CanLit was born within a colonial landscape, just as each of us has been. The very words we speak, and the forms in which we write were also birthed within that context. Here is a reading list of indigenous authors, living in what is now known as Canada, whose work reclaims languages, expands beyond colonial structures, and celebrates lives that are systematically oppressed.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival has been thrilled to host many authors from this list, including Waubgeshig Rice, David A. Robertson, Drew Hayden Taylor, Michelle Good, Lee Maracle, Liz Howard, and Gregory Scofield. Stay tuned for our 2023 program!

Station Eleven
By Emily St. John Mandel

Empire of Wild
By Cherie Dimaline

VenCo
By Cherie Dimaline

Son of a Trickster
By Eden Robinson

In My Own Mocassins
By Helen Knott

Letters In A Bruised Cosmos
By Liz Howard

The Moon of the Crusted Snow
By Waubgeshig Rice

Birdie
By Tracy Lindberg

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
By Drew Hayden Taylor

Celia’s Song
By Lee Maracle

Black Water
By David A. Robertson
Five Little Indians
By Michelle Good

Witness, I Am
By Gregory Scofield

Life In The City of Dirty Water
By Clayton Thomas-Muller

Hope Matters
By Lee Maracle, Columpa Bob, Tania Carter

Moccasin Square Gardens
By Richard Van Camp

Crow Winter
By Karen McBride

Split Tooth
By Tanya Tagaq

A Two-Spirit Journey
By Ma-Nee Chacaby

Noopiming
The Cure for White Ladies
By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Seveb Fallen Feathers
Racism, Death, and Hard Truths In a Northern City
By Tanya Talaga

Indigenomics
Taking A Seat At the Economic Table
By Carol Anne Hilton, MBA

Dog Tracks
By Ruby Slipperjack

The Only Good Indians
By Stephen Graham Jones

Sanaaq
By Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

Before The Usual Time
By Darlene Naponse

21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act
By Bob Joseph

Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige

The Night Wanderer
By Drew Hayden Taylor