A Short History of Indians in Canada
Pages Books & Magazines, HarperCollins Canada and NOW Magazine invite you to join author Thomas King for a This Is Not A Reading Series book launch. Renowned for his wit and wisdom, Thomas King will be joined on stage at the Gladstone Hotel by his friend and colleague Margaret Atwood for an informal conversation about writing, life, and his new story collection A Short History of Indians in Canada. Afterwards, Thomas King will be happy to sign copies of his new book.
A Short History of Indians in Canada: Thomas King is back in fabulous, fantastical form in this latest collection of short stories, some new, some previously published. No synopsis can do this comic tour de force justice; all of the selections in A Short History of Indians in Canada are showcases for King’s wholly original brand of imagination and wit. In 20 tales, King pokes a sharp stick into the gears of the native myth-making machine, slyly exposing the raw underbelly of both historical and contemporary native-white relationships. Through the laughter, these stories shimmer brightly with the universal truths that unite us.
Thomas King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, children’s writer, scriptwriter and photographer. His first novel, Medicine River, won several awards, and was made into a television movie. Green Grass, Running Water, his bestselling second novel, was a finalist in CBC Radio’s Canada Reads contest in 2004, won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. His highly praised short story collection One Good Story, That One was a Canadian bestseller. King also gave the 2003 Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories, and hosted the popular CBC Radio series The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour. Recently awarded the Order of Canada and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western American Literary Association, Thomas King is a Professor of English at the University of Guelph, where he teaches Native Literature and Creative Writing.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books — novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, social history, and books for children. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondale for Alias Grace, and the Man Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto.
