2024-2025

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Alicia Elliott

And Then She Fell

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Shortlist of 2024-2025 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

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

acâhkos nikamowini-pîkiskwêwina—The Star Poems: nêhiyawi-kîsik âcimowin—A Cree Sky Narrative

Author : Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber

Publisher : Your Nickel's Worth Publishing

The Spirit of Denedeh: As I Enfold You in Petals

Author : Richard Van Camp

Publisher : Portage and Main Press

Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael

Author : Bonnie Devine, John Geoghegan, Sarah Milroy

Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing

Once the Smudge is Lit

Author : Kelsey Bogford and Cole Forrest

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

And Then She Fell

Author : Alicia Elliott

Publisher : Doubleday Canada

Longlist of 2024-2025 Adult/YA Nominated Titles

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

A Beautiful Rebellion

Author : Rita Bouvier

Publisher : Thistledown Press

A Girl Called Echo Omnibus

Author : Katherena Vermette

Publisher : HighWater Press

A Grandmother Begins the Story

Author : Michelle Porter

Publisher : Viking Canada

A Haida Wedding

Author : Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson with Robert Davidson

Publisher : Heritage House Publishing

A SEASON IN CHEZGH’UN

Author : Darrel J. McLeod

Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre

acâhkos nikamowini-pîkiskwêwina—The Star Poems: nêhiyawi-kîsik âcimowin—A Cree Sky Narrative

Author : Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber

Publisher : Your Nickel's Worth Publishing

An Ordinary Violence

Author : Adriana Chartrand

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

And Then She Fell

Author : Alicia Elliott

Publisher : Doubleday Canada

Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity

Author : Gerald McMaster and Nina Vincent

Publisher : Goose Lane Editions

Bad Cree

Author : Jessica Johns

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL

Author : Brandon Reid

Publisher : Nightwood Editions

Becoming a Matriarch

Author : Helen Knott

Publisher : Knopf Canada

Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold

Author : Jessica Outram

Publisher : Second Story Press

Blood Sport

Author : January Rogers

Publisher : Turtle's Back Publishing

Building a Nest From the Bones of My People

Author : Cara-Lyn Morgan

Publisher : Invisible Publishing

Dreams: Visions of the Crow

Author : Wanda John-Kehewin

Publisher : HighWater Press

E nâtamukw miyeyimuwin Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree, Volume 1

Author : Ruth DyckFehderau (writer); Solomon Awashish (Elder); James Bay Cree storytellers

Publisher : Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay

Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael

Author : Bonnie Devine, John Geoghegan, Sarah Milroy

Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing

Elements

Author : Jamesie Fournier

Publisher : Inhabit Media

Empty Spaces

Author : Jordan Abel

Publisher : Penguin Random House

Hold Your Tongue

Author : Matthew Tétreault

Publisher : NeWest Press

Hopeless in Hope

Author : Wanda John-Kehewin

Publisher : HighWater Press

In Search of April Raintree, Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Author : Beatrice Mosionier

Publisher : Portage and Main Press

Joe Pete

Author : Ian McCulloch

Publisher : Latitude 46 Publishing

Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing

Author : Suzanne Methot

Publisher : ECW Press

Kukum

Author : Michel Jean

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

Lhù’ààn Mân Keyí Dań Kwánje Nààtsat

Author : Kluane First Nation

Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing

Maggie Lou, Firefox

Author : Arnolda Dufour Bowes

Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd.

Mind Over Matter: Hard-Won Battles on the Road to Hope

Author : Jordin Tootoo

Publisher : Penguin Canada

Misty Lake

Author : Darrell Racine and Dale Lakevold

Publisher : J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

Moon of the Turning Leaves

Author : Waubgeshig Rice

Publisher : Random House Canada

Moving Upstream

Author : Mary Barnes

Publisher : At Bay Press

Nish: North and South

Author : Isabelle Picard

Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd.

North of Middle Island

Author : D.A. Lockhart

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Once the Smudge is Lit

Author : Kelsey Bogford and Cole Forrest

Publisher : Kegedonce Press

Prince Prickly Spine

Author : Tekeyla Friday

Publisher : Tekeyla (Tequila) Friday Studios Publishing

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Inuit Relocations

Author : Krista Ulujuk Zawadski

Publisher :

Rocker from the Rez

Author : Lance Chalmers

Publisher : BWL Publishing

Suliewey: The Sequel to My Indian

Author : Mi'sel Joe and Sheila O'Neill

Publisher : Breakwater Books Ltd.

Tales for Late Night Bonfires

Author : G.A. Grisenthwaite

Publisher : Freehand Books

Tauhou

Author : Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

The All + Flesh

Author : Brandi Bird

Publisher : House of Anansi Press

The Berry Pickers

Author : Amanda Peters

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

The First Few Feet in a World of Wolves

Author : Scott Mainprize

Publisher : At Bay Press

The Portal Keeper

Author : David A. Robertson

Publisher : Tundra Books

The Rainbow the Midwife and the Birds

Author : Raymond Yakeleya

Publisher : Durvile Publications

The Spirit of Denedeh: As I Enfold You in Petals

Author : Richard Van Camp

Publisher : Portage and Main Press

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life

Author : Michelle Good

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Unbroken

Author : Angela Sterritt

Publisher : Greystone Books

When the Owl Calls Your Name

Author : Alan Syliboy

Publisher : Nimbus Publishing

Whistle at Night and They Will Come

Author : Alex Soop

Publisher : Durvile & UpRoute Books

White Girls in Moccasins

Author : Yolanda Bonnell

Publisher : J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing