Terry Jordan (writer)

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Terry Jordan is a fiction writer, musician, essaying and dramatist whose stage plays have been produced across the country, in the U.S and Ireland. His book of stories It's a Hard Cow, won a Saskatchewan Book Award and was nominated for the Commonwealth Book Prize [1] . His novel, Beneath That Starry Place was published internationally. Jordan taught Creative Writing at Concordia University, Montreal, and was the first Margaret Laurence Fellow at Trent University. In the past he facilitated the Fiction workshop at Sage Hill Writing Experience, served as Writer in Residence at the Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg Public Libraries, and Okanagan College [2] .

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References

  1. "Campbell River writer-in-res looking for aspring playwrights". Campbell River Mirror. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. "Mackie Lake House announces winners of writer-in-residence program". The Daily Courier . 10 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2024.