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            ADDRESS
          
          
                                            City: Saskatoon,
                                                          Province/Territory:   Saskatchewan
                        
        
            EMAIL
          
          
                      michaelafenfia@gmail.com
                    
        
            GENRE
          
          
            Fiction
          
        
            LANGUAGES
          
          
            English, Pidgin
          
        
            PUBLICATIONS
          
          Publications
          Title
              Leave My Bones in Saskatoon Book
          Publisher
              Griots Lounge Publishing Canada
          Year
              2023
          Title
              Rain Can Never Know
          Publisher
               Paperworths
          Year
              2021
          Title
              The Mechanics of Yenagoa
          Publisher
              Masobe
          Year
              2020
          Title
              Paxoid and the Battle for the Blue medallion 
          Publisher
              Flaming Hypermedia
          Year
              2017
          Title
              Don’t Die on Wednesday 
          Publisher
              Perresia
          Year
              2014
          Title
              A Street Called Lonely 
          Publisher
              Hoofbeat
          Year
              2011
          Title
              When The Moon Caught Fire
          Publisher
              Hoofbeat
          Year
              2010
          
            AWARDS
          
          Awards
          Name
              Finalist for the 2022 Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature
          Publication
              Rain Can Never Know
          Year
              2022
          
            PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
          
                    
            Presentation details
          
          
              Audience Size
              
              Audience size
              100
          
              Presentation Length
              
              
              30 minutes
              
            
              Presentation Fee(s)
              
              
              500
              
            
              Workshop details
           
          
              Audience Size
              
              
              100
              
            
              Workshop Length
              
              
              60 minutes
              
            
              Workshop Fee(s)
              
              
              2000
              
            
            School presentation details
          
            
                Audience Size
                
                
                100
                
              
                Presentation Length
                
                
                30 minutes
                
              
                Presentation Fee(s)
                
                
                500
                
              
            EQUITY INITIATIVE
          
          
          As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
            
  
    
              
      
          
        Members who identify as:
          Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
              
            Programs & Interests
          
           
                Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
              
              All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
              Yes
          
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              The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
              Yes
           
    

