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Ahnee! Since 1993, Kegedonce Press has been crafting beautiful books that involve Indigenous Peoples at all levels of production. Based at Neyaashiinigmiing, on the traditional territory of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation.

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Author Spotlight for May: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Author Spotlight for May: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

May 1, 2023

When Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith came to Kegedonce Press with her proposal for a memoir-style essay collection about the Sixties Scoop, we knew that these were important stories, stories that needed to be told. These are the Stories: Memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor is a heartbreaking yet hopeful account of her experiences as a Sixties Scoop survivor. Through writing, through telling her stories, she has forged her own path to healing and connected with a community of other survivors. “I am...

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Author Spotlight for April: D.A. Lockhart

Author Spotlight for April: D.A. Lockhart

Mar 31, 2023

For April, National Poetry Month, we shine the spotlight on D.A. Lockhart, author of multiple poetry collections and the award winning short story collection Breaking Right: Stories. His work has been shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, Indiana Author’s Awards, First Nations Communities READ Award, and has been a finalist for the ReLit Award. Lockhart is pùkuwànkoamimëns, Turtle Clan, of the Moravian of the Thames First Nation and currently resides at Waawiiyaatanong and Pelee Island...

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Author Spotlight for March: Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer

Author Spotlight for March: Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer

Mar 1, 2023

For International Women’s History Month we feature Sky Dancer, Louise B. Halfe. Her celebrated poetry collections Bear Bones and Feathers, Burning in this Midnight Dream, Blue Marrow, and The Crooked Good have earned many awards and accolades. Sky Dancer served as the second poet laureate for Saskatchewan in 2005 and has just finished her tenure as the 2022 Parliamentary Poet Laureate for Canada. A member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Halfe attended the Blue Quills residential school when...

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Author Spotlight for February: Smokii Sumac

Author Spotlight for February: Smokii Sumac

Feb 3, 2023

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 regards to poetry and writing, since publishing you are enough? Smokii Sumac: you are enough is a collection of poems written almost daily over the span of two years. I would love to say I continued that practice, however, once...

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Welcome new Kegedonce Press author Marjorie Beaucage

Welcome new Kegedonce Press author Marjorie Beaucage

Jan 20, 2023

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 educator, a land protector and a water walker. Born in Vassar, Manitoba, to a large Métis family, Marjorie’s life’s work has been about creating social change, working to give people the tools for creating possibilities and right...

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Author Spotlight for January, Basil Johnston

Author Spotlight for January, Basil Johnston

Jan 3, 2023

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 had the great honour of publishing not one but six of Basil Johnston’s books. Basil was born in Wasauksing First Nation in 1929, and later moved to the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. He wrote many books in both English...

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A Special Year…

A Special Year…

Jan 1, 2023

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 publishing house that would feel welcoming to Indigenous authors, especially those publishing for the first time. As a dedicated Indigenous press, part of our mission is to preserve Indigenous voices as they are, even when it means...

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Special Holiday Book Bundles

Special Holiday Book Bundles

Nov 23, 2022

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 the young and young-at-heart, for poetry lovers, and lovers of spec-fic, mythology and the fantastical. Check out all of our holiday special bundles at the following links: Children's Book Bundle: Amik and Keeshig and the Ojibwe...

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Publish with Kegedonce Press!

Publish with Kegedonce Press!

Oct 7, 2022

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: FictionShort FictionGraphic NovelsMemoirCreative non-fictionChildren’s books If you are an Indigenous writer or author/illustrator and have a manuscript you would like considered for publication, please see our manuscript submission...

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Cover Story: Through the Eyes of Asunder

Cover Story: Through the Eyes of Asunder

Apr 22, 2022

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 novel pages. I used to use paper placed underneath the page I was inking to prevent ink from bleeding through onto the table I was working on. It's notoriously difficult to get ink stains out of hardwood. I had been using the same...

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