Alice Major
Alice Major’s 12th collection of poetry, Welcome to the Anthropocene, continues her long engagement with the sciences as a way of finding meaning in the world. She served as the first poet laureate of Edmonton, which has also inspired much of her work. She has received many honours for her writing and community work, including the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award.
David A. Robertson
David A. Robertson’s books include the Governor General Literary Award winning When We Were Alone (McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist, Indigenous Literature Award finalist), Will I See? (Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, Graphic Novel Category), the YA novel Strangers (Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction), and the adult novel The Evolution of Alice (Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, Inuit Literature finalist). David also won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer in 2015. David educates as well as entertains through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, reflecting their cultures, histories, communities, as well as illuminating many contemporary issues. David is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
Tenille K. Campbell
Tenille K. Campbell is a Dene/Métis author and photographer from English River First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC and is currently working on a doctoral degree in Indigenous Literature at the University of Saskatchewan. Her debut poetry collection, #IndianLovePoems (Signature Editions), garnered positive attention across the country, hitting the awards lists in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award. It is a celebratory, slyly funny, and bluntly honest take on the erotic side of contemporary Indigenous life.