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Michelle Porter

ミシェル・ポーター

Misheru Pōtā

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Manitoba → St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, university instructor
Active Years
2005-2024
Affiliations
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of English
Nominations
2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlisted finalist, 2020 Pat Lowther Award shortlisted finalist, 2021 Indigenous Voices Award nominee (English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing)

Awards

Thomas Head Raddall Award
2024
Work: A Grandmother Begins the Story
Organization: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Grandmother Begins the Story

2023 novel

Debut novel about a Métis family's story.

Métis culturefamilyland

Inquiries

2019 poetry collection

Poetry collection.

Rebel Women of the East Coast

2005 non-fiction history book

Non-fiction history book about rebel women of the East Coast.

Approaching Fire

2020 family history memoir

Family history memoir.

Scratching River

2022 family history memoir

Family history memoir.

Legacy

Canadian Métis writer whose debut novel won awards and was shortlisted for prizes.