We close the Spring Edition with an evening of unforgettable fiction and three books that speak to a shared need for safety, dignity and home.
Five generations of Métis women argue, dance, struggle, laugh, love, and tell the stories that will sing their family, and perhaps the land itself, into healing in A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter.
In his gripping collection Her First Palestinian , Saeed Teebi plunges into the lives of characters grappling with their experiences as Palestinian immigrants to Canada, navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.
Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson is an audacious and beautiful novel about an adopted woman's search for her Indigenous identity. It was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Amazon First Novel Award and won the Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year.
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety and comfort of all patrons, masks are strongly encouraged for those attending in person this Spring. Livestream tickets are available upon request for those who prefer to attend remotely.
Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival is supported by generous individuals like you. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter and making a donation to support our programming and children’s literacy initiatives.
Through richly drawn characters and vibrant echoes of oral traditions old and new, Michelle Porter shows us the true breadth and resonance of Métis kinship, complete with the gifts and the hurts that move up and down the generations. There is simply no other story like it.
We close the Spring Edition with an evening of unforgettable fiction and three books that speak to a shared need for safety, dignity and home.
Five generations of Métis women argue, dance, struggle, laugh, love, and tell the stories that will sing their family, and perhaps the land itself, into healing in A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter.
In his gripping collection Her First Palestinian , Saeed Teebi plunges into the lives of characters grappling with their experiences as Palestinian immigrants to Canada, navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.
Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson is an audacious and beautiful novel about an adopted woman's search for her Indigenous identity. It was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Amazon First Novel Award and won the Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year.
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety and comfort of all patrons, masks are strongly encouraged for those attending in person this Spring. Livestream tickets are available upon request for those who prefer to attend remotely.
Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival is supported by generous individuals like you. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter and making a donation to support our programming and children’s literacy initiatives.
