen Party (1998).

SHARON BUTALA (SK)    1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 & 2006 Festivals
- Fiction and non-fiction writer and winner of the $10,000 Marian Engel Award, an annual prize given to a female Canadian writer for life-time achievement.
- Twice nominated for Governor General's Award
- The Perfection of the Morning (HarperCollins, 1994) was No. 1 on Bestseller list for 22 weeks

BRENT BUTT 2001 Festival
- represented Canada at the world’s largest international comedy festival Just For Laughs
- nominated for a Gemini Award in the category of Best Comedy Performance

GREG BUTTON (SK)  1999 Festival
- His first book, Inside of Midnight, was published in 1993 (Thistledown)
- Poems have appeared in " Ariel", "Grain",& "The NewQuarterly"

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