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Marie Powell

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My castle-hopping trips across Wales resulted in my award-winning YA historical fantasy series Last of the Gifted, Spirit Sight (Book 1) and Water Sight (Book 2). This year, my new picture book Garden Song (Lilac Arch) joins my 40+ children's books with such publishers as Scholastic Education, Amicus, Lerner/ Lightning Bolt, Crabtree, and others.

My short stories and poetry appear in such literary magazines as subTerrain, Room, and Transition, and my nonfiction articles appear in print and online. My degrees include a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, along with a Master of Arts, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communications, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

My experience includes being Virtual Writer-in-Residence for the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild (SWG), instructor for the Sage Hill Teen Writing Workshop, and mentor for CANSCAIP, SWG, and TWUC. For the past four years, I've edited the chapbook of newcomer stories, "Opening Doors Through Stories" (SWG and Regina Open Door Society). As well, I have been editor for the literary magazines Spring and Windscript, and I've led writing workshops for Live Arts as well as schools, libraries, and associations across the region. This year I'll give my first international workshop for the Historical Novel Society in Ireland. My experience includes being a library programmer for preschool and school-aged programs, and teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL), journalism, and theatre. In my spare time, I experiment in gardening, medieval cooking, and cat whispering.
Available For
Readings
Workshops
Authoring educational books and series
Writing projects
Research
Editing
Related activities
School Visits
Elementary and high school readings and workshops for SkArts' Live Arts program, and for various schools in the region, including Regina and area, Lajord, Avonlea, Broadview, Sedley, Moose Jaw, Assiniboia (full list of schools, workshop list, and references available on request)
Publications
Last of the Gifted: Spirit Sight & Water Sight (Wood Dragon Books)
Word Families I, II, and III (six-book series, Amicus Publishing)
Punctuation Station (six-book series, Amicus Publishing)
Vowels (six-book series, Amicus Publishing)
Unsolved (Crabtree)
Asking Questions about Video Games (Cherry Hill)
Meet a Baby Ostrich (Lerner/Lightning Bolt)
Traditional Stories of the Plains Nations; Traditional Stories of the Arctic and Subarctic (Core Libraries)
Nations of the Arctic and Subarctic (Child's World)
Travel with the Great Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan; Jacques Cartier (Crabtree)
Dragonflies Are Amazing (Scholastic Education)
Articles published and broadcast in more than 70 regional, national, and international markets
Short fiction and poetry published in such anthologies as Ghostly and such literary magazines as subTerrain, Room, and Transition (please see my website or contact me for more details)
Performances and Exhibitions
Virtual and in-person readings, workshops & book launches across Western Canada, in such venues as the Surrey International Writing Conference; When Words Collide; SaskArts Live Arts program, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild; Vertigo; Regina Public Library; and regional libraries in Assiniboia, North Battleford, Broadview, Avonlea, and Windthorst. Upcoming appearance are listed at: https://mariepowell.ca/my-services/workshops-and-readings/
Awards
Moonbeam Bronze Medal, YA Fiction eBooks; Honourable Mention, Purple Dragonfly YA Fantasy and Science Fiction eBooks; Red Ribbon Award, Wishing Shelf; First Place Children's Writing, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, SWG Short Manuscript Awards; Lush Triumphant fiction contest; Room Magazine Fiction contest; Glimmer Train Honourable Mention; full list of awards and publications on request
Other Memberships
The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC)
Canadian Freelancers Guild (CFG)
Editors' Canada
Saskatchewan Writers Guild (SWG)
    

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