About the Author
Michelle Sylliboy
Based in beautiful B.C., Rebel Mountain Press is all about giving a voice to those who might otherwise go unheard, with a focus on diversity, equality, and tolerance. Below are some of our recent favourite selections from the press, sure to please giftees of any age—whether ... Read more
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This week we turned SIX and threw ourselves a blog party with a look back on memorable moments and books, launched this season's Indie Reading Room, treated ourselves to Chocolate Almond-Butter squares from Jessica Mitton's new cookbook, and more!
The All Lit Up Indie Reading Room is open for another season with more authors and new books! If you tuned into our first iteration of IRR, you'll remember we hosted live readings via Zoom all May long. This time we're taking it to the gram with a lineup of ten fantastic authors ... Read more
Kicking off our Indie Reading Room this fall is L'nuk (Mi'kmaq) artist and author Michelle Sylliboy who in her debut collection of poetry Kiskajeyi: I AM READY (Rebel Mountain Press) preserves the complex L'nuk language, Komqwejwi’kasikl through word art and paired ... Read more
The impetus behind Spencer Sheehan-Kalina's children's book Nootka Sound in Harmony (Rebel Mountain Press) came on a paddling trip around Nootka Sound in British Columbia when he discovered his love for Vancouver Island's rugged north. Below we chat with Spencer about his ... Read more
Happy National Poetry Month! This week we launched Poetry Grrrowl: Rad Women of Poetry to celebrate all the badass women poets out there with interviews, excerpts, a (kind-of-difficult) quiz, and free swag. Plus: we're giving you 15% off all Poetry Grrrowl books all month. Holy, ... Read more
With Kiskajeyi: I AM READY (Rebel Mountain Press) — a debut work of poetry from L'nuk (Mi'kmaq) artist and author Michelle Sylliboy, the complex L'nuk language, Komqwejwi’kasikl, is preserved through word art and perfectly paired photographs. Below, Michelle shares ... Read more
This National Poetry Month we're shouting it out to all the rad women of poetry who write in all kinds of spaces and styles and explore all kinds of themes. Poetry Grrrowl is a raised fist and high-five to those women who make us better readers and thinkers. Join us here on ... Read more
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