Robyn Maynard Explained

Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence.[1] [2]

She is most noted for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present,[3] which received praise in some Canadian publications[4] [5] and achieved several awards and nominations.[6] [7] [8] [9] Alongside Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maynard also co-authored the 2022 book Rehearsals for Living, which was shortlisted in the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[10] She has also produced scholarly publications on the topic of race and police abolition.[11] [12]

In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Tayo Bero, "Robyn Maynard Is Writing Canada's Hard Truths". Chatelaine, August 20, 2020.
  2. Web site: "Do I believe we can have a police-free future in our lifetime? Absolutely": Policing expert Robyn Maynard on how defunding would work in practice. 12 June 2020.
  3. Ryan B. Patrick, "Why Robyn Maynard wrote a book exposing the underreported history of racial injustice in Canada". CBC Books, October 13, 2017.
  4. Web site: The Hill Times' List of 100 Best Books in 2017. 18 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Ten Canadian Authors on the Best Books of 2018 | the Walrus. 28 December 2018.
  6. Web site: QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors : Books: View.
  7. Web site: Call for Nominations for the 2021 Society for Socialist Studies' Errol Sharpe Book Prize -. 13 November 2020.
  8. Web site: 2018 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlist.
  9. Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Zone Arts-. Prix des libraires 2019 : NoirEs sous surveillance et Uiesh –Quelque part parmi les œuvres primées. 2021-01-25. Radio-Canada.ca. fr-ca.
  10. https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists
  11. Maynard . Robyn . 2020 . Police Abolition/Black Revolt . Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies . 41 . 70–78 . 10.3138/topia-009 . 229355864.
  12. Maynard . 2019 . Black Life and Death across the U.S.-Canada Border: Border Violence, Black Fugitive Belonging, and a Turtle Island View of Black Liberation . Critical Ethnic Studies . 5 . 1–2 . 124–151 . 10.5749/jcritethnstud.5.1-2.0124 . 10.5749/jcritethnstud.5.1-2.0124 . 213906932.
  13. Ryan Porter, "Finalists announced for the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, August 25, 2020.

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