Founded in 1935 and published by SJC Media since 2002, Quill & Quire is the resource of the Canadian book trade.The magazine reviews around 400 new titles each year, offering the most comprehensive look at Canadian-authored books in the country. Here are recommendations and links to review in honour of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.
Adult Books
Shared by Attila Berki, Quill & Quire's acting review editor
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
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A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
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All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Tanya Talaga
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The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour by Dawn Dumont
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A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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Children's Books
Shared by Inderjit Deogun, Quill & Quire's Books for Young People editor
Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola L. Campbell and Carrielynn Victor
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We Dream Medicine Dreams by Lisa Boivin
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Treaty Words: For as Long as the River Flows by Aimée Craft and Luke Swinson
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Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley; Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere
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Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend By Dawn Quigley and Tara Audibert
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The Shaman’s Apprentice By Zacharias Kunuk and Megan Kyak-Monteith
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Ska'da Stories Series By Sara Florence Davidson and Robert Davidson and Janine Gibbons
For more children's book recommendations, see this list selected by First Nation Communities READ for the 2021-2022 PMC Indigenous Literature Award.
