Moon of the Crusted Snow

Moon of the Crusted Snow

Published:
2018-10-02
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ISBN:
9781773052441
Meeting:
FBC Recommended R2.052
Pages:
208
File size (e-book):
1.9 MB
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available
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no
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enabled

Description:

A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice

With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark.  Cut off, people become passive and confused.  Panic builds as the food supply dwindles.  While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south.  Soon after, others follow.

The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve.  Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair.  Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again.  Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision.

Author Details:

Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation.
He’s written four books, most notably the bestselling novels Moon of the Crusted Snow, published in 2018, and Moon of the Turning Leaves, published in 2023. Waub graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002 and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left the CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career.

In addition to his writing endeavours, Waubgeshig is an eclectic public speaker, delivering keynote addresses and workshops, engaging in interviews, and contributing to various panels at literary festivals and conferences. He speaks on creative writing and oral storytelling, contemporary Anishinaabe culture and matters, Indigenous representation in arts and media, and more.

He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and three sons.