Michelle Porter Explained

Michelle Porter is a Canadian writer,^[1] whose debut novel A Grandmother Begins the Story won the 2024 Thomas Head Raddall Award^[2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.^[3]

Porter, a Métis woman born and raised in Manitoba, currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador^[4] where she teaches in the Department of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland.^[5] She previously published the poetry collection Inquiries (2019),^[6] the non-fiction history book Rebel Women of the East Coast (2005), and the family history memoirs Approaching Fire (2020)^[7] and Scratching River (2022).^[8]

Porter was a shortlisted Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for Inquiries,^[9] and an Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for Approaching Fire.

Notes and References

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/the-land-had-to-have-a-voice-m%C3%A9tis-author-michelle-porter-discusses-her-debut-novel-1.6849656 "'The land had to have a voice:' Métis author Michelle Porter discusses her debut novel"
Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire, April 15, 2024.
Cassandra Drudi, "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire, September 27, 2023.
Kathryne Cardwell, "Métis women’s struggles span generations". Winnipeg Free Press, June 3, 2023.
Michelle Porter, "Michelle Porter: How a crooked Métis fiddle tune changed the way I think about stories". Toronto Star, July 14, 2023.
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James M. Fisher, "Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter". Miramichi Reader, January 15, 2021.
Laurie D. Graham, "Scratching River". Alberta Views, September 1, 2022.
Web site: Yohannes . Samraweet . April 21, 2020 . Doyali Islam, Thomas King and Billy-Ray Belcourt shortlisted for 2020 League of Canadian Poets Awards . March 14, 2023 . . May 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526110653/https://www.cbc.ca/books/doyali-islam-thomas-king-and-billy-ray-belcourt-shortlisted-for-2020-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5538785 . live .