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R.P. MacIntyre

Author

P.O. Box 56
Candle Lake, SK
S0J 3E0
Phone: (306) 929.2628
Fax: (306) 929.2604
Email: rpmacintyre@yahoo.com
Web: http://macrdd.sasktelwebsite.net/homepage.html

Born: Feb 18, 1947. Saskatoon, SK.
Family: Sharyn Swann

Biography

Rod is a fiction writer and editor. He once studied to be a priest, worked in a sawmill, on lobster boats, in hospitals and drove cab. He has also worked as a playwright, director and actor in theatre and film. He performs numerous readings and workshops throughout Canada. His writing credits date back to the late sixties and not specifically included in this "Bio" are radio commentaries over the local, regional, and national network of the CBC, miscellaneous magazine articles, and various writing-competition juries. His significant interests are his family, social issues, history and golf — though not always in that order. He is accustomed to travelling and working in a variety of settings.

Published Works

Revved, Thistledown Press, 2002
Up All Night, (Editor) Thistledown Press, 2001
The Sins of St. Dave, Playwrights Union of Canada,1998
The Crying Jesus, Thistledown Press 1997
Takes, (Editor) Thistledown Press 1996
The Blue Camaro, Thistledown Press, 1994
Yuletide Blues, Thistledown Press, 1991

Awards

Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Short MS Award for The Ring, 2004.
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Individual Assistance "B" Grant to write new fiction, 2004.
Saskatchewan Book Awards Saskatoon Book of the Year for "The Crying Jesus", 1998.
Canadian Library Association, Young Adult Book of the Year, for "Takes", 1997.
Saskatchewan Book Awards, Saskatchewan Publishing in Education Award for "Takes", 1996.
Canada Council, "B" grant, writing, "The Crying Jesus" story collection $15,000.00. 1996.
Saskatchewan Arts Board, "B" grant, writing, play, "White River Junction," $12,000.00. 1996.
Vicky Metcalf Award for Short Fiction, for "The Rink", 1993.

Other Memberships

Among his professional memberships are the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP), the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre (SPC), the Saskatchewan Writers Guild (SWG), The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) (and he was a founding member of the Guild of Canadian Playwrights -- now Playwrights Union of Canada, PUC).

Available For

Readings: grades three and up; any number. Readings are part story-telling (Why am I a writer?) part stand-up, part Q & A, and part actual reading.

Workshops: grades six and up; restricted to number of writing spaces. Ask that groups be age-homogenous. Workshop is technical but interactive focusing on "Essential Parts of Story."