Longlist of 2026-2027 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

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

52 Ways to Reconcile

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

7 Generations

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : HighWater Press

7IDANsuu James Hart: A Monumental Practice

Author : 7IDANsuu James Hart

Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing

A Bow Forged From Ash

Author : Melissa Powless Day

Publisher : Palimpsest Press

A Steady Brightness of Being

Author : Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair

Publisher : Penguin Canada

Algonquin Nation

Author : Jennifer Meness

Publisher : Beech Street Books

All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

All Wrong Horses on Fire that Go Away in the Rain

Author : Sarain Frank Soonias

Publisher : NeWest Press

Anishinaabek: The People and Nations

Author : Jennifer Meness

Publisher : Beech Street Books

Bad Indians Book Club

Author : Patty Krawec

Publisher : Goose Lane Editions

Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey

Author : Janice Forsyth

Publisher : University of Manitoba Press

Big Chief

Author : Jon Hickey

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes

Author : Laura Hall

Publisher : University of Regina Press

Bones of a Giant

Author : Brian Thomas Isaac

Publisher : Random House Canada

Cayuga Nation

Author : Susan Currie

Publisher : Beech Street Books

Charlie the Matachewan Moose

Author : Shawna Lee Corbould

Publisher : Strong Nations Publishing

Children Like Us

Author : Brittany Penner

Publisher : Doubleday Canada

CoyWolf

Author : Colin Wolf

Publisher : Playwrights Canada Press

Decolonization and Me

Author : Phyllis Webstad

Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing

Fierce Voice

Author : Susan Currie

Publisher : Common Deer Press

Five Seasons of Charlie Francis

Author : Danica Roache

Publisher : Vagrant Press

From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion

Author : Christian Allaire

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

I Am a Sixties Scoop Warrior

Author : Jacqueline Marie Maurice

Publisher : Beech Street Books

I Won’t Feel This Way Forever

Author : Kim Spencer

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

I Would Like to Say Thank You

Author : Joseph Dandurand

Publisher : Nightwood Editions

Indigenous Rights in One Minute

Author : Bruce McIvor

Publisher : Nightwood Editions

Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing

Author : Susan Aglukark

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Leave Our Bones Where They Lay

Author : Aviaq Johnston

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education

Author : Lorena Sekwan Fontaine

Publisher : University of Manitoba Press

Maddy’s Sash

Author : Marion Gonneville

Publisher : Gabriel Dumont Institute Press

Maggie Lou Meets Her Match

Author : Arnolda Dufour Bowes

Publisher : Groundwood Books

Mi’kmaq Nation

Author : Corinne Chappell

Publisher : Beech Street Books

Mi’kmaq: The People and Nation

Author : Corinne Chappell

Publisher : Beech Street Books

North Stars (Nish #3)

Author : Isabelle Picard

Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd.

On Wholeness

Author : Quill Christie-Peters

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

Only the Scent of You Remained

Author : Duncan Mercredi

Publisher : At Bay Press

Procession

Author : Katherena Vermette

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community

Author : Cheryl Troupe

Publisher : University of Manitoba Press

Reconciling

Author : Larry Grant

Publisher : ECW Press

Seventhblade

Author : Tonia Laird

Publisher : ECW Press

Small Ceremonies

Author : Kyle Edwards

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

Soft as Bones

Author : Chyana Marie Sage

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

Sons of Tecumseh

Author : Maurice Switzer

Publisher : Maurice Switzer

Still Ruffling Feathers: Let Us Put Our Minds Together

Author : Wanda Wuttunee

Publisher : University of Manitoba Press

Stolen Sisters

Author : Leahdawn Helena

Publisher : Breakwater Books

The Amazing Adventures of Sisi the Mouse

Author : Mikey Arnott

Publisher : Enthusiasts of Life

The Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin

Author : Tracey Lindberg

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

The Fragments that Remain

Author : Mackenzie Angeconeb

Publisher : DCB Young Readers

The Haunted Blizzard

Author : Aviaq Johnston

Publisher : Inhabit Media

The Idea of An Entire Life

Author : Billy-Ray Belcourt

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

The Many Names of Robert Cree

Author : Robert Cree

Publisher : ECW Press

The Work of Our Hands

Author : Adrian Sutherland

Publisher : Viking Canada

The World’s End

Author : David A. Robertson, Maya McKibbin

Publisher : Tundra Books

Theory of Water

Author : Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Publisher : Alchemy by Knopf Canada

Touching Grass

Author : Kristy Jackson

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

We Survived the Night

Author : Julian Brave NoiseCat

Publisher : Julian Brave NoiseCat

Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait

Author : Emily Laurent Henderson

Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing

You Were Made for This World

Author : Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair

Publisher : Tundra Books

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