READ INDIGENOUS: Where the Blood Mixes

Keep up all October long as we read, share, and discover Indigenous authors and works.

From Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring (Talonbooks)

MOOCH proudly pays for the beer.JUNE enters the bar.    GEORGE and FLOYD watch the big battle.     GEORGE and FLOYD laugh. GEORGE and FLOYD shut up.     JUNE hits MOOCH again. WHACK!  JUNE storms over to GEORGE.  JUNE advances menacingly. JUNE storms out of the bar. FLOYD raises his glass. * * *

The Author

Kevin Loring is a member of the Nlakapmux (Thompson) First Nation in Lytton, British Columbia. He is currently artistic director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre.As an actor he has performed in numerous plays across Canada including Marie Clements’s Burning Vision and Copper Thunderbird. He also starred in the 2007 feature film Pathfinder, and co-produced and co-hosted the documentary Canyon War: The Untold Story about the 1858 Fraser Canyon War. He was the recipient of the 2005 City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Theatre Artist, Artist in Residence at The Playhouse Theatre Company in 2006, and iPlaywright in Residence at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, in 2010. His first play Where the Blood Mixes, won the Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Script; the Sydney J. Risk Prize for Outstanding Original Script by an Emerging Playwright; and the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama.* * *Don’t forget: Buy Where the Blood Mixes or any of our  READ INDIGENOUS books and get this stunning limited-run tote bag featuring colourful artwork from Indigenous visual artists Kaya Joan, Alan Syliboy, Dawn Oman, and Lauren Crazybull until November 15th (while supplies last). And don’t forget to check out today’s other READ INDIGENOUS feature, Walking in the Woods by Herb Belcourt (Brindle & Glass).