This Place: 150 Years Retold Book Launch

Launch of This Place: 150 Years Retold (HighWater Press). Co-presented by the Prairie Comics Festival.

Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.

This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

Creators joining us for the launch include: David A. Robertson (author), Donovan Yaciuk (colourist), GMB Chomchiuk (illustrator), Jen Storm (author and illustrator), Katherena Vermette (author), Andrew Lodwick (illustrator), Nigaanwewidom James Sinclair (author), Scott B. Henderson (illustrator), and Scott Ford (colourist).

• Friday, June 7, 2019
• 7:00pm
• McNally Robinson, 1120 Grant Ave
• Winnipeg, Manitoba