An award-winning Canadian author is giving a talk at Burnaby Public Library’s Metrotown branch for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Lee Maracle will speak at the Bob Prittie branch of the library on Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m.
A write-up about the event notes that Maracle is a member of the Sto:lo Nation and an influential Indigenous voice in Canadian postcolonial criticism.
The North Vancouver-born Maracle has published novels, poetry, short story collections and collaborative anthologies.
“Her writing is an innovative fusion of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, myth and memoir that revives traditional Indigenous stories to frame her modern tales,” the write-up says.
Her works include the novels Ravensong, Bobbi Lee and Sundogs, the short story collection Sojourner’s Truth, the poetry collection Bentbox and the non-fiction work I Am Woman. She’s currently a teacher and a mentor for aboriginal students at the University of Toronto and the traditional cultural director for the Indigenous Theatre School.
Her talk is free, but space is limited. Register online at www.bpl.bc.ca/events, or call 604-436-5410. The library branch is at 6100 Willingdon Ave.
