Elements of Indigenous Style, 2nd edition, Sneak Peek

October 26, 2024

This special webinar featured Warren Cariou, an editor of the 2nd edition of Elements of Indigenous Style. He discussed his work editing Indigenous authors and the Indigenous Editors Circle, then planned for May 2025, offering insights into the challenges and rewards of this work. Attendees received an exclusive sneak peek at what was new in the updated edition, followed by a Q&A with Warren. The webinar was open to all storytelling professionals and anyone interested in Indigenous literature and cultural representation.

Immediately after, a 1.25-hour Kitchen Table Talk for Indigenous creatives offered the chance to workshop Elements of Indigenous Style with Warren and facilitator Rhonda Kronyk, and to discuss how to integrate its principles into their own work.

Warren Cariou is a writer, scholar, and artist of Métis and European heritage based at the University of Manitoba. He has edited numerous books and anthologies of Indigenous literature and is General Editor of the First Voices, First Texts series at the University of Manitoba Press. He has published fiction, criticism, and memoir about Indigenous cultures and environmental issues, and his photography examines oil extraction in Treaty 8 territory.

Rhonda Kronyk is a settler/Dene writing and editing consultant and a strong supporter of Indigenous stories and storytellers. She began specializing in editing Indigenous-authored stories after attending the 2017 Indigenous Editors Circle, and since 2018 she has educated editors, writers, publishers, and university students on publishing culturally respectful stories by and about Indigenous Peoples. She is the owner of Rhonda Kronyk Literary Services.

 

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