Renee Sarojini Saklikar’s books include the award-winning Children of Air India and Listening to the Bees. She was poet laureate for the City of Surrey and is co-founder and curator of Lunch Poems at […]
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Q&A with Jenn Ashton
Jenn Ashton is an Award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author, artist, and filmmaker. She reads History at Oxford University and is an Authenticity Reader for Penguin/Random House USA. Previously a teaching assistant in […]
Q&A with Angela Sterritt
Angela Sterritt is an award-winning journalist, writer and artist. Sterritt has worked as a journalist for twenty years and with CBC since 2003 – as a host and multi-media reporter. She […]
Q&A with Tyler Pennock
Tyler Pennock is a Two-Spirit adoptee from a Cree and Métis family around the Lesser Slave Lake region of Alberta and is a member of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. They […]
Q&A with Darrel J. McLeod
Darrel J. McLeod is a Cree writer from Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. Before deciding to pursue writing, he worked as an educator, chief negotiator of land claims for […]
Q&A with Wanda John-Kehewin
Wanda John-Kehewin is a Cree writer, poet, fiction author and script writer. She is an Indigenous woman searching for the truth and a way to be set free from the […]
Q&A with Luanne Armstrong
Luanne Armstrong is a multi-award-winning author. She has written twenty-five books and has co-written or edited many others. Her most recent memoir A Bright and Steady Flame, was published by Caitlin Press in 2018. […]
Q&A with Joseph Kakwinokanasum
Joseph Kakwinokanasum is a member of the James Smith Cree Nation, a graduate of SFU’s Writers Studio, and the author of the novel, My Indian Summer (Tidewater Press, 2022). He continues […]
Q&A with Marie Metaphor Specht
Marie Metaphor Specht is a multidisciplinary artist living on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOTEN speaking peoples. A long-time member of the Canadian spoken word community, Marie is currently serving a two-year term as […]
Q&A with Sandy Ibrahim
Sandy Ibrahim is an Egyptian/German immigrant, settler and uninvited guest currently living on Lekwungen territory. She was shortlisted for the Malahat Review’s 2022 Constance Rooke Prize for her piece “Preparing […]
Q&A with Michelle Poirier Brown
Michelle Poirier Brown is a Cree Métis poet, performer and photographer living on unceded syilx territory in Vernon, BC. Michelle is the author ofYou Might Be Sorry You Read This (University […]
Q&A with Tim Lilburn
Tim Lilburn is the author of twelve books of poetry and three essay collections. His work has been translated widely, and garnered awards including the Governor General’s Award, The Canadian Authors’ […]