Never Shoot A Stampede Queen is a terrific debut; funny, moving and profound. You will laugh out loud. —Will Ferguson Never Shoot a Stampede Queen WON the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is a collection of true-life tall tales about a rookie reporter’s adventures in Canada’s still-very-wild West. The [...]
“Once a city boy has gone country, does he ever go back again? Mark Leiren-Young hasn’t. Sure he spends time in the city, but when we caught up with the hardworking screenwriter, comedian, playwright and freelancer (who often writes for The Tyee) to talk about his new comic memoir Never Shoot a Stampede Queen — [...]
Author Snapshot: Mark Leiren-Young (By Linda L. Richards) If you live in Vancouver, it’s next to impossible that you don’t know Mark Leiren-Young’s name. For one thing, it’s a distinctive double-barreled moniker: you remember it once you’ve seen it. Especially since, again if you live in that city and you happen to read, you’ll have [...]