It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month and Louis Riel Day! To mark these important events, here are some of the library’s collection of fiction and non-fiction book featuring Black and Indigenous people.
Indigenous Representation
Fiction
- Tilly and the Crazy Eights, by Monica Gray
- DreadfulWater Mysteries, by Thomas King
- The Break, by Katherena Vermette
- Crow Winter, by Karen McBride
- Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese
- In Search of April Raintree, by Beatrice Culleton
- The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline
Non-Fiction
- Indigenous writes: a guide to First Nations, Metis and Inuit issues in Canada, by Chelsea Vowel
- 21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act, by Robert P.C. Joseph
- Canadian Geographic Indigenous peoples atlas of Canada
- From the ashes: my story of being Metis, homeless and finding my way, by Jesse Thistle
- The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King
- Metis Legacy, by Lawrence J. Dorion Barkwell
- One Drum: stories and ceremonies for a planet, by Richard Wagamese
Black Representation
Fiction
- The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
- Dear Martin, by Nic Stone
- Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
- African Trilogy, by Chinua Achebe
- God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison
- Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
- Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Non-Fiction
- The audacity of hope, by Barack Obama
- Bad feminist, by Roxanne Gay
- Born a crime, by Trevor Noah
- The hanging of Angelique: the untold story of Canadian slavery, by Afua Cooper
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
- My song: a memoir, by Harry Belafonte
- The road to dawn: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War, by Jared A. Brock