Leanne Simpson Talk and Dinner

Solid State Community Events

Renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, Leanne Simpson is coming to visit the Solid State Community!

The Black Arts Centre

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will visit the Solid State Community at the Black Arts Centre with a talk on her latest projects followed by dinner at Solid State HQ. This is an amazing and rare opportunity to meet an internationally renowned writer, artist, and Indigenous scholar. She has agreed to meet with our community specifically because of the exciting work we do.RSVP by January 18th so we can get a good number for food and seats! --- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open the intersections between politics,  story and song—bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity.Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, Leanne has lectured and taught extensively at universities across Canada and the United States and has over twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba and is member of Alderville First Nation.Leanne is the author of eight books, including A Short History of the Blockade and the novel Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies which was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction and the Dublin Literary Prize. This Accident of Being Lost was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Trillium Book Award. Her new project, a collaboration with Robyn Maynard, <a href="https://www.transatlanticagency.com/2020/12/11/deal-news-canadian-rights-to-rehearsals-for-living-by-robyn-maynard-and-leanne-betasamosake-simpson-to-knopf-canada/" title="https://www.transatlanticagency.com/2020/12/11/deal-news-canadian-rights-to-rehearsals-for-living-by-robyn-maynard-and-leanne-betasamosake-simpson-to-knopf-canada/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rehearsals for Living</a> is a National Best Seller and was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction. Leanne is also a musician. Her latest release <a href="https://youvechangedrecords.com/product/leanne-betasamosake-simpson-theory-of-ice/" title="https://youvechangedrecords.com/product/leanne-betasamosake-simpson-theory-of-ice/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Theory of Ice </a>was named to the Polaris Prize short list, and she is the 2021 winner of the<a href="https://www.prismprize.com/2021williedunn" title="https://www.prismprize.com/2021williedunn" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn Award.</a>

Agenda

Artist Talk at Black Arts Centre

Dinner at Solid State HQ

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