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Prolific Edmonton author Wayne Arthurson launches his latest, a crime novel, family drama and fable all at once.
- ↑ Wayne Arthurson (2018-12-19). "Diversity in crime writing: Wayne Arthurson on how white voices overwhelm Indigenous crime fiction". Quill & Quire . Retrieved 2020-04-13.
The Stoic Warrior, the Uncanny Tracker, the Magic Indian, the Comic Relief Indian, the Wise Elder, the Savage Indian, the Badass Native, the Environmental Activist, the Corrupt Chief – these broad portrayals take up a lot of character space in these novels.
- 1 2 3 Candy Palmater (2017-05-24). "Blood Red Summer: Wayne Arthurson". CBC Books . Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- 1 2 Shelagh Rogers (2020-03-27). "Wayne Arthurson plays with the mystery genre and magic in his novel The Red Chesterfield". CBC Radio . Retrieved 2020-04-14.
In his latest, The Red Chesterfield, he purposefully subverts the mystery form with a story that has clues that lead nowhere and motivations that are deliberately ambiguous.
- ↑ Jim Bartley (2003-01-04). "Keeping despair at bay". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2020-04-14.
In Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's debut novel, the lakeside village of Grand Rapids, Manitoba, becomes the forlorn hub of a native fishing community negotiating the shocks of a massive hydro-electric project.
- ↑ Rachel Haliburton (2018). "The Ethical Detective: Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction". Lexington Books. pp. 87, 99, 102, 103, 130. ISBN 9781498536813 . Retrieved 2020-04-14.