Berni Stapleton

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Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright. [1] Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction. [2]

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Life

Stapleton was born in North West River and raised in Marystown. [1] She was a playwright-in-residence with the Playwright's Workshop Montreal, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, PARC, as well as other national companies. [3] She was also the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre for eleven years. [4] She has a production company called In Conjunction. [5] In 2019, Stapleton was named Memorial University's writer-in-residence. [1] [6] She has also received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands. [5]

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  2. 1 2 "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Past Recipients". Atlantic Book Awards. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. 1 2 3 "PARC Playwright Profile - Berni Stapleton". Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  4. 1 2 "Berni Stapleton". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. 1 2 "Berni Stapleton" (PDF). Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. 1 2 3 Harron, Janet (2019-09-09). "Celebrated playwright - Bernie Stapleton announced as writer-in-residence 2019-20". Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  7. ↑ Peters, Helen. "View of They Let Down Baskets, text Berni Stapleton, photographs Jamie Lewis, and CD Chris Brookes. | Newfoundland and Labrador Studies" . Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. ↑ Cull, Kerri (2015-09-01). "Shakespeare, Cats, and Mummies: This is Berni Stapleton". The Overcast. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  9. ↑ "This is the Cat". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  10. ↑ "It's a Newfoundland wake, Broadway-style, in new musical No Change in the Weather". CBC News. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  11. 1 2 "Between Breaths - Berni Stapleton". National Arts Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  12. ↑ "RCA Presents Offensive to Some by Berni Stapleton". Resource Centre for the Arts. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  13. ↑ "Our Frances". Theatre Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  14. ↑ "OUR FRANCES by Berni Stapleton and Theatre Newfoundland Labrador". The Rainhall Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  15. ↑ "NLAC - News - July 2, 2015 - Berni Stapleton wins 2014 Rhonda Payne Theatre Award". Arts NL. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  16. ↑ "New book and award for Berni Stapleton". The Telegram. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
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