Aviaq Johnston
Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut.[1][2] Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose.[3] The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2017 Governor General's Awards,[4] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature.[5]
She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?,[6] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk".[7]
Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.[8]
Literary awards
[edit]Year | Title | Award | Status |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Those Who Run in the Sky | Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature[9] | Finalist |
Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature[10] | Honour Book | ||
Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction[11] | Finalist | ||
Indigenous Voices Award: Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer[12] | Winner |
Works
[edit]Children and young adult books
[edit]- What's My Superpower? (2017) [13]
- Those Who Run in the Sky (2017)[14]
- Those Who Dwell Below (2019) [15]
- Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story (2021)[16]
Anthology contributions
[edit]- Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories (2019) [17]
References
[edit]- ^ Aviaq Johnston at Inhabit Media
- ^ "Magical realism comes alive in Inuk youth novel". Nunatsiaq News, April 11, 2017.
- ^ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
- ^ "Kathleen Winter, Carol Off among finalists for Governor-General's Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Currie, Johnston, Vermette named to Burt Award shortlist". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2017.
- ^ "What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston". Quill & Quire, October 2017.
- ^ "Young Iqaluit writer receives Governor-General's history award". Nunatsiaq News, November 4, 2014.
- ^ "18 writers to watch in 2018 | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "GGBooks 2017 finalists revealed | Canada Council for the Arts". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. March 27, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Those Who Run in the Sky is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "What's My Superpower?". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Those Who Run in the Sky". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Those Who Dwell Below". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me A Story". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories". Inhabit Media. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Tarnikuluk
- Interview at hinaani
- Johnston at CBC, 2018
- Aviaq Johnston at IMDb