Festival: 2022 David A. Robertson

Brunch & Author's Event: David A. Robertson

Date: Sunday October 23

Time: 12h - 13h30

Location: Community Centre, 270 Victoria, Knowlton QC

PRICE: a $40/person



Includes: Buffet Lunch:

Quiche, Stratta, Charcuterie, Fruit, Scones, Chia pudding, Yogurt, Juice, Water, Tea & Coffee

Date:
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Sunday October 23
12h - 13h30
Community Centre, 270 Victoria, Knowlton QC

From: CTV | Winnipeg News, October 10, 2022

"So many young voices out there..."

Author David A. Robertson


Winnipeg author heads up new Indigenous children's book imprint | A celebrated local author will be giving voice to Indigenous authors as the head of a new children's book imprint under Penguin Random House Canada (PRHC). Starting next month, award-winning writer David A. Robertson will be Editorial Director for the still-unnamed imprint under PRHC's Tundra Book Group, Canada's oldest English children's book publisher. For the full article check out the following link:


https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/so-many-young-voices-out-there-winnipeg-author-heads-up-new-indigenous-children-s-book-imprint-1.6103255


2022 Knowlton Literary Festival

David A. Robertson

Author of The Misewa Saga series

David A. Robertson (he, him, his) was the 2021 recipient of the Writers’ Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award. He is the author of numerous books for young readers including When We Were Alone, which won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award and the McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People Award.


The Barren Grounds, the first book in the middle-grade The Misewa Saga series, received a starred review from Kirkus, was a Kirkus and Quill & Quire best middle-grade book of 2020, was a USBBY and Texas Lone Star selection, was shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch Award, and was a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award.


His memoir, Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory, was a Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire book of the year in 2020, and won the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction as well as the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award at the 2020 Manitoba Book Awards.


On The Trapline, illustrated by Julie Flett, won David's second Governor General's Literary Award and was named one of the best picture books of 2021 by the CCBC, The Horn Book, New York Public Library, Quill & Quire, and American Indians in Children's Literature. Dave is the writer and host of the podcast Kíwew, winner of the 2021 RTDNA Praire Region Award for Best Podcast.


Robertson is also the writer and host of the award-winning podcast Kiwew. The Theory of Crows is his first novel for adults. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.


Read more about David A. Robertson at: www.darobertson.ca .


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