Search Results by tag: Aboriginal publishing

CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature

CODE, the literary development agency, has revealed the winners of its third annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature in celebration of indigenous authorship. A jury of Canadian authors chosen by the ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Kids Can Press joins classroom refurbishment project

By Becky Robertson

From Aug. 11–14, staff from Toronto’s Kids Can Press and parent company Corus Entertainment teamed up with Frontier College, a non-profit literacy organization aimed at aboriginal communities, for a classroom refurbishment project in Cat Lake ... Read More »

September 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Anishnaabe author Basil H. Johnston dies at 86

By Becky Robertson

Renowned Anishnaabe historian, cultural leader, and author Basil H. Johnston passed away Sept. 8 at age 86. Johnston's ouevre started with volumes and cassettes about the Anishnaabe language in the 1980s, followed by a number of ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Daniel David Moses receives 2015 Aboriginal Arts Award

By Becky Robertson

The Ontario Arts Council has named playwright and poet Daniel David Moses the winner of its $10,000 Aboriginal Arts Award. Founded in 2012, the prize recognizes work of excellence by Ontario First Nations artists. It ... Read More »

June 18, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Graphic novel The Outside Circle aims to become a tool for aboriginal healing

By Alex Migdal

Racial prejudices continue to fester in Edmonton, home to Canada’s second-largest aboriginal population, and the setting for Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings’ graphic novel The Outside Circle, published by House of Anansi Press. For the ... Read More »

April 28, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Theytus Books editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis

By Q&Q Staff

Launched in 1981, Theytus Books – Canada’s first indigenous-owned publishing house – has played a pivotal role in developing the country’s canon of aboriginal literature. Theytus editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis gives some insight into the press. ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

Joseph Boyden edits Penguin Canada anthology in support of No More Stolen Sisters

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Canada released a limited-edition anthology on Monday in support of Amnesty International's No More Stolen Sisters campaign, to which all of the book's proceeds will go. Edited by Joseph Boyden, Kwe: Standing With Our ... Read More »

December 16, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Spotlight: Translating Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road

By Julie Baldassi

In 2007, novelist Joseph Boyden and translator Greg Spence spent a week at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre working on a Cree-language edition of Boyden’s acclaimed first novel, Three Day Road (Penguin Canada). “A ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Spotlight: Robert Munsch in Mi’kmaq

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

For the first time, Mi’kmaq students in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton are reading Robert Munsch in their own language. “We need to do as much as we can so kids can see themselves in ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Spotlight: David Alexander’s graphic novels draw on Cree mythology

By Sue Carter

As a kid, David Alexander Robertson felt detached from his Swampy Cree heritage. But as the Winnipeg writer-educator grew older, he felt more of a need to connect with his culture. Hoping to instill the ... Read More »

November 11, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

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