List of 2022-2023 Adult/YA
Shortlisted Titles

Browse below for all shortlisted titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury has shortlisted these titles.

Christi Belcourt

Author : Belcourt C., et al
Publisher : Fredricton: Goose Lane Editions
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Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table

Author : Carol Anne Hilton
Publisher : Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers.
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Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children

Author : Wendy Proverbs
Publisher : Victoria: Heritage House Publishing
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Permanent Astonishment A Memoir

Author : Tomson Highway
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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The Strangers

Author : Katherena Vermette
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Go Down Odawa Way

Author : Daniel A. Lockhart
Publisher : Neyaashiinigmiing: Kegedonce Press
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Longlist of 2022-2023 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.

Permanent Astonishment A Memoir

Author : Tomson Highway
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Epekwitk: Mi’kmaq Poetry from Prince Edward Island

Author : Julie Pellissier-Lush
Publisher : Charlottetown: The Acorn Press
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Go Down Odawa Way

Author : Daniel A. Lockhart
Publisher : Neyaashiinigmiing: Kegedonce Press
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Run as One: My Story

Author : Errol Ranville
Publisher : Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications
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The Enchanted People – Edit*

Author : Jennifer Pool
Publisher : Toronto: Guernica Editions
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Wild Waters: Inside a Voyageur’s World

Author : Constance Brissenden, Larry Loyie
Publisher : Six Nations: Indigenous Education Press
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Memory Keeper

Author : Dawn Cheryl Hill
Publisher : Six Nations: Ojistoh Publishing
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Gather: Richard Van Camp on the Joy of Storytelling

Author : Richard Van Camp
Publisher : Regina: University of Regina Press
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We Remember the Coming of the White Man

Author : et al, Sarah Stewart
Publisher : Calgary: Durvile Publications
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Christi Belcourt

Author : Belcourt C., et al
Publisher : Fredricton: Goose Lane Editions
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What Comes from Spirit

Author : Drew Hayden Taylor (Editor), Richard Wagamese
Publisher : Madeira Park: Douglas and McIntyre
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Nothing Will Be Different

Author : Tara McGowan-Ross
Publisher : Toronto: Dundurn Press
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Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children

Author : Wendy Proverbs
Publisher : Victoria: Heritage House Publishing
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Probably Ruby

Author : Lisa Bird-Wilson
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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All the Quiet Places

Author : Brian Thomas Isaac
Publisher : Victoria: Touchwood Editions
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Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity*

Author : Darrel J. McLeod
Publisher : Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions
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Stories of Métis Women Tales My Kookum Told Me

Author : Bailey Oster, Marilyn Lizee
Publisher : Calgary: Durvile Publications
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Barren Grounds : Book 1 of The Misewa Saga

Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Kitotam: He Speaks to it*

Author : John McDonald
Publisher : Regina: Radiant Press
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Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

Author : Jesse Wente
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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The Lover, the Lake

Author : Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau
Publisher : Calgary: Freehand Books
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Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing

Author : Clayton Thomas-Müller
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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awâsis – kinky and dishevelled

Author : Louise Bernice Halfe
Publisher : Kingston: Brickbooks
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What Was Said To Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman

Author : Ruby Peter
Publisher : Victoria: Royal BC Museum Press
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Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table

Author : Carol Anne Hilton
Publisher : Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers.
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Rez Rules

Author : Clarence Chief Louie
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place

Author : Denise Bolduc, editors, et al
Publisher : Toronto: Coach House Press
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Treaty Words: For as Long as the Rivers Flow

Author : Aimée Craft
Publisher : Toronto: Annick Press
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Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player*

Author : Ayahkokopawiwiyin Fred Sasakamoose
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Tainna: The Unseen Ones

Author : Norma Dunning
Publisher : Madeira Park: Douglas and McIntyre
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The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

Author : Dawn Dumont
Publisher : Calgary: Free Hand Books
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Bagone Giizhig: The Hole in the Sky*

Author : Leonard Moose, Mary Moose
Publisher : Six Nations: Indigenous Education Press
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Letters in a Bruised Cosmos

Author : Liz Howard
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Kitcikisik (Great Sky) Tellings that Fill the Night Sky

Author : Pawaminikititicikiw / Wilfred Buck
Publisher : Six Nations: Indigenous Education Press
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These are the Stories: Memories of a 60’s Scoop Survivor

Author : Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith
Publisher : Neyaashiinigmiing: Kegedonce Press
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Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Author : Bruce McIvor
Publisher : Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing
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Walking in Two Worlds

Author : Wab Kinew
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Peepeekisis ātayōhkēwina: Sacred Stories of Peepeekisis Cree Nation

Author : Eleanor Brass
Publisher : Regina: Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing
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The Great Bear : Book 2 of The Misewa Saga

Author : David Alexander Robertson
Publisher : Toronto: Penquin Random House
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The Strangers

Author : Katherena Vermette
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House
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Indigenous Women and Street Gangs: Survivance Narratives

Author : Robert Henry
Publisher : Edmonton: University of Alberta Press
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