Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2024) Winner
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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Thomas Head Raddall Award | A Grandmother Begins the Story | — | Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia | winner |
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 novelDebut novel about a Métis family's story.
Métis culturefamilyland
Inquiries
2019 poetry collectionPoetry collection.
Rebel Women of the East Coast
2005 non-fiction history bookNon-fiction history book about rebel women of the East Coast.
Approaching Fire
2020 family history memoirFamily history memoir.
Scratching River
2022 family history memoirFamily history memoir.
Legacy
Canadian Métis writer whose debut novel won awards and was shortlisted for prizes.