In My Own Moccasins

with Helen Knott

Hosted by Jennifer Matsunaga

In Person Politics Non-Fict History

Thursday

Oct , 2019

7:30pm

Eastern

Christ Church Cathedral

414 Sparks St. • Ottawa

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Helen Knott · Photo by Tenille K Campbell

It’s the best kind of memoir: clear-eyed, generous, and glorious….Bear witness to the emergence of one of the most powerful voices of her generation.

Eden Robinson

Jennifer Matsunaga, a 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize nominee, hosts an essential conversation on the impact of colonialism and the road forward with Helen Knott, a 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Author.

In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption.

With gripping moments of withdrawal, times of spiritual awareness, and historical insights going back to the signing of Treaty 8 by her great-great-grandfather, Chief Bigfoot, her journey exposes the legacy of colonialism, while enabling her to reclaim her spirit.

Books available for purchase at every event: Proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.

The Authors

Helen Knott

Helen Knott is a Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis, and mixed Euro-descent woman from Prophet River First Nations, and lives in Fort St. John, British Columbia. In 2016 Helen was one of sixteen global change makers featured by the Nobel Women's Initiative for being committed to ending gender-based violence. Helen was selected as a 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Author. Her debut memoir, In My Own Moccasins, was a national bestseller, longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, and won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Indigenous Peoples' Publishing.

Included in Evening Pass: Three Events

Had it Coming ›

6:00pm

In My Own Moccasins ›

7:30pm

Poetry Cabaret ›

9:00pm