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Writer’s Block: Tyson Stewart

Tyson Stewart joins Writer’s Block to talk to us about his approach to writing, Indigenous noir, and his debut novel The Return of the Nish (Cormorant Books), an Anishinaabe noir-like crime thriller about family dynamics and anti-heroes within the context of reconciliation. Photo credit Megan Buffam.

Congratulations to the 2026 Indigenous Voices Awards Finalists!

We’re thrilled to see the fantastic finalists of the 2026 Indigenous Voices Awards,
including these books from independent Canadian literary publishers.

A photo of poet Smokii Sumac, with an inset photo of his poetry collection Born Sacred. He is an Indigenous person wearing a watermelon slice t-shirt, a keffiyeh over one shoulder, and a bright floral scarf over the other shoulder, with a beaded floral bracelet on.

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Tributaries: Smokii Sumac + Born Sacred

The cover of Little Spoons by Diedre J. Halbot.

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Excerpted: Little Spoons

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Poets Resist: D.A. Lockhart + Commonwealth

Read Rosanna Deerchild’s Award-Winning Poetry Collection

Congratulations to Rosanna Deerchild who won the 2025 Indigenous Voices Awards for Poetry for her collection, She Falls Again

She Falls Again

By (author): Rosanna Deerchild

CBC BOOKS 'CANADIAN POETRY COLLECTIONS TO WATCH FOR IN 2024'CBC BOOKS 'BOOKS TO READ IN HONOUR OF THE NATIONAL DAY FOR ….

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Reads for Truth and Reconciliation

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….

Home Waltz

By (author): G.A. Grisenthwaite

In 1973, fifteen-year old Qʷóqʷésk?i?, or "Squito" Bob, is a mixed-blood N?e?kepmx boy trying to find his place in a….

Winter Child

By (author): Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

Translated by: Susan Ouriou, Christelle Morelli

A visceral, luminous novel about a Métis woman tracing the life and death of her son. One late September day, amid the….

Moon of the Crusted Snow

By (author): Waubgeshig Rice

2023 Canada Reads Longlist SelectionNational BestsellerWinner of the 2019 OLA Forest of Reading Evergreen AwardShortlist….

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….

Zegaajimo

Edited by: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

You never know what’s hunting you, while you’re hunting it…Eleven of the deadliest writers from across Turtle Isla….

Through Different Eyes

By (author): Karen Charleson

Everyone knows everyone's business in the small fishing community of Kitsum. So when young Brenda Joe fears she might be….

Trees

By (author): Lucy Hemphill

Illustrated by: Michael Joyal

In this final installation of the Overhead Series, Lucy Hemphill once again transports the reader with intimate revelati….

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Writer’s Block: Tyson Stewart

Congratulations to the 2026 Indigenous Voices Awards Finalists!

Tributaries: Smokii Sumac + Born Sacred

Excerpted: Little Spoons

Poets Resist: D.A. Lockhart + Commonwealth

Read Rosanna Deerchild’s Award-Winning Poetry Collection

She Falls Again

Reads for Truth and Reconciliation

Blue Bear Woman

Home Waltz

Winter Child

Moon of the Crusted Snow

Going Back Home

Zegaajimo

Through Different Eyes

Trees

Angel Wing Splash Pattern

Grey Eyes

Bearskin Diary

Walking in Balance

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