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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Canadian
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. She holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba, and teaches at the Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning in Denendeh. Leanne is the author of seven previous books, including Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (US release from UMP February 2021), which was named a best book of the year by the Globe and Mail, and was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. Her new project a collaboration with Robyn Maynard, Rehearsals for Living is forthcoming from Knopf Canada in 2022. Leanne is also a musician. Her latest release Theory of Ice was named to the Polaris Prize short list, and she is the 2021 winner of the Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn Award.

Past Events

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake - Noopiming The Cure For White Ladies
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

2020

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard's Rehearsals For Living book cover
Rehearsals For Living

2022

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