![]() “This collection not only reflects on Inuit who reside in the south and the lack of visibility we have, but also on the ancestors who remain with us and get us through each and every day,” she says. ![]() “I am so very grateful and the shock and amazement will take a few days to disappear!” “I took a big breath and burst into tears,” she writes by email. As Dunning was about to log off on October 14, the message announcing her nomination arrived. The Edmonton, AB–based author, who wakes up every day around 4 AM, has an early-morning ritual of first checking her email. It is up against four other titles, including Rachel Cusk’s novel, Second Place, and Joe Ollmann’s graphic novel, Fictional Father. ![]() Two Inuit writers, Norma Dunning and Larry Audlaluk, CM, are nominated for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards for their respective books.ĭunning’s story collection, Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories (Douglas & Mcintyre), is nominated in the English-language fiction category. ![]()
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