Niizhotay Stories: An Evening with Darrel J. McLeod
On this third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we once again honour treasured Elder and tireless community-builder Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine with Niizhotay Stories, an annual event which calls on us all to forge a healing path in the spirit of “two hearts.” For this year’s installment, we welcome Governor General’s Award-winning Cree author Darrel J. McLeod (author of Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age and Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity) to Winnipeg to discuss his debut novel, A Season in Chezgh’un (Douglas & McIntyre) with host Dr. Jillian Horton. Co-presented by The Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival as part of THIN AIR 2023.
Harvard Book Store: Discussion of Peyakow with Billy-Ray Belcourt
Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series features an interview with Darrel McLeod and Billy-Ray Belcourt about Mamaskatch.
TVO Today: Canadian Memory Books
Five memoirs were shortlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize for Canadian literary non-fiction, including Mamaskatch.
Virtual Event: Darrel J. McLeod, August 17, 2021
Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series welcomes DARREL J. MCLEOD—author of the award-winning memoir Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age—for a discussion of his latest memoir, Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity. He will be joined in conversation by acclaimed poet BILLY-RAY BELCOURT, author of The Wound is a World and A History of My Brief Body. SEE EVENT DETAILS→
Lambda Literary Review: August 2021’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature
Peyakow made the Lambda Literary Review’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature list, in the Bio/Memoir section, for August 2021. SEE FULL LIST→
Times Colonist: Sooke-based author Darrel J. McLeod nominated for $60K Writers’ Trust Prize
Sooke-based author Darrel J. McLeod is one of five nominees for this year’s Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, a $60,000 honour recognizing a work of non-fiction by a Canadian writer. READ FULL ARTICLE→
The BC Review: 1545 Cree identity in exile
Darrel McLeod attended the University of British Columbia where he obtained two degrees – a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature and another in Education. Prior to becoming a writer, McLeod worked for the federal government as a chief negotiator of land claims, and as an executive director of education and international affairs with the Assembly of First Nations. READ FULL REVIEW→
Quill & Quire: Darrel J. McLeod shares his road map from hardship to an exuberant life
The new memoir from Darrel J. McLeod, Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity (Douglas & McIntyre), is rooted in traumas – both systemic and personal – from which the author emerges into a career of remarkable breadth and impressive achievements. READ FULL REVIEW→
TBPL Off the Shelf: Staff review of Mamaskatch
From the Thunder Bay Public Library’s Book Blog. I read this book after a co-worker suggested it to me, and was so impressed. As a Metis person, I am often looking for titles I feel I can relate to and gain perspective from- and this book brought me on a roller coaster of feelings. READ FULL REVIEW→