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style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Mark Leiren-Young, who has a background in pretty much everything — journalism, television, comedy, theatre and film — is without a doubt one of the most talented, multi-disciplinary voices in Canada.”\u003c\/em\u003e – National Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-component-1605408100994\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMARK LEIREN-YOUNG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is the author of a new all-ages book about orcas, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.orcaseverywhere.com\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.orcaseverywhere.com\/\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOrcas Everywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e He directed and wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/thehundredyearoldwhale\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/thehundredyearoldwhale\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Hundred-Year-Old Whale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a documentary about the matriarch of the southern resident orcas that won the 2018 Writers Guild of Canada Award for Documentary. He also hosts the popular environmental podcast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yao7ls6j\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yao7ls6j\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSkaana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMark directed, wrote and produced the award-winning feature film, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Knt3fu1AXc\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Knt3fu1AXc\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Green Chain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e starring Tricia Helfer, August Schellenberg, Scott McNeil and Brendan Fletcher  He wrote and co-starred in the EarthVision award-winning TV special \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UnA0ggqkOr0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UnA0ggqkOr0\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGreenpieces: The World’s First Eco-Comedy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, featuring his comedy duo Local Anxiety.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe has written over a hundred hours of television –  include recent episode of the Netflix live action\/animated series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8B5dqjsZUs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8B5dqjsZUs\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReBoot: The Guardian Code\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand the recent TV movie\/thriller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Perfect Match\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMark’s book about Moby Doll:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Killer-Whale-Who-Changed-World\/dp\/1771641932\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404494\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+killer+whale+who+changed+the+world\u0026amp;dpID=51jrpS9f-6L\u0026amp;preST=_SY264_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Killer-Whale-Who-Changed-World\/dp\/1771641932\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404494\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+killer+whale+who+changed+the+world\u0026amp;dpID=51jrpS9f-6L\u0026amp;preST=_SY264_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Killer Whale Who Changed the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Award and was published by Greystone in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHis radio documentary for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thecurrent\/the-current-for-december-27-2016-1.3912852\/encore-how-moby-doll-changed-the-worldview-of-monster-orca-whales-1.3912904\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCBC’s Ideas Moby Doll: The Killer Whale that Changed the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e received a Webster Award for “Best Radio Documentary.” He is in post-production on a feature documentary he’s writing and directing about Moby for Middle Child Films.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMark is the author of two comic memoirs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B00ZSDPIII\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;btkr=1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B00ZSDPIII\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;btkr=1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFree Magic Secrets Revealed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(Harbour, 2013) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Never-Shoot-Stampede-Queen-Reporter-ebook\/dp\/B006LQ7E1K\/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404597\u0026amp;sr=1-3\u0026amp;dpID=51os%252Bc8mYYL\u0026amp;preST=_SY445_QL70_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Never-Shoot-Stampede-Queen-Reporter-ebook\/dp\/B006LQ7E1K\/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404597\u0026amp;sr=1-3\u0026amp;dpID=51os%252Bc8mYYL\u0026amp;preST=_SY445_QL70_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNever Shoot a Stampede Queen — A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Heritage), which won the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. A stage version of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Stampede Queen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (adapted by Mark) premiered at Western Canada Theatre and starred Ryan Beil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMark’s other books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Green-Chain-Nothing-Ever-Clear-ebook\/dp\/B006LQCYBK\/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404597\u0026amp;sr=1-6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Green-Chain-Nothing-Ever-Clear-ebook\/dp\/B006LQCYBK\/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532404597\u0026amp;sr=1-6\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Green Chain: Nothing is Ever Clear Cut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Heritage), a collection of interviews dealing with the future of our forests and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis Crazy Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Knopf) written with\/about controversial environmentalist Tzeporah Berman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs a playwright Mark’s latest comedy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBar Mitzvah Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, debuted in 2018 at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver. The US premiere was at the Chester Theatre in Mass. The play has also been produced in Toronto and Los Angeles. A Czech translation of his play, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.divadlonajezerce.cz\/divadelni-hra-54-shylock-mark-leiren-young\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.divadlonajezerce.cz\/divadelni-hra-54-shylock-mark-leiren-young\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShylock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (starring Milan Knazko), just finished a three year run in repertory in Prague.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHis plays have been produced throughout North America and also staged in Europe and Australia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShylock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e has been translated into French, Czech and Dutch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShylock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eArticles of Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e are published by Anvil Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs a journalist Mark has written for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTIME, Maclean’s, The Hollywood Reporter, The Walrus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and most of Canada’s daily newspapers. Mark has interviewed hundreds of celebrities ranging from William Shatner to Salman Rushdie. \u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/pacificreiki.com\/collections\/mark-leiren-young.oembed","provider":"Pacific Lighthouse Reiki inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}