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Join Butler MFA for a Visiting Writers Series reading with Award-Winning Indigenous Writer & Storyteller Eden Robinson!Eden Robinson is an award-winning Indigenous writer from Canada. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Eden is the author of the short story collection, “Traplines”, which won the Winifred Holtby Prize for best first work of fiction and was a New York Times Notable Book. Her second book, “Monkey Beach”, a novel, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award. “Monkey Beach” was awarded with the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Eden’s third novel, “Blood Sports”, was published in 2006 and revisits characters from Traplines.
In 2011, Robinson released “The Sasquatch at Home: Traditional Protocols & Modern Storytelling”. The book provides insight into Robinson’s culture, early life and family. The University of Alberta Press described the stories in the book as “delightful, poignant” and “sometimes quirky.”
Robinson’s latest novel, “Son of A Trickster” (2017), the first installment of a planned trilogy, is a darkly comic coming of age story that follows the life of 16-year-old Jared Martin as he navigates his way through the violent, dysfunctional world of small-town British Columbia. It was shortlisted for the 2017 Giller Prize.
All VWS events are non-ticketed and free to the public.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Shelton Auditorium, 1000 W 42nd St, Indianapolis, IN 46208-3301, United States,Indianapolis, Indiana
