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
- ^ "'The land had to have a voice:' Métis author Michelle Porter discusses her debut novel". The Next Chapter, May 20, 2023.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire, April 15, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire, September 27, 2023.
- ^ Kathryne Cardwell, "Métis women’s struggles span generations". Winnipeg Free Press, June 3, 2023.
- ^ Michelle Porter, "Michelle Porter: How a crooked Métis fiddle tune changed the way I think about stories". Toronto Star, July 14, 2023.
- ^ Shannon Webb-Campbell, "Book Review: ‘Inquiries’ by Métis Poet Michelle Porter". Muskrat Magazine, August 30, 2019.
- ^ James M. Fisher, "Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter". Miramichi Reader, January 15, 2021.
- ^ Laurie D. Graham, "Scratching River". Alberta Views, September 1, 2022.
- ^ 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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