We're back! We took some time to do some summer things in the summer time. This is our first live recording with video via an online conference! And we got to spend time with the brilliant and sexy poet Tenille Campbell. We chat about her latest collection of poetry, nedí nezų (Good Medicine), sexy time tips, and the DMs that never leave.  This author chat was part of the ILSA Conference, that happened in June 2021. More info about the conference here. More info on Tenille Campbell can be...

This month we read Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline. We chat about rougarous, traditional storytelling and what to do with sexy books on your bookshelves with kids in the house.  Visit Cherie Dimaline's website here, and check out her other books through your local independent bookstore or library! Our next recording will be on June 8th, live with Tenille Campbell at ILSA's virtual gathering. More information about how to join can be found here.

Here we go again! This time the aunties chat kitchen-style about jaye simpson's poetry collection: it was never going to be okay. As usual, we pull on some threads to talk about important Indigenous themes. Some topics we discuss involve: sex as medicine, healing, foster care, and our Star Wars crushes (naturally).  Order the book through the publisher here: https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9780889713826 OR! Support your local book stores and libraries. 

This week we discuss three Indigenous children’s books. They are: What’s My Superpower? By Aviaq Johnston, The Walrus Who Escaped by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley and Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull by Nancy Mike. Links to Stuff Mentioned: Inhabit Media: https://inhabitmedia.com/ which published all three of today’s books Glass Book Shop in Edmonton: https://glassbookshop.com/ they sent all of us our books for each episode Audrey’s Books in Edmonton: https://www.audreys.ca/ another...

It's book club time! Put on some coffee and join our conversation about Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.  Content warning: Readers should know that Split Tooth is a work of staggering beauty and originality that also engages with extremely challenging subjects, including childhood sexual abuse. We have some mental health resources listed on our website. Keep the conversation going! We want to hear what you think. Join us on Twitter - @book_women or @IndigenousLSA. Use the #BookWomen. Email us...

We're back! With a Book Club! We want YOU to participate so we can give you FREE stuff! Leave us a comment, tweet at us, email us, visit our website. But get your questions or comments in and we will discuss when we discuss our first book, Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq. Huge thanks to our sponsors this season! ILSA (Indigenous Literary Studies Association) and even bigger thanks to Keavy Martin ACCUTE (Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English) SSHRC (Social...

The season is over! Catch up with your favorite Aunties as we reflect on how we are still surviving and thriving. We chat about our favorite episodes, what we missed and give a sneak peak for Season 3! Thanks to the Edmonton Arts Council for support in making season 2 happen. Links to Stuff Mentioned: Botte Chai Bar in Saskatoon  Edmonton Arts Council - the funders of Season 2 Norma Dunning - also see Season 1, Episode 8 of Book Women Podcast for our interview with her Tipi...

Join us for our last interview of season 3. For this episode, we hang out with Dion Kaszas: a traditional hand tattoo artist. His ancestors, the Nlaka'pamux, use methods like skin stitching and hand poking. We also chat about the effects of colonization, the mind/body connection, and how to reclaim Indigenous traditions. Links to other things we chat about: Earth Line Tattoo: https://www.earthlinetattoo.com/home  Dion's Master's Thesis: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0365997  Research...

This week, the aunties hang out with Métis scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta Dr. Kisha Supernant. We talk: maps, emotional labour, archeology, anthropology, cousins, and more! Connect with her in one of the following ways: Her blog: metisarchaeologist Twitter: @archaeomapper  Email: [email protected] Other things we chatted about: Archaeologies of the Heart edited by K. Supernant, J.E. Baxter, N. Lyons, and S....

Gather around as we share some food for thought with chef Shane Chartrand, author of the book Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine. We talk about cooking, being on tv, writing, and learning about and from the land. Also some of our “favorite” foods that we love to get tired of eating. Links to Stuff Mentioned: Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine by Shane Chartrand with Jennifer Cockrall-King: https://houseofanansi.com/products/taww?_pos=2&_sid=6f4d5b84e&_ss=r Jennifer...

We take a break from whatever is happening to talk to the Folk Lordz - an improv/digital comedy duo from Edmonton. We chat about cultural protocols, what makes Indigenous storytelling and using real live (but dead) Octopus as puppets. Links to Stuff Mentioned: The Folk Lordz on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfpcGMy7s74gBHcU5aiGpA The Folk Lordz website: https://www.folklordz.com/. This includes links to their teaching as well as contact info. Blackfoot Crossing...

This week we are chatting about all things music with our friend and colleague Wyatt Schiefelbein, who plays the Métis fiddle! We discuss all things musically inclined, community building and the childhood trauma we still have from horrible piano teachers. Links to Stuff Mentioned: House of Hush Burlesque: https://www.houseofhushburlesque.com/ RuPaul’s Drag Race: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1353056/ Devil at the Crossroads - documentary about Robert Johnson:...

Just the three of us chatting about Indigenous data sovereignty and what that actually means. Naturally this leads to conversation about Traditional Knowledge, the Open Access movement and salty divorce memoirs. Links to stuff mentioned: An overview of Open Access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676JM1M_gFg&ab_channel=SHBOnline Mukurtu: https://mukurtu.org/ Interview with Amanda Boyden:...

For this episode, we sip tea with Anishinaabe playwright, theatre artist, improvisor, and educator Josh Languedoc. We chat about connecting to our Indigenous roots, decolonizing screenplays, and Sailor Moon! We also chat about: Josh's play - Rocko and Nakoda: https://rockoandnakota.wordpress.com Citadel's Stuck at Home Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS44XxIK-70

This week we join Skye Durocher, author of Spirits of the Northern Lights, to talk about grief, canceling our uncles, and Indigenous memes. Links to Stuff Mentioned: Skye's Author Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Skyeduro/?__xts__[0]=68. Spirits of the Northern Lights website: https://spiritsofthenorthernlights.com/ To purchase through Friesen  Press: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000055944232/Skye-Durocher-Spirits-of-the-Northern-Lights The Mamawi...

In our last episode for this season, we dive into our reflections of the project. Specifically, we discuss thoughts going forward, improvements, what we actually learned. We also discuss the importance of paying for work and acknowledge the information given to us from our amazing guests. 

Joshua Littlechild is a member of the Ermineskin Cree Nation at Maskwacis. His heritage is of Cree and Sioux ancestry. In this episode discuss Storytelling practices from different cultures and the Cultural Protocol that surrounds knowledge keeping and transferring.

This episode we sit down with Dr. Chris Andersen, the current Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. We chat about publishing books and articles as an academic; what a career in the academy means for many first generation Indigenous scholars, and creative non-fiction publishing. 

Our conversation this week is with Brittany Johnson, a Métis Ph.d  student from the University of Alberta's department of English and Film Studies. She also performs burlesque under the stage name of Fanny LuPhine; and we talk about the ways that burlesque can be one way that stories are told. We also discuss endometriosis, poetry, creative writing, horror movies and country music.