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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….
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Reads for Truth and Reconciliation

Lightfinder

By (author): Aaron Paquette

Lightfinder is a YA fantasy novel about Aisling, a young Cree woman who sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (gra….

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….

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….

Beautiful Beautiful

By (author): Brandon Reid

Imbued with passion, creativity and insight, Brandon Reid’s debut novel is a wonderfully creative coming-of-age story ….

Going Back Home

By (author): Marie Hess

Written by a Mohawk Institute Residential School survivor, this is a fierce and candid story that reveals the heartbreak….

Avenue of Champions

By (author): Conor Kerr

Daniel is a young Métis man searching for a way to exist in a world of lateral violence, intergenerational trauma and s….

Legacy

By (author): Waubgeshig Rice

“Bold, envisioned storytelling. A hands down pleasure to read.” ?Richard Wagamese In the winter of 1989, Eva Gibson is ….

Wrist

By (author): Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler

In 1872, dinosaur hunters become embroiled in a battle over the discovery of fossils in Northern Ontario as their excava….

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….

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….

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 ….

Blue Bear Woman

By (author): Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleueis the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree wom….
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