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SUMMARY:Visions of Restitution: Ashley Grenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman
DESCRIPTION:Image: Raised by Bears\, Daystar Woman \nAshley Greenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman\nVisions of Restitution\nMay 29 – July 7\, 2021\nMassy Books\n229 East Georgia Street\, Vancouver \n  \n\n“for every one of your questions there is a story hidden in the skin of the forest. Use them as flint\, fodder\, love songs\, medicine. you are from a place of unflinching power\, the holder of our stories\, the one who speaks up” \n– Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\, Islands of Decolonial Love \n\n\n\nThree artists from distinct nations come together\, their calls for restitution taking shape through image\, dream\, and language. Ashley Greenstone\, Tiana Vincent\, and Daystar Woman were selected as the finalists for the Solidarity Art Space design contest\, a fundraising initiative for Gidimt’en. This opportunity brought their individual practices together for the first time\, gathering artistic and ancestral voices across vast expanses of land and echoing calls for restitution and resurgence. The collection of their diverse artistic approaches mirrors their shared conception of an ecosystems approach to building better worlds: we must honour and uphold a natural order of complexity\, wherein we belong to the land and the collective whole. \nAbout the Artists \n———————————————- \nAshley Grenstone \nBorn and currently living on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation ‘Odawa’ (colonially referred to as Ottawa) Ashley Grenstone was raised in several territories across Turtle Island\, and is herself a mix of colonizer\, Bonnechere Algonquin First Nation and Mi’kmaq. \nThough raised apart from her indigenous roots she is reclaiming them piece by piece\, learning when to step up and when to step aside for others’ voices to lead the way. \nA human rights advocate Ashley strives for 2-Spirit representation; gender and sexuality rights; and ending the exploitation of children. \nAshley Grenstone is a professional visual artist with education from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and self taught through experimentation in various fine arts forms\, mediums and styles. \nFor 10+ years Ashley has worked with a diverse portfolio of clients from the three coasts of ‘Canada’\, creating vibrant\, engaging visuals for the leaders of tomorrow. \n———————————————- \nTiana Vincent \nI’m a Huron-Wendat (Wendake) and Vietnamese artist from Treaty 1. I moved to Vancouver to attend UBC and graduated in 2020. Since graduation\, even as a child growing up\, my hands crave to create. I’ve spent most of my life doodling and drawing\, the occasional painting here and there. Recently my hands have stumbled onto graphic illustrations. \nSubject matter compels me most. Whatever you draw\, I find that you have the power to give the drawing a sort of soul\, a type of life. You give its story\, and you get to tell it too. I’m surrounded by various creative influences— from the Metis\, the Anishinaabe\, my own background of Wendat and Apache-Sioux\, southeastern Asian cultures\, and the Coast Salish nations that envelope me here. Currently\, my work comes from the voices of my ancestors\, their whispers from the past\, in times of my own reconciliation. \n———————————————- \nKisikawacahkos iskwew  \ndaystar woman \ntansi. hello. i come from treaty 6 territory. beaver mountain house ( edmonton ab) . my great mosom on my moms side was chief ermineskin of maskwacis ( hobbema). on my dads side\, we are metis of lac ste anne. my ancestors were fur traders\, hide tanners\, trappers\, beaders and medicine people. \nmoved to lekwungen territory ( victoria bc) in 2013. in search of healing by these great waters. the ancestors of these lands and waters have been really caring and loving in allowing me to be in their home lands. forever grateful for being a welcomed guest in these otherworldly spaces. \none of my cuzzins guided me a bit in drawing when i was kid. he would give me his old art supplies when he bought new gear. made me feel so special. rip todd. over the years i picked up oil painting. self-taught oil painter. painting is a visual language that has helped me reclaim myself and the nehiyawewin ( cree language). it helps me express my deep love for the land and natural law. and an understanding of where i come from. it is a life long journey of commitment to myself\, community\, friends\, family and strong indigenous rights. all my relations. hiy hiy. \n———————————————- \n\nAbout Solidarity Art Space \n\nSolidarity Art Space (SAS) is a collective made up of settlers living on Lenape territory\, Snuneymuxw territory\, and  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm\, səlilwətaɬ\, and Skwxwu7mesh territories. SAS works with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists\, and the Prints of Darkness print shop to create apparel to sell as a fundraiser for both the Gidimt’en and Unist’ot’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en. All art can be found at www.solidarityartspace.com.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon
DESCRIPTION:Join internationally bestselling author Hannah Mary McKinnon for the launch of the much anticipated unputdownable amnesia thriller You Will Remember Me.  \nHow to to attend: \nStep 1: Purchase Find You First from Massy Books to receive access to this exclusive\, virtual event. Purchase here: https://bit.ly/3yrZ5Os\nStep 2: After purchasing your copy\, go to www.indiebookfest.ca to register for the event using your order number. \nAbout the Book \nShared fates intertwine in a twisty\, explosive novel of suspense\, where unearthing the past might just mean being buried beneath it. \nHe wakes up on a deserted beach in Maryland with a gash on his head and wearing only swim trunks. He can’t remember who he is. Everything—his identity\, his life\, his loved ones—has been replaced by a dizzying fog of uncertainty. But returning to his Maine hometown in search of the truth uncovers more questions than answers. \nLily Reid thinks she knows her boyfriend\, Jack. Until he goes missing one night\, and her frantic search reveals that he’s been lying to her since they met\, desperate to escape a dark past he’d purposely left behind. \nMaya Scott has been trying to find her estranged stepbrother\, Asher\, since he disappeared without a trace. Having him back\, missing memory and all\, feels like a miracle. But with a mutual history full of devastating secrets\, how far will Maya go to ensure she alone takes them to the grave? \nAbout the Author \nHannah Mary was born in the UK\, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a successful career in recruitment\, she quit the corporate world in favor of writing. She now lives in Oakville\, Ontario\, with her husband and three sons\, and is delighted by her twenty-second commute. Connect with her on Facebook\, on Twitter @HannahMMcKinnon\, and on Instagram @HannahMaryMcKinnon. For more\, visit her website at www.hannahmarymckinnon.com.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Sufferance by Thomas King
DESCRIPTION:A sly and satirical look at the fractures in modern existence\, Sufferance is a bold and provocative novel about the social and political consequences of the inequality created by privilege and power—and what we might do about it. \nJoin award-winning author Thomas King for a special #IndieBookFest launch. \nHow to Attend:  \nStep 1: Purchase Sufferance from Massy Books to receive access to this exclusive\, virtual event. Purchase here: https://bit.ly/3uiUHxV\nStep 2: After purchasing your copy\, go to www.indiebookfest.ca to register for the event using your order number. \nAbout the Author: \nThomas King is an award-winning novelist\, short story writer\, scriptwriter and photographer. His critically acclaimed\, bestselling books include Medicine River; Green Grass\, Running Water; One Good Story\, That One; Truth and Bright Water; A Short History of Indians in Canada; The Back of the Turtle (winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction); Sufferance; The Inconvenient Indian (winner of the RBC Taylor Prize); the DreadfulWater mystery series\, including most recently Obsidian; and the poetry collection 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin (shortlisted for the Nelson Ball Prize). A Companion of the Order of Canada and the recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award\, Thomas King lives in Guelph\, Ontario.
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SUMMARY:Book Summit 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual conference.\n2020 was a year that shook the world\, challenging the way we work\, how we reach customers\, and publishers’\, booksellers’\, and libraries’ roles in the community. What should we take from the year’s upheavals\, and how can we adapt and be more resilient going forward? How can we support staff and boost job satisfaction? How can we create community and engagement online? How can publishing further social and environmental justice? The 19th edition of Book Summit looks to how we can look after the triple bottom line and foster a thriving\, sustainable industry. \nBREAKOUT SESSION TWO ~ 1:45 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.\nValues-Driven Bookselling\, during and after the Pandemic\nEmily Dundas Oke (Massy Books)\, Jason Purcell (Glass Bookshop)\, Itah Sadu (A Different Booklist)\nModerated by Kyrell Grant (Penguin Random House Canada) \nBookstores have long been values-driven businesses\, but some take it even further with a mandate to serve specific communities and elevate certain voices. What can we learn from this approach? In this panel\, representatives from three bookstores across Canada will discuss the strengths and challenges of serving a specific audience\, the impact of the pandemic\, their goals outside of bookselling\, trends and patterns in the last year\, and more.
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/book-summit-2021/
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SUMMARY:Michelle Good in conversation with Waubgeshig Rice
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Michelle Good is joined in conversation by Waubgeshig Rice to discuss her novel Five Little Indians\, which won the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel. \nAbout the Book \nTaken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote\, church-run residential school\, Kenny\, Lucy\, Clara\, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. \nAlone and without any skills\, support or families\, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver\, where they cling together\, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome\, or at least forget\, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. \nWith compassion and insight\, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and\, ultimately\, find a way forward. \nHow to Attend \nStep 1: Purchase Five Little Indians from Massy Books to receive access to this exclusive\, virtual event. Purchase here: https://bit.ly/2TEo5lv \nStep 2: After purchasing your copy\, go to www.indiebookfest.ca to register for the event using your order number. \nEvent Format \nThis event will take place online via Zoom.
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/michelle-good/
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