Glen Bonham

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From Nightclub performer, to Live Show Producer. From owner of a notorious Biker Bar, to Television Producer. From Youth Camp Director to Pastor. From Screenwriter to Audio Drama Producer. When all is said and done, Glen Bonham has done it all - and loved every minute of it! “The experiences of the past have definitely prepared me for my current profession as writer/producer,” explains Glen.

  Although he was always a storyteller, it wasn’t until he was in his in mid-fifties that he decided to express his creative side through writing, which was a little unusual because the desire to write tends to express itself at a markedly younger age. Never-the-less, Glen was determined to write. Eventually his talent as a screenwriter caught the attention of The Visual Bible Company who commissioned Glen to write three screenplays that took him to Morocco for the filming as both writer and historical consultant.
 
Upon his return to Canada he wrote a screenplay for Sunny Days Productions called, ‘The Rev,’ which has been turned into a pilot for a TV sitcom by Emmy Award-winning producer, Deborah Gabler, and directed by Kelly Sandeflur, producer for all 215 episodes of ‘Family Matters.’
 
After The Rev, Glen produced and directed, Blood and Fire, a three CD fully dramatized audio production utilizing an original sound score and thirty eight actors to tell the incredible story of William and Catherine Booth and the founding of The Salvation Army, which began in the slums of East End London.
 
Glen was just about to begin his next audio drama project, when he came across a remarkable book that chronicled, day-by-day, the life of Elvis Presley. He was immediately struck with an idea for a novel and dropped everything to pursue a journey that would take him through two years of research and a full year of writing, culminating in his first full-length novel, ‘The Elvis Interviews.’
 
The Elvis Interviews was short listed for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Awards for a first novel. Not bad for a first book!


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Mickey Turnbull was awarded the Allan Sangster Award of the CAA for 2008.

Mickey was born in Ottawa, began writing in college. She was a newspaper photojournalist for The Local in Aruba, West Indies. A motor vehicle accident ended a corporate career and Mickey returned to writing and community service work.

She received recognition as a motivational speaker and Chair of an international pain management group and further honors from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and St. Christopher House for community service, for her inter-generational, multi-cultural, literacy work with seniors and children.

Showcased in many anthologies, her poetry, essays, short stories and newsletter columns have been published in North America and the Caribbean. A lifetime, voting member of the CAA, she served locally as an Advocacy director. Recognized by PEN Canada and the United Nations for her contributions, Mickey has represented CAA on the national level for issues of Freedom of Expression and wrongful imprisonment.

In a MAL capacity, she looks forward to many years of commitment and an opportunity to further the Canadian Authors Association profile. Mickey is a founder of WEN, the Writers & Editors Network Association, now in its fifth year.

She acts as the WEN Vice President and the WEN Breakfast coordinator and sits on their Board of Directors. Her ongoing membership with the Fairfax Jolly Literates continues to prove an excellent arena to hone writing, critiquing and editing skills.

She recently played a pivotal role as “Millie” in the multicultural play, ”Closing the Gap, written and produced by playwright and friend, Zohra Zoberi.