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Author Evening with David A. Robertson

Award-winning author and public speaker David A. Robertson will share stories and tips from his own learning experiences.

Award-winning Cree author David A. Robertson emphasizes the power of storytelling in healing, truth-telling, and fostering understanding among people.

Robertson writes, edits, and speaks on topics related to Indigenous issues, mental health, and freedom of expression. In his latest books, 52 Ways To Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing, and All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety, he explores his personal experiences, struggles, and learnings. 

Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore, independent filmmaker, lecturer, artist, and creator of the Aunties Dandelions Podcast will join David for an evening of conversation. 

Stop by the Woolf & Company (formerly Rookery Books) table to purchase titles by the author and have them signed as a memento of this special event.

Doors open at 6:00 pm.

About the Author

David A. Robertson is the author of numerous books for young readers including Governor General’s Literary Award winners On the Trapline and When We Were Alone. The Barren Grounds, Book 1 of The Misewa Saga series, was a Kirkus, NPR, and Quill & Quire best middle-grade book of 2020, as well as a USBBY and Texas Lone Star selection. Winner of the Writers’ Union of Canada’s Freedom to Read Award, as well as the 2021 Globe and Mail Children’s Storyteller of the Year recipient, Dave is a member of Norway House Cree Nation and currently lives in Winnipeg, Canada. From bestselling author of the Misewa Saga series, David A. Robertson, this is the essential guide for all Canadians to understand how small and attainable acts towards reconciliation can make an enormous difference in our collective efforts to build a reconciled country.

About 52 Ways to Reconcile

52 Ways to Reconcile is an accessible, friendly guide for non-Indigenous people eager to learn, or Indigenous people eager to do more in our collective effort towards reconciliation, as people, and as a country. As much as non-Indigenous people want to walk the path of reconciliation, they often aren’t quite sure what to do, and they’re afraid of making mistakes. This book is the answer and the long overdue guide.

The idea of this book is simple: 52 small acts of reconciliation to consider, one per week, for an entire year. They’re all doable, and they’re all meaningful. All 52 steps take readers in the right direction, towards a healthier relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and a time when we are past trauma. By following these steps, we can live in stronger and healthier communities equally, and respectfully, together.

About the Moderator

The moderator for this event will be Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore is a Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) enrolled citizen of Six Nations of the Grand River. She is a filmmaker/media creator/scholar dedicated to Indigenous revitalization through storytelling. Kahstoserawkathe is co-founder of The Aunties Dandelion media organization where she produces documentary and narrative films and a monthly podcast centering Indigenous matrilineal wisdom, leadership, and creativity. She recently completed three years of Mohawk language immersion; graduating as a fluent speaker (ACTFL intermediate/high – Onkwawénna Kentyóhkwa). She spent two decades as director/producer/writer with Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and other platforms and a year in Tokyo, Japan as a reporter with Asia Now (PBS).

Accessibility
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COST: Free

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