Wordfest 2018: Indigenous Writers To Watch

At our Indigenous Writers Showcase, an audience member asked Joshua Whitehead, Tommy Orange, Katherena Vermette, Waubgeshig Rice, and Ryan McMahon how they can be a better ally to the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. They responded by recommending that we purchase and read works by the following emerging and established Indigenous Artists:

Arielle Twist (Twitter: @ArielleTwist)

Book: Disintegrate/Dissociate

Website: https://arielletwist.com/

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Gwen Benaway (Twitter: @GwenBenaway)

Books: Passage, Holy Wild

Website: https://gwenbenaway.com/

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Alicia Elliott (Twitter: @WordsandGuitar)

Book: A Mind Spread Out On The Ground

Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/588523/a-mind-spread-out-on-the-ground-by-alicia-elliott/9780385692380

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Richard Van Camp (Twitter: @richardvancamp)

Books: Richard Van Camp has published 15 books including, The Lesser Blessed and Moccasin Square Gardens

Website: https://www.richardvancamp.com/

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Rebecca Roanhorse (Twitter: @RoanhorseBex)

Book: Trail Of Lightning

Website: https://rebeccaroanhorse.com/

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David Robertson (Twitter: @DaveAlexRoberts )

Work: “David A. Robertson is a nationally bestselling author of children’s books, graphic novels, and novels.”

Website: http://www.darobertson.ca/

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Tenille K. Campbell (Twitter: @sweetmoonphoto)

Poetry Book: #IndianLovePoems

Website: http://www.tenillecampbell.com/?page_id=1106

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Darlene Naponse (Twitter: @darlenenaponse)

Work: “As a storyteller, Darlene is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film, art and song.” Be sure to check out her feature film, “Every Emotion Costs.”

Website: http://www.naponse.com/

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Jay Odjick (Twitter: @JayOdjick)

Work: “Jay is an artist, writer and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabe community in Quebec.”

Website: http://kagagi.squarespace.com/

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Eden Robinson

Work: Author of poems, short stories and novels, including Son of a Trickster and Trickster Drift.

Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/25830/eden-robinson

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Terese Marie Maihot (Twitter: @TereseMarieM)

Book: Heart Berries