Novelist Cherie Dimaline will discuss the process of using writing to push through the anxiety of hard times.

Cherie Dimaline will use her experience writing novels, including The Marrow Thieves, a post-apocalyptic YA novel named by TIME Magazine as one of the Best YA Books of All Time, to show how, in an era roiled by the climate crisis, book bans, and global turmoil, story can be used as both compass and strategy.

Her other bestselling novels include VenCo, which debuted at #1 on Canadian bestseller list and Empire of Wild, which is being adapted into a full opera for the Canadian Opera Company. Cherie lives in her Georgian Bay Métis Community and has written and produced for MARVEL, FX, HBO, Disney, and is currently adapting two major projects for AMC.

This event will include a discussion in LaCava 235AB, 2 - 3:20 p.m. and a reception at 4 p.m. in the CB Lounge at the Student Center.

Sponsored by the English and Media Studies Department with support from the Indigenous Education Steering Committee, the Multicultural Center, Natural and Applied Sciences, and the Office of Sustainability. Reception presented as part of the Multicultural Center’s Native American & Alaska Native American Heritage Month Week Celebration