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ImagineNative celebrates its 15th anniversary with new literary programming

Next week, Toronto’s ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, the largest indigenous media arts festival in the world, launches its 15th annual event. This year's festival, which runs Oct. 22–26, introduces new literary programming – including ... Read More »

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Events

Julie Flett’s picture books honour her aboriginal heritage

By Dory Cerny

Julie Flett is a Cree-Métis author and illustrator whose titles include the Governor General’s Literary Award–nominated Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet/Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: L’alfabet di Michif; Little You (text by ... Read More »

October 8, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Monique Gray Smith wins Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature

By Sue Carter

Victoria author Monique Gray Smith has won CODE’s Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature for her YA novel Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience (Sono Nis Press). The $12,000 award, which ... Read More »

September 29, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

The Orenda was the most-reviewed Canadian book of 2013

By Sue Carter

One of the interesting sidenotes to come out of this morning's CWILA report was its list of the top reviewed books in Canada. Joseph Boyden's The Orenda was by far the most popular book of ... Read More »

September 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline win Ontario Premier’s Awards

By Dory Cerny

Aboriginal talent was honoured at the eighth annual Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which were handed out last night at a gala ceremony held at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Poet, author, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Thomas King, Bev Sellars among finalists for 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature

By Dory Cerny

Canadian charitable organization CODE has announced the finalists for the second annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. A jury of Canadian authors, administered by the Canada Council of the Arts, selected ... Read More »

September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair announces programming

By Julie Baldassi

At a press conference Wednesday morning, organizers of Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair presented a highlight reel of the considerable range of 400 authors programmed for talks, signings, panel discussions, and other attractions at the inaugural event ... Read More »

August 20, 2014 | Filed under: Events

Wab Kinew lands two-book deal with Penguin Canada

By Julie Baldassi

Penguin Canada has acquired two titles by Wab Kinew, the Aboriginal musician, director of indigenous inclusion at the University of Winnipeg, and Adrienne Clarkson RTDNA Award–winning journalist who also successfully defended Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda ... Read More »

June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Joseph Boyden double winner at Libris Awards

By Sue Carter

Joseph Boyden was a double winner last night at the Retail Council of Canada's 2014 Libris Awards gala in Toronto. Boyden took home best author and best fiction prizes for his novel The Orenda. The ... Read More »

June 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

English- and Cree-language picture book wins First Nation Communities Read

By Stuart Woods

The selection for this year's First Nation Communities Read campaign is Wild Berries/Pakwa che Menisu, a picture book by Vancouver-based author and illustrator Julie Flett. Flett is also the recipient of the inaugural Aboriginal Literature ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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