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Join Métis author Arnolda Dufour Bowes for a reading from her award-winning book 20.12m, with historical insights from Métis Knowledge Keeper, Russell Fayant. Bannock and tea will be provided.
Location, Date, and Time: Community Commons, Common Space, Central Library, Thursday, October 24th, 7:00–8:30 PM.
Arnolda Dufour Bowes first book, 20.12m, is a compelling and acclaimed coming-of-age collection of stories based on her father’s childhood among the marginalized Métis Road Allowance community at Punnichy, Saskatchewan, during the late 1940s. The book received several major awards in 2022: Danuta Gleed Literary Award and $10,000 grand prize from The Writers Union of Canada and the international High Plains Award for Best Indigenous Writer. It was among SaskBooks’ best-selling titles of 2021 and won the Saskatchewan Books Indigenous Publishing Award.
In this program Métis Knowledge Keeper, Russell Fayant, will provide historical background on the Métis Road Allowance people.
Bannock and tea will be provided.
About the Author: Arnolda Dufour Bowes is a Cree-Métis iskwêw, mom and wife from Saskatoon with family roots from Sȃkitawȃk (Île à la Crosse), George Gordon First Nation and Punnichy, Sask. Her first book, 20.12m: A Short Story Collection of a Life Lived as a Road Allowance Metis, received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for 2021 and won the High Plains Award for Best Indigenous Author in 2022. She is a Playwright Resident of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre in Saskatoon and is an emerging screenwriter through the Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship (WFF). Her feature film project “TRUTHWALKERS” is now in development and was a quarterfinalist in the GEMFest International Screenplay Competition in 2024. Her first novel for young readers, Maggie-Lou, Firefox, published by Groundwood Books, was released in October 2023. It received a star review from Kirkus Reviews and is now in development as an animation series with Mosaic Entertainment & Relish Studios. Arnolda also has a sensory art exhibit & short film, "Apples & Traintracks," that was at Wanuskewin April-June 2024 and will be at the Allan Sapp Galleries in Spring 2025 and a BC gallery in Summer 2025. Please visit her at www.arnoldadufourbowes.com for more information on projects or books.
This program is part of the 2024 Métis Cultural Series.
Located at Central Library, the Community Commons hosts regular events throughout the week, and is also available as a come-and-go safe space to relax, think, and share. Drop by to discover the activities, connect with great people, or hang out in the space!
