by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Peyakow Reclaiming Cree Dignity Darrel J. McLeod Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Book Description Mamaskatch, Darrel J. McLeod’s 2018 memoir of growing up Cree in Northern Alberta, was a publishing sensation—winning the Governor General’s Literary Award for...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Finding the Mother Tree Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Suzanne SimardPublisher: Allen Lane | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she’s been compared to Rachel Carson,...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Dog Flowers A Memoir, An Archive Danielle GellerPublisher: One World | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description When Danielle Geller’s mother dies of alcohol withdrawal during an attempt to get sober, Geller returns to Florida and finds her mother’s life packed...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
NISHGA Jordan AbelPublisher: McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description As a Nisga’a writer, Jordan Abel often finds himself in a position where he is asked to explain his relationship to Nisga’a language, Nisga’a...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Disorientation Being Black in the World Ian Williams Publisher: Random House Canada Book Description With that one eloquent word, disorientation, Ian Williams captures the impact of racial encounters on racialized people—the whiplash of race that occurs while minding...
