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katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation. She has worked in poetry, novels, children’s literature, and film.

Interview for UBC's Anti-Racist Bookclub back in February
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My Giller Book Club interview with the great Catherine Hernandez
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I got asked for my "Winnipeg Guide!" Toronto Star
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The Next Chapter Interview 2021. It's always such a pleasure to talk with Shelagh Rogers
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World Literature Today reviews River Woman
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The Girl and The Wolf reviewed in CBC Books
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Quill & Quire reviews The Girl and The Wolf
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The Toronto Star reviews River Woman
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Quill & Quire reviews River Woman
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Quill & Quire reviews This River
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The Globe & Mail Reviews The Break
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The Globe & Mail reviews The Break
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National Post reviews The Break
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The Toronto Quarterly interviews Katherena Vermette in honour of her GG Award
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The Walrus interviews Katherena Vermette in honour of her GG Award
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A portrait of the author wearing a beaded bracelet.

Katherena Vermette

A portrait of the author wearing a beaded bracelet.

Katherena Vermette (she/her/hers) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation. She has worked in poetry, novels, children’s literature, and film.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, her father’s roots run deep in St. Boniface, St. Norbert and beyond, dating back over two centuries. Her mother’s side is Mennonite from the Altona and Rosenfeld area (Treaty 1).

Vermette received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry for her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses’ Company). The Break (House of Anansi) won several awards including the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her National Film Board documentary, this river won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia.

Road Allowance Era (HighWater Press) is the final installment of her graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo and is listed among CBC Books 21 Canadian comics to watch for in Spring 2021. The Strangers (Hamish Hamilton) is the follow up to her award winning debut novel, The Break and will include previous characters set in the same world.

Katherena lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.

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