Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival Award Winner Announced

Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival Award Winner Announced
by Allison Fairbairn - Tuesday Oct 23 2007 1:43 pm
Posted in: Awards, Saskatoon

Some of Canada's finest Aboriginal writers were honoured at a Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation on Friday, October 19 at the Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon. The wrap up for the Fourth Annual Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival featured food, entertainment, and a chance for some of Canada's Aboriginal literati to celebrate together.

Dr. Basil Johnston, author of 20 books and best known for Indian School Days, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Donna Heinbecker of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company, the group that coordinated the festival, presented the four awards of the festival. The winners were as follows:

Poetry Book of the Year: That Tongued Belonging by Marilyn Dumont, published by Kegedonce Press

Children’s Book of the Year: Nokum is My Teacher by David Bouchard, published by Red Deer Press

Fiction Book of the Year: Red Rooms by Cherie Dimaline, published by Theytus Books

McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year: That Tongued Belonging by Marilyn Dumont, published by Kegedonce Press.

Congratulations to all the winners, and to the SNTC for another great festival!

See:

Indian School Days - trade paperback

By Basil H. Johnston - $19.95 - add to cart

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That Tongued Belonging - trade paperback

By Marilyn Dumont - $15.00 - add to cart

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that tongued belonging, the newest book from award-winning Métis poet Marilyn Dumont, is a collection of poems which search for acceptance in language, culture, love and geographical landscapes. Th...

Nokum Is My Teacher - children's hardcover

By David Bouchard - $24.95 - add to cart

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Will you walk with me, Grandmother? Will you talk with me a while? I'm finding life confusing And I'm looking for some answers To questions all around me At that school and on the street. You...

Red Rooms - trade paperback

By Cherie Dimaline - $19.95 - add to cart

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