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Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonNov 6th 2025 at The Broom Factory
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician, writer and
academic. She is the author of eight books, including A Short History of the Blockade and the
novel Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies which was short listed for the Governor General’s
Literary Award for fiction and the Dublin Literary Prize. Her collaboration with Robyn Maynard,
Rehearsals for Living is a National Best Seller and was short listed for the Governor General’s
Literary Award for non-fiction. Leanne is also a musician. Her latest release Theory of Ice was
named to the Polaris Prize short list, and she is the 2021 winner of the Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn
Award. Leanne’s new work, Theory of Water is a national best seller and was published in 2025
from Alchemy at Knopf Canada and Haymarket Books in the US. Leanne has lectured and
taught extensively at universities across Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and
Europe and has over twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She holds
a PhD from the University of Manitoba and is a member of Alderville First Nation.
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305 Rideau Street, Kingston, Ontario K7K 3A9, Canada
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