Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston is a Canadian writer from Nunavut,[1] whose debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose.[2] The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2017 Governor General's Awards,[3] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature.[4]

She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?,[5] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk".[6]

Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.[7]

Literary Awards

Year Title Award
2017 Those Who Run in the Sky Finalist for Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature[8]
2017 Those Who Run in the Sky Honour Book for Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature[9]
2017 Those Who Run in the Sky Finalist for Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction[10]
2018 Those Who Run in the Sky Winner of Indigenous Voices Award: Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Magical realism comes alive in Inuk youth novel". Nunatsiaq News, April 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kathleen Winter, Carol Off among finalists for Governor-General’s Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Currie, Johnston, Vermette named to Burt Award shortlist". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ "What’s My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston". Quill & Quire, October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Young Iqaluit writer receives Governor-General’s history award". Nunatsiaq News, November 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "18 writers to watch in 2018 | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  8. ↑ "GGBooks 2017 finalists revealed | Canada Council for the Arts". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  9. ↑ "Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  10. ↑ "Those Who Run in the Sky is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  11. ↑ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2018-06-11.


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