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Organized by: Diaspora Dialogues — https://www.eventbrite.com/o/1330302385Three writers who move between theatre, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and performance talk about working across forms.
Plays that read like poems. Novels that grew out of a stage show. Stories that refuse to fit on any one bookstore shelf. Three writers (and a publisher) who move between theatre, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and performance talk about working across forms. They’ll discuss how a story chooses its shape, what each form makes possible, and how Indigenous storytelling traditions are not limited by the borders of Western genre.
Drew Hayden Taylor is an award-winning Ojibway playwright, novelist, columnist and humourist from Curve Lake First Nation whose work spans drama, fiction, non-fiction and television.
Armand Garnet Ruffo is an Ojibwe poet, biographer, librettist and scholar, and guest curator of this symposium.
Yolanda Bonnell (she/they) is a 2 Spirit Ojibwe and South Asian storyteller, playwright, performer and director from Fort William First Nation, now based in Tkarón:to. She has just completed her first novel, the first in a young adult trilogy.
Stephanie Sinclair is Publisher of McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. She is a Cree, Ojibwe, and German/Jewish settler. She is a fierce advocate and activist, serving as a mentor and curator, and organizing publishing events to challenge colonial practices in publishing and to advance the work of reconciliation.
Moderator: Helen Walsh
Part of the Indigenous Literature Symposium, presented by Diaspora Dialogues in partnership with LodgePole Arts Alliance. Curated by Armand Garnet Ruffo. Free and open to the public. This symposium has been made possible by the Government of Canada.
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Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON M5R 2E3, CA, Canada
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