56. Carving Space (VFW)

At the Vancouver Writers Festival

Established in 2017, the Indigenous Voices Awards honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices and nurture the work of emerging Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. The awards have ushered in a new and dynamic generation of Indigenous writers, with past recipients including Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Tagaq, and Jesse Thistle. This anthology, celebrating the awards’ fifth anniversary, collects selected works by finalists over the past five years.

We welcome co-editor Carleigh Baker and three contributors to the anthology, and former finalists of the Awards: Nathan Adler, Troy Sebastian, and jaye simpson. They’ll share readings from their works and discuss the writers they admire, what it’s felt like to have their own writing careers burgeon, and the exceptional breadth and depth in modern Indigenous writing.

Presented in partnership with SFU Library