Writer in Residence Launch

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This is an in-person event. 

Find out how the new Writer in Residence will help your writing grow and develop, and what they’re looking forward to doing at the library during their term.

About Norma Dunning:

Norma is a Padlei Inuk writer, professor and grandmother. Norma writes in fiction, nonfiction, prose and poetry.  Her works to date have received esteemed literary awards and have been translated into French, Greek and Amharic.

Books Published:

·     Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (UAP, 2017) – Danuta Gleed Award 2018 

·     Eskimo Pie: a poetics of Inuit identity (BookLand, 2020) 

·     Tainna (the unseen ones) (D&M, 2021) – Govenor General’s Award 2021 

·     Akia (the other side) (BookLand, 2022) 

·     Kinauvit? (What’s your name?) (D&M, 2022) – shortlist Shaughnessy Cohen Political Pen  

Forthcoming:

·     Aput! (Snow) – (Tradewinds, 2026) 

·     Anaanatsiaq – (Tundra Books, 2028) 

·     Nayoak – (D&M, 2026) 

Norma was writer in residence at the Stanley A. Milner branch of the Edmonton Public Library in 2022. She has also worked with vulnerable adults and youth. Norma currently teaches for the Faculty of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations University of Canada.