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Author Spotlight for February: Smokii Sumac

This month, we shine the spotlight on Smokii Sumac, author of you are enough: love poems for the end of the world. We caught up with Smokii recently and learned about some amazing new projects he is currently working on. Kegedonce Press: What has changed for you, with...

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Welcome new Kegedonce Press author Marjorie Beaucage

A warm Kegedonce Press welcome to acclaimed filmmaker, artist, activist and poet Marjorie Beaucage, whose book leave some for the birds: movements for justice will be released in spring, 2023. Marjorie Beaucage is a Two-Spirit Métis Auntie, filmmaker, art-ivist and...

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Author Spotlight for January, Basil Johnston

As part of the celebration of our 30th Anniversary, every month in 2023 we will be shining the spotlight on one of our amazing authors! We begin the year with Basil Johnston, esteemed Anishinaabe writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar. Kegedonce Press has...

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A Special Year…

2023 has begun! This is a very special year for Kegedonce Press: It’s our 30th anniversary! The press began back in 1993 with the publication of My Heart is a Stray Bullet by founder and managing editor Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm. Kateri founded Kegedonce Press as a...

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Special Holiday Book Bundles

Winter is the time to curl up inside with a good book. This season, Kegedonce Press is making it easy with four special book bundles for the winter holidays. Because good books are better when they come in twos! We have selected pairings that fit well together, for...

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Publish with Kegedonce Press!

Dedicated Indigenous Publisher Invites Manuscript Submissions. Kegedonce Press is seeking manuscript submissions from First Nations, Inuit and Michif/Métis creators based in the territories known as Canada. We are seeking submissions in the following categories:...

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Cover Story: Through the Eyes of Asunder

Neal Shannacappo writes about the serendipitous origins of the cover image for his debut poetry collection. "Aanii kina wiya! The art on the cover [of Through the Eyes of Asunder] was a serendipitous event that I discovered after one long night of inking some graphic...

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April is National Poetry Month

Kegedonce Press celebrates our newest poetry collection, D.A. Lockhart's Go Down Odawa Way. "Lyric experiences from the rooted-class, steeped in the bloodlines of survival, posed on the verges of decolonization." —D.A. Lockhart. Poems that cross the boundaries of an...

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