![]() ![]() PP: There are more than 600 First Nations communities in Canada, in addition to Inuit and Métis settlements. And like most publishers, resources are always at a premium. Publishing Perspectives: What are some of the challenges of Indigenous talents working in publishing?Ĭherie Dimaline: In conversations with Indigenous publishers, I’ve seen that trying to balance community stories and the requirements of being viable in the marketplace is always a concern. Publishing Perspectives asked Dimaline to share her vision of the oral and written traditions that Aboriginal cultures in Canada are bringing to the publishing industry and to readers. And she is the first writer in residence for Aboriginal literature at the Toronto Public Library. In 2014, Dimaline was named Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. ‘The Marrow Thieves’ by Cherie Dimaline won the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Young People’s Literature.ĭimaline’s books include Red Rooms (2007) and The Girl Who Drew a Galaxy (2013), published by Younging’s Theytus Books, and this year’s The Marrow Thieves, published by Dancing Cat Books and one of the recently announced winners of the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Awards. An award-winning author and editor from the Georgian Bay Métis community, Dimaline is also executive director of The RIEL Centre, which reflects a groundswell of interest in Indigenous storytelling today. ![]() Waubgeshig Rice’s Midnight Sweatlodge (2011) from Theytus was a gold medalist in the international 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards and a winner of the same year’s Northern Lit Award.Īnd one of the best known representatives of Indigenous voices in Canada’s book industry is Cherie Dimaline. The company is owned and operated by Greg Younging, himself the author of the upcoming Elements of Indigenous Style (Brush Education). One of the best known Indigenous publishing houses in Canada is Theytus Books in Penticton, British Columbia. Today in Canada, more initiatives are underway to highlight the talents and skills of an engaged and robust community of Indigenous authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, and others. And there are the Métis, a people of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry who formed a distinct culture in the 18th and 19th centuries. There are the Inuit, Aboriginal people of the Arctic who live in more than 50 communities in Canada. There are 630-plus First Nations communities representing more than 50 Nations from across the country. ![]() More than 1.4 million people in Canada, or about 4 percent of the population, are part of the three Aboriginal groups in the country, according to the Canadian government. By Carla Douglas and Porter story was originally published in our “Publishing in Canada” magazine, produced in cooperation with Livres Canada Books. ![]()
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