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
