Author Event: Featuring Alicia Elliott

Please join us for an evening with Alicia Elliotl as she reads from her collection of essays A Mind Spread out on the Ground. 18+

In her debut collection of essays,  Alicia explores the legacy of colonialism in North America while weaving together personal stories of mental illness, sexual assault, identity representation, poverty and racism.

Alicia Elliott is a Mohawk writer living in Brantford, Ontario. She has written for The Globe and Mail, CBC, Hazlitt and many others. She’s had essays nominated for National Magazine Awards for three straight years, winning Gold in 2017, and her short fiction was selected for Best American Short Stories 2018, Best Canadian Stories 2018, and Journey Prize Stories 30. She was chosen by Tanya Talaga as the 2018 recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Her first book, A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, is a national bestseller.

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Skills learned: Critical thinking,  Communication, Information literacy, Social skills

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