About the Author
Michelle Porter
MICHELLE PORTER is a Red River Métis poet, journalist, and editor. She holds degrees in journalism, folklore, and geography (PhD). Her debut collection of poetry, Inquiries, was published by Breakwater in 2019. She’s won awards for her work in poetry and journalism, and has been published in literary journals, newspapers, and magazines across the country. She lives in St. John’s.
In her debut collection This Is How It Is (Breakwater Books), Newfoundland-based poet Sharon King-Campbell subverts history to explore our environmental crisis, the previously silent voices of our collective pasts, and the interconnectedness of all things. Nature and its ... Read more
In Approaching Fire (Breakwater Books), Red River Métis poet and journalist Michelle Porter combines musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs and clippings, and the ecology of fire to create a portrait of her great-grandfather Métis fiddler Bob Goulet. Below, ... Read more
Influential social activist Gemma Hickey is a force for change and tireless advocate for the LGBTQ2+ community: in 2005 they co-led the movement that legalized same-sex marriage in Canada, and in 2017 their request for a gender-neutral birth certificate spurred Newfoundland ... Read more
The main character in St. John's-based author, musician, and CBC Poetry Prize longlister Heather Nolan's debut novella This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar Press) is a product of her environment and her past, calling up the notion of our connection to physical place. Below, Heather ... Read more
This week we kicked off #ALUbookclub, celebrated 10 books from every province for Canada Day, shared our summer reading list, and more.
It’s only when I sit down to write up a bit about each book I’ve chosen to include in this list that I notice that these six books share two strong themes. The first relates to memory and remembering. Each book plays with remembering the past and remembering the future. ... Read more
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