Robyn Maynard

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Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence. [1] [2]

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She is most noted[ according to whom? ] for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, [3] which received praise in some Canadian publications [4] [5] and achieved several awards and nominations. [6] [7] [8] [9] Alongside Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maynard also co-authored the 2022 book Rehearsals for Living, which was shortlisted in the 2022 Governor General's Awards. [10] She has also produced scholarly publications on the topic of race and police abolition. [11] [12]

In 2020, she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers. [13]

2025 Publications

In October 2025, Feminist Press released several new titles. These included a collaborative anthology between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, featuring essays, interviews, and poetry by queer, trans, and people of colour artists. This anthology addresses intersectionality within feminism. Other releases included a revised edition of Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard, which explores state violence against Black women in Canada, and We Gon’ Be Alright by Stephanie M. Crumpton, focusing on resistance within queer Black movement spaces. These publications collectively amplify marginalised voices in feminist literature, with a particular emphasis on healing and community activism. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Tayo Bero, "Robyn Maynard Is Writing Canada's Hard Truths". Chatelaine , August 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ ""Do I believe we can have a police-free future in our lifetime? Absolutely": Policing expert Robyn Maynard on how defunding would work in practice". 12 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Ryan B. Patrick, "Why Robyn Maynard wrote a book exposing the underreported history of racial injustice in Canada". CBC Books, October 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Hill Times' List of 100 Best Books in 2017". 18 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ten Canadian Authors on the Best Books of 2018 | the Walrus". 28 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors : Books: View".
  7. ↑ "Call for Nominations for the 2021 Society for Socialist Studies' Errol Sharpe Book Prize -". 13 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "2018 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlist".
  9. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts- (17 May 2019). "Prix des libraires 2019 : NoirEs sous surveillance et Uiesh –Quelque part parmi les œuvres primées". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists".
  11. ↑ Maynard, Robyn (2020). "Police Abolition/Black Revolt" . Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 41: 70–78. doi:10.3138/topia-009. S2CID   229355864.
  12. ↑ Maynard (2019). "Black Life and Death across the U.S.-Canada Border: Border Violence, Black Fugitive Belonging, and a Turtle Island View of Black Liberation" . Critical Ethnic Studies. 5 (1–2): 124–151. doi:10.5749/jcritethnstud.5.1-2.0124. JSTOR   10.5749/jcritethnstud.5.1-2.0124. S2CID   213906932.
  13. ↑ Ryan Porter, "Finalists announced for the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire , August 25, 2020.
  14. ↑ https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/07/best-new-feminist-books-october-2025-reads-for-the-rest-of-us-women-lgbtq-writers/


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