Indigenous Speaker Series with Eden Robison, author of Sasquatch at Home (Register Now)

In this summer session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, Eden Robinson will share an intimate look into the intricacies of family, culture, and place through her talk, The Sasquatch at Home: Traditional Protocols and Modern Storytelling.

Eden Robinson is an award-winning Indigenous writer. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Eden is the author of the short story collection Traplines (1995). Traplines won the Winifred Holtby Prize for best first work of fiction and was a New York Times Notable Book. Her second book Monkey Beach (2000), a novel, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award. Monkey Beach was awarded with the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

Eden recently finished writing the Trickster-trilogy: Son of a Trickster (2017), Trickster Drift (2018) and, Return of the Trickster (2021) all published by Knopf Canada. Son of a Trickster was shortlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Moreover, Son of a Trickster was a finalist of the 2020 edition of Canada Reads. Trickster Drift won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2019.

This series is organized by Indigenous Education and Services (IES) and the Teaching and Curriculum Development Centre (TCDC). Students, faculty, and Langara staff are all welcome at this event! 

Register now on the PD Events Calendar.