Aviaq Johnston

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Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut. [1] [2] Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose. [3] The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2017 Governor General's Awards, [4] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature. [5]

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She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?, [6] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk". [7]

Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018. [8]

Literary awards

YearTitleAwardStatus
2017 Those Who Run in the Sky Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature [9] Finalist
Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature [10] Honour Book
Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction [11] Finalist
Indigenous Voices Award: Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer [12] Winner

Works

Children and young adult books

Anthology contributions

References

  1. ↑ Aviaq Johnston at Inhabit Media
  2. ↑ "Magical realism comes alive in Inuk youth novel". Nunatsiaq News , April 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kathleen Winter, Carol Off among finalists for Governor-General's Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail , October 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Currie, Johnston, Vermette named to Burt Award shortlist". Quill & Quire , September 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ "What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston". Quill & Quire , October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Young Iqaluit writer receives Governor-General's history award". Nunatsiaq News , November 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "18 writers to watch in 2018 | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ "GGBooks 2017 finalists revealed | Canada Council for the Arts". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. March 27, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Those Who Run in the Sky is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist" . Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  13. ↑ "What's My Superpower?". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Those Who Run in the Sky". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Those Who Dwell Below". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me A Story". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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