12 books by Indigenous women you should read

CBC Books | CBC | Posted: May 9, 2017 7:25 PM | Last Updated: July 7, 2017

Poetry, novels, short stories, memoir and young adult: These 12 books by Canadian Indigenous women are amazing reads.

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Caption: Birdie was defended by Bruce Poon Tip on Canada Reads 2016. (ARP Books/HarperCollins/Thistledown Press)

Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont

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Caption: Monkey Beach was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award in 2000. (Cormorant Books/Sono Nis Press/Vintage)

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Celia's Song by Lee Maracle
Tilly by Monique Gray Smith
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

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Caption: North End Love Songs won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in 2013. (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing/ECW Press/Penguin Canada)

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North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette
The Pemmican Eaters by Marilyn Dumont
The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

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Caption: They Called Me Number One won the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. (Theytus Books/Talon Books/Portage & Main Press)

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Slash by Jeannette Armstrong
In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars

12 books by Indigenous women you should read

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