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• Celebrate Indigenous History at the Library

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  What began as a week-long event has grown into a robust month filled with events, activities, and resources from the Calgary Public Library and partners. Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors of all ages are invited to reflect, celebrate, and come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dad Era

  Abel, Jordan, 1985-

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  From a local master of cutting-edge poetic forms, we are blessed with an "irreverent, laugh-out-loud pastiche of free verse, hallmark card, bad truism, picture book, advice website, and meditative reflection on fatherhood."

• The Idea of An Entire Life

  Poems

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray,

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  The latest, highly anticipated collection from Griffin Poetry Prize winner delivers "an intimate examination of anguish, love, queerness, and political possibility". Daring, vulnerable, and staggeringly beautiful as always.

• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  From further south in Treaty 7 territory comes another masterful blend of horror, speculative fiction, and Native American themes. Considered by many to be one of the best books of 2025.

• Beaver Hills Forever

  a Métis Poetic Novella

  Kerr, Conor,

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  In alternating poetic verses, Buddy, Baby Momma, Fancy University Boy, and Aunty Prof share their inner dreams, hardships, delusions of grandeur, and existential plights. a diverse, funny, pitch-perfect chorus of voices that rings loud and true over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reason You Walk

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  Revisit the family memoir from one of Canada's most inspiring leaders. So refreshing to hear truth in politics. So incredibly crucial to see the courage to speak up in the face of those attempting to undermine treaty rights.

• A Steady Brightness of Being

  Truths, Wisdom, and Love From Celebrated Indigenous Voices

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  A collection of letters from across Turtle Island, gathered in the form of a medicine bundle - tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass - to stir and empower readers, and enrich the essential conversation about what reconciliation looks like and what it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cree Word for Love

  Sâkihitowin

  Lindberg, Tracey, 1967-

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  A stunningly beautiful book, both visually and thematically, from the author that brought us Birdie in 2015. Tracey Lindberg teams up with renowned artist George Littlechild to respond to the cultural belief that love as constructed in Western…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Survived the Night

  An Indigenous Reckoning

  NoiseCat, Julian Brave,

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  A highly readable combination of investigative journalism, colonial history, Salish Coyote stories, and a deeply personal father-son journey that has readers connecting with Indigenous reality like never before.

• Theory of Water

  Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead

  Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971-

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  A quest to discover, understand, and trace the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water, in all forms, leading to a vision of water as a catalyst for radical transformation, capable of birthing a new world.

• A Room in the Forest

  a Novel

  Ramsay, Heather, 1969-

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  This captivating debut novel follows a young woman's profound journey from small town Alberta into the breathtaking world of Haida Gwaii's ancient forests.

• Wînipêk

  Visions of Canada From An Indigenous Centre

  Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James,

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  From the centre, Winnipeg, these essays tell the stories of creators, leaders, and everyday people fighting to preserve their heritage one resilient day at a time. Both a celebration of heroic resistance and provocative demand for change. Winner of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Making

  Rediscovering the Blackfoot Legacy, Volume One

  Tailfeathers, Jared,

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  A journey of cultural reclamation through hands-on, land-based exploration from an incredible local artist who has coordinated so much of the Indigenous placemaking throughout Calgary Public Library locations.

• Treat Them as Buffalo

  a Novel

  Yoxall, Blair Palmer,

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  Brand new historical fiction from a Calgary-based author that depicts the North-West Resistance of 1885 through the eyes of a 12-year old Métis boy. A feat of storytelling that manages to be both "joyful and difficult".