Waubgeshig Rice

Waubgeshig Rice is an Anishinaabe author, journalist and radio host originally fromWasauksing First Nation. Rice's first short story collectionMidnight Sweatlodge, which was about his life growing up in his Anishinaabe community, won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. His debut novel, Legacy, was published in 2014, with a French language translation published in 2017.

His latest bookMoon of the Crusted Snow, is a dystopiannovel about a northern Anishinaabecommunity who must return to traditional practices to survive the collapse of their power grid during winter.

• Why writing a post-apocalyptic novel felt more fact than fiction for Waubgeshig Rice
• Why Waubgeshig Rice wrote a dystopian novel about the collapse of society from an Indigenous perspective

Interviews

Unreserved7:18Waubgeshig Rice turns real life tragedy into Legacy

When Waubgeshig Rice was working as a CBC journalist in Winnipeg, he heard countless stories from indigenous families who have lost loved ones through tragedy. These stories, and personal losses in his own family, inspired Rices sophomore novel, Legacy.

Books by WaubgeshigRice