Richard Wagamese was one of Canada's foremost writers. An Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, and the author of beloved, award-winning novels like Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, Wagamese inspired countless readers with his gripping, deeply life-affirming books about the experiences of Indigenous Canadians.
A year after his passing at the age of 61, Wagamese's friend and CBC host Shelagh Rogers will sit down with scholar Jesse Thistle, writers Alicia Elliott, Drew Hayden Taylor, and more, to celebrate his remarkable life and work, and the exciting arrival of his final book, Starlight. The story of an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man, Starlight is a profoundly moving novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion—and a last gift to readers from a writer who believed in the power of stories to save us.
In partnership with Penguin Random House Canada. Books sold by Another Story Bookshop.
Co-presented with the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto.