So honoured Bad Cree is shortlisted for the Emerging Writer prize! I’m next to some HEAVY hitters too ❤️❤️
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Feeling blessed and celebrated and also full of sacred rage, deep love, and renewed commitment to collective liberation. Lift me up and I’m taking others with me, because I would not be here without those who brought me along with them. ❤️

starred review in publishers weekly tonight queen? publishersweekly.com/9781324075943

When you have a lesson plan consistent with the course outline, but are excited about an ancient/new thing.

“I was fine with it all until
Prince Harry lied on his US visa application.” And other conversations around me at the grocery store.

His new collection of short stories, “Coexistence,” offers an expansive view of intimacy that resists colonial expectations.

Why everyone should read Billy-Ray Belcourt, writes Jackie Wong.

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Moon of the Turning Leaves sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow. I’m working off the ice road up north a blizzard has kept us close to camp-giving me time to read -An epic journey to a homeland only heard about in stories, reminds me of our Dene prophecies.
Mahsi Waubgeshig Rice

An Elder from Haida Gwaii is raising money to support the costs associated with conducting a Haida ceremony to release her brother's spirit from the site where he was killed by the RCMP in Surrey, BC almost 2 years ago. Please support in any way you can.
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Congrats Brandi!

POPSTAR IS GOING TO CANNES!? 🇫🇷

The last time I was in France was before my French record deal collapsed in 2009. What a journey!!!

#popstarseries

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I tire of people wanting stories from communities they aren't a part of to be immediately legibile to them. An Indigenous writer doesn't need to be doing all the work for you. You, the reader, can do some work too. #CanadaReads

Pleased to share the news that I've been chosen to receive an Indigenous Community Alumni Award from UVic. Ǧiáxsix̌a to my nominators, and to UVic for not shying away in my interview when I said my biggest barrier at university was institutional racism. uvic.ca/alumni/awards/…

On Tuesday, we will release the first episode of Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater

Listen to the trailer here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sto…

Exciting news from Transatlantic Agency, we have two new canisia lubrin poetry collections to look forward to in 2025 and 2026 respectively, just acquired for publication by McClelland & Stewart!

I am struggling with the phrase 'lateral violence' and would like to know what other language and phrases people are using to describe with specificity the harm engaged in and done in the context of shared family / community / nationhoods. Ideas?

Words are my true love.

When someone writes 'no reservations' about Indigenous referees: 'You just said a mouth-full, Brad.'

Your story/book is movie-able. There, now you say it.

A bit of news:

The lovely Spanish press Dilatando Mentes Editorial will publish a translation of APPARITIONS in 2025! It’ll be my first translation, and I’m excited that my prairie gothic horror novel will appear on bookshelves overseas!