Candace Savage is the 2022 Kloppenburg Literary Award recipient. A reading of her work will be followed by a chat between Savage and Cheryl Kloppenburg about the history and meaning of the award.
Candace Savage
Born in the Peace River Country of northern Alberta, Candace Savage received an Honours BA in English Literature from the University of Alberta. She is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books for adults and children, including Strangers in the House, A Geography of Blood (recipient of the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction) and Prairie: a Natural History.
In 2022, she was the astonished recipient of both the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence and the Matt Cohen Award for a Writing Life.
Candace has served as Writer in Residence at the Saskatoon Public Library, creative writing instructor at St. Peter’s College and sessional instructor and mentor with the MFA in Writing at the University of Saskatchewan. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, she was inducted into the Honor Roll of the Rachel Carson Institute, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, in 1994.
In addition to her work as a writer, Savage also plays her accordion in Saskatoon Fiddle Orchestra, serves as chair of Wild About Saskatoon, co-chair of the Northeast Swale Watchers, sits on advisory boards for CPAWS Saskatchewan and the Meewasin Valley Authority and is a member of the national council of The Writers Union of Canada. She shares her time between her home in Saskatoon and a home-away-from-home in Eastend.
Cheryl Kloppenburg
Cheryl Kloppenburg has lived most of her life in Saskatoon. She attended the University of Saskatchewan where she obtained BA, MA and Law degrees. A partner in a law firm with her husband, Henry, the couple also supported environmental, art and cultural activities. Cheryl has served on the boards of directors for the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and Artschool Saskatchewan.
Both Henry and Cheryl were on the Boards of the Saskatoon Symphony and the Mendel Art Gallery Foundation. Both were very pleased to have coordinated with the Saskatchewan Writers Guild to set up the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence to honour outstanding writers such as Candace Savage.
AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Writing | Speakers & Special Events | Performances |
TAGS: | discussion | award | author |
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