Knowledge Changes Lives
Jessica Johns’s debut novel, Bad Cree, is a gripping story about intergenerational trauma that follows a Cree millennial who has haunting dreams about her dead sister and Kokum. This groundbreakinghorror novel that grapples with the effects of grief and the power of kinship,got a country-wide spotlight on CBC Canada Reads 2024.For the third event of […]
BC Libraries Present: Indigenous Fiction False claims to Indigenous identity has gotten headlines across the country in recent years, with famous writers, academics, and artists uncovered as “pretendians.”The issue has been the subject of popular podcasts, feature articles in major magazines, and even a CBC documentary. Bestselling author katherena vermette’s new novel, real ones, tells […]
BC Libraries Present: Indigenous Fiction in Conversation Following the success of her groundbreaking memoir A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Alicia Elliot’s new novel And Then She Fellhas quickly become an award-winning national bestseller. It’s a story about Native life, motherhood, and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the […]
A Kootenay Library Federation event: Join us for our next Author Talk: Elisha Rose, March 6 th , 6:30 PT/ 7:30 MT on Zoom. Elisha is the author of I Am Worthy, a memoir of her experiences with a partner experiencing addiction. The program will conclude with questions and open discussion. This is a free […]
