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
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7IDANsuu James Hart: A Monumental Practice

Author : 7IDANsuu James Hart
Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing
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A Steady Brightness of Being

Author : Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair
Publisher : Penguin Canada
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All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety

Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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All Wrong Horses on Fire that Go Away in the Rain

Author : Sarain Frank Soonias
Publisher : NeWest Press
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Beyond the Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey

Author : Janice Forsyth
Publisher : University of Manitoba Press
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Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes

Author : Laura Hall
Publisher : University of Regina Press
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Decolonization and Me

Author : Phyllis Webstad
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
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Five Seasons of Charlie Francis

Author : Danica Roache
Publisher : Vagrant Press
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From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion

Author : Christian Allaire
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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I Would Like to Say Thank You

Author : Joseph Dandurand
Publisher : Nightwood Editions
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Indigenous Rights in One Minute

Author : Bruce McIvor
Publisher : Nightwood Editions
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Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing

Author : Susan Aglukark
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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Leave Our Bones Where They Lay

Author : Aviaq Johnston
Publisher : Inhabit Media
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Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education

Author : Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Publisher : University of Manitoba Press
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Maggie Lou Meets Her Match

Author : Arnolda Dufour Bowes
Publisher : Groundwood Books
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North Stars (Nish #3)

Author : Isabelle Picard
Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd.
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Only the Scent of You Remained

Author : Duncan Mercredi
Publisher : At Bay Press
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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
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Still Ruffling Feathers: Let Us Put Our Minds Together

Author : Wanda Wuttunee
Publisher : University of Manitoba Press
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The Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin

Author : Tracey Lindberg
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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The Fragments that Remain

Author : Mackenzie Angeconeb
Publisher : DCB Young Readers
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The Idea of An Entire Life

Author : Billy-Ray Belcourt
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
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Theory of Water

Author : Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Publisher : Alchemy by Knopf Canada
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We Survived the Night

Author : Julian Brave NoiseCat
Publisher : Julian Brave NoiseCat
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Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait

Author : Emily Laurent Henderson
Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing
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