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Writer’s Block: Coltrane Seesequasis

Fantasy writer Coltrane Seesequasis whose debut YA fantasy novel Secrets of Stone (Kegedonce Press) comes out this September joins us to talk about little stand-out moments that led to writing, how writing is like building, and his four-part YA fantasy series A Wolf in the Sun.

Congratulations to the 2025 Indigenous Voices Awards Finalists!

We’re thrilled to see the fantastic finalists of the 2025 Indigenous Voices Awards,
including these books from independent Canadian literary publishers.

Read Cliff Cardinal’s Award-Winning Play

Congratulations to Cliff Cardinal, who is a GG winner for Drama and a 2023 Trillium Award finalist for his groundbreaking play, William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling.

The cover of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By (author): Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please a….
The cover of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By (author): Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please a….
The cover of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By (author): Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please a….
The cover of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By (author): Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please a….
The cover of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling

By (author): Cliff Cardinal

The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please a….
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Reads for Truth and Reconciliation

Blue Bear Woman

Translated by: Christelle Morelli

Blue Bear Woman is the first novel written by an Indigenous woman that was published in Quebec in the French language. T….

Porcupines and China Dolls

By (author): Robert Arthur Alexie

“A terrific book that deals with present day concerns.”?Thomas King, Governor General’s Award?wining author of The Back ….

Kynship

By (author): Daniel Heath Justice

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The Everland, home of the Eld-Folk since time immemorial, a deep green world of ancient mystery and sacred shadow. A tho….

A Gentle Habit

By (author): Cherie Dimaline

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The inspiration for the collection comes from American Poet Charles Bukowski who wrote “In between the punctuating agoni….

Nauetakuan, a Silence for a Noise

By (author): Natasha Kanapé Fontaine

Translated by: Howard Scott

“What’s happening to you is just that the visible and the invisible are finding each other through you. You are the ….

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

By (author): Dawn Dumont

The hilarious story of an unlikely group of Indigenous dancers who find themselves thrown together on a performance tour….

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

By (author): Dawn Dumont

The hilarious story of an unlikely group of Indigenous dancers who find themselves thrown together on a performance tour….

Rose’s Run

By (author): Dawn Dumont

Dahlia Ingram was six-feet-two inches tall with legs that came up to Rose Okanese’s bicep and every inch of those long l….

Colour of Dried Bones, The

By (author): Lesley Belleau

A beautifully written collection of interconnected short stories told primarily through the eyes of a young Anishinaabe ….

Wyrwood

By (author): Daniel Heath Justice

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The Sevenfold Council stands firm against Dreydmaster Vald’s treaty terms–they will not surrender the Everland. Their w….

Before the Usual Time

Edited by: Darlene Naponse

A collection of words and imagery from diverse voices grounded in the land that explore community in relation to time. F….

Humane

By (author): Anna Marie Sewell

”In Humane, Anna Marie Sewell’s brings an Indigenous and poetic sensibility to the crime novel, infusing it with ima….

Blue Bear Woman

Translated by: Christelle Morelli

Blue Bear Woman is the first novel written by an Indigenous woman that was published in Quebec in the French language. T….

Porcupines and China Dolls

By (author): Robert Arthur Alexie

“A terrific book that deals with present day concerns.”?Thomas King, Governor General’s Award?wining author of The Back ….

Kynship

By (author): Daniel Heath Justice

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The Everland, home of the Eld-Folk since time immemorial, a deep green world of ancient mystery and sacred shadow. A tho….

A Gentle Habit

By (author): Cherie Dimaline

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The inspiration for the collection comes from American Poet Charles Bukowski who wrote “In between the punctuating agoni….

Nauetakuan, a Silence for a Noise

By (author): Natasha Kanapé Fontaine

Translated by: Howard Scott

“What’s happening to you is just that the visible and the invisible are finding each other through you. You are the ….

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

By (author): Dawn Dumont

The hilarious story of an unlikely group of Indigenous dancers who find themselves thrown together on a performance tour….

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

By (author): Dawn Dumont

The hilarious story of an unlikely group of Indigenous dancers who find themselves thrown together on a performance tour….

Rose’s Run

By (author): Dawn Dumont

Dahlia Ingram was six-feet-two inches tall with legs that came up to Rose Okanese’s bicep and every inch of those long l….

Colour of Dried Bones, The

By (author): Lesley Belleau

A beautifully written collection of interconnected short stories told primarily through the eyes of a young Anishinaabe ….

Wyrwood

By (author): Daniel Heath Justice

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The Sevenfold Council stands firm against Dreydmaster Vald’s treaty terms–they will not surrender the Everland. Their w….

Before the Usual Time

Edited by: Darlene Naponse

A collection of words and imagery from diverse voices grounded in the land that explore community in relation to time. F….

Humane

By (author): Anna Marie Sewell

”In Humane, Anna Marie Sewell’s brings an Indigenous and poetic sensibility to the crime novel, infusing it with ima….
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