Category: INDIGENOUS

• 20th read: The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy)

  

  I’m so happy I read this. It was ones of my favourites so far in 2023. I often listen to audiobooks on 1.5X speed, but not this one. I wished to read nothing else but The Orenda all week. I read it slowly, savouring every scene. TITLE: The Orenda AUTHOR: Joseph Boyden Released: 2013 Format:…

  ReadRenard

  March 12, 2023

  5 STARS, ADULT, BOOK REVIEWS, CANADIAN, ENGLISH, FICTION, HISTORICAL FICTION, INDIGENOUS, JANUARY 2023, TRILOGY

  Bird Family trilogy, Joseph Boyden

• 19th read: The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts

  

  This week, someone told me she dislike books that feel like homework. I’m the complete opposite: I purposely seek out these books. The more footnotes, the better. I’ve always been a bit of a masochist, preferring tough professors over easy ones. Sometimes, I choose wisdom/knowledge over simple delights. I read The Stone Canoe as though…

  ReadRenard

  February 5, 2023

  5 STARS, ANTHOLOGY, BOOK REVIEWS, CANADIAN, COLLECTION, ENGLISH, HISTORICAL, INDIGENOUS, JANUARY 2023, LEGEND & MYTH, MI’KMAQ, MI’KMAWI’SIMK, NONFICTION

  Alan Syliboy, Elizabeth Paul, Peter Sanger, Susan Bass

• 11th read: Wenjack

  

  Joseph Boyden visited my university in 2016. There, he spoke about this book and awakened my interest. I put it in the back of my mind for later, since heavy syllabi owned my waking hours. Controversy around the author that kept me from his works for some time, until one of my roommates (Hi Ryan!)…

  ReadRenard

  January 11, 2023

  5 STARS, BOOK REVIEWS, CANADIAN, ENGLISH, HISTORICAL, INDIGENOUS, JANUARY 2023, OBIJWE, RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, SHORT STORIES

  Joseph Boyden