{"id":9045,"date":"2024-01-20T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/?post_type=writer&#038;p=9045"},"modified":"2024-01-27T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T01:24:05","slug":"angie-abdou-2","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/writer\/angie-abdou-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Angie Abdou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Reads finalist&nbsp;<strong>Angie Abdou<\/strong>&nbsp;has published seven books and co-edited&nbsp;<i>Writing the Body in Motion <\/i>and <i>Not Hockey, <\/i>two&nbsp;collections of essays on Canadian Sport Literature. 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