Spotlight on Presenters: Sharon Plumb

Sharon Plumb grew up in the mountains of northern British Columbia, writing stories in a small town that no longer exists. Then she moved to the flat prairies, where she writes stories about places that exist only in her imagination. She has written picture books, novels, poems, songs, and plays. She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. When she isn’t writing, you can find her on her bike or in her garden (in the summer) and trying to finish up the other things she has to do so she can get back to writing.

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Spotlight on Presenters: Ryan Dueck

Ryan Dueck established iPM Occupational Therapy after recognizing a need for injury prevention in the workplace industry.   He has worked in vocational and workplace rehabilitation for ten years in Saskatoon and experienced first hand the importance of addressing injuries before they progress. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology and a Masters Degree in Biomechanics (the study of human movement) from the University of Saskatchewan, and his Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Manitoba. His ergonomics training includes the Professional Residency Program with Roy Matheson and Associates as well as continuing education seminars across Canada with professional Ergonomists.

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Spotlight on Presenters: Miriam Körner

Miriam Körner is originally from Germany, and fell in love with Northern Saskatchewan one brutally cold winter morning when she lost her dog team on Bigstone Lake – and shortly after, with the man who rescued her team. Miriam is the author of two award-winning YA novels and co-author and illustrator of five picture books. Her latest picture book Fox and Bear is an environmental fable for all ages and the illustrations were made out of reused cardboard and tree-free paper. 

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Spotlight on Presenters: Kristine Scarrow

Kristine Scarrow is the author of young adult novels, short fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. She has a special interest in writing as a healing art and offers writing workshops. She has also taught Sage Hill Teen Writing Experience for several years and has worked with all age groups through her work as a five-year Writer-in-Residence at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon. Kristine is currently working on a YA novel and an adult fiction novel and is the Saskatoon Public Library Writer in Residence for 2022-2023. As a busy mother of three children, she is thrilled to be fulfilling her lifelong dreams of writing.

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Spotlight on Presenters: Judith Silverthorne

Judith Silverthorne is a multiple international -award winning Canadian author of numerous books for children, young adults and adults, several of which have been translated into other languages. She has also worked as a journalist, manuscript evaluator, researcher and book reviewer, and written several hundred articles and columns for newspapers and magazines. She was the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild from 2010 until 2017, and in 2018-2019 was the Writer-in-Residence at the Regina Public Library. Judith currently works as a freelance writer/scriptwriter, writing workshop instructor, book and script editor, and consultant. She is the CEO of Silverlight Productions Inc and produces films and documentaries for television.

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Spotlight on Presenters: Jeanne Martinson

Jeanne Martinson is an author of ten books and an editor and publisher of more than 30 titles written by others. She launched Wood Dragon Books, a hybrid publisher, in 2019. WDB publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction in audiobook, digital and print formats. WDB is based in Mossbank, Saskatchewan and works with authors from across Canada and designers from across the world. When not editing and publishing the words of others, Jeanne works on her own fiction series and launched the first book, If It Wasn’t For the Money, under the name J.A. Martine.

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Spotlight on Presenters: Crispi Lord

Crispi Lord is an actor/creator/designer based in Saskatoon and trained at the University Of Saskatchewan and The Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre (CA,USA).  As head puppet wrangler with Wide Open Children’s Theatre they have been designing and building sets and puppets for twenty two years.  Their latest endeavors include exploring the tiny world of tabletop puppetry with characters that are 6″ tall.  Recently they were the grateful recipient of the Henry Woolf award for Continuing Achievement in Theatre from the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards.  Theatre highlights include: Titus A. Puppet. Revenge (Shakespeare on The Saskatchewan/Stumped Productions), The Snow Queen (Dancing Sky Theatre), Frosty The Snowperson (Wide Open), Balloonacy (Wide Open), Tuo On The Moon (Wide Open).

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