Michelle Porter

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Michelle Porter is a Canadian writer, [1] whose debut novel A Grandmother Begins the Story won the 2024 Thomas Head Raddall Award [2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [3]

Porter, a Métis woman born and raised in Manitoba, currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador [4] where she teaches in the Department of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland. [5] She previously published the poetry collection Inquiries (2019), [6] the non-fiction history book Rebel Women of the East Coast (2005), and the family history memoirs Approaching Fire (2020) [7] and Scratching River (2022). [8]

Porter was a shortlisted Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for Inquiries, [9] and an Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for Approaching Fire.

References

  1. ↑ "'The land had to have a voice:' Métis author Michelle Porter discusses her debut novel". The Next Chapter , May 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire , April 15, 2024.
  3. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire , September 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ Kathryne Cardwell, "Métis women’s struggles span generations". Winnipeg Free Press , June 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ Michelle Porter, "Michelle Porter: How a crooked Métis fiddle tune changed the way I think about stories". Toronto Star , July 14, 2023.
  6. ↑ Shannon Webb-Campbell, "Book Review: ‘Inquiries’ by Métis Poet Michelle Porter". Muskrat Magazine, August 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ James M. Fisher, "Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter". Miramichi Reader, January 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ Laurie D. Graham, "Scratching River". Alberta Views , September 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ Yohannes, Samraweet (April 21, 2020). "Doyali Islam, Thomas King and Billy-Ray Belcourt shortlisted for 2020 League of Canadian Poets Awards". CBC News . Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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