![]() ![]() I could see myself in the characters and having this magical element really drew me to it. I could see myself in the characters and having this magical element really drew me to it. It was very attractive to me. Just dirty, mean language.' But I was like, 'I'm going to keep going.' Jared the protagonist reminded me of my nieces and nephews. "I read Son of a Trickster about a year ago. I remember in the first few pages I was like, 'Holy. So when there are you, as an Indigenous person, you gravitate toward them. "There aren't that many stories out there about Indigenous people. Why Kaniehtiio Horn chose Son of a Tricksterfor Canada Reads Ahead of the debates, the actor and author chatted about what really lies at the heart of the award-winning supernatural novel. That was really important to me and I hope that the complexity of the characters is coming through."ĭuration 5:19 Letterkenny actress Kaniehtiio Horn will defend Eden Robinson's novel Son of a Trickster on Canada Reads 2020. " Son of a Trickster is speaking to an experience in Canada that is more rural. It's the inclusion of people who are just scraping by in what everyone else seems to think of as the boonies. Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster.And I'm very lucky that my family is blunt, so if there is something that I was getting wrong or interpreting weirdly, they would just tell me. So I brought cousins into the consultation pretty early, they were reading rough drafts. Anytime I was touching on cultural material, I felt a deep need to hit the notes properly. "I felt a lot of pressure to get it right. Eden Robinson on writing a contemporary Trickster tale Unreserved 32:51 The indestructable Eden Robinson on love, loss and tricksters Haisla and Heilsuk author Eden Robinson talks about writing her second novel in a trilogy, Trickster Drift, and what she had to overcome to get here. ![]() ![]() I think of a novel as something in amber, whereas the oral stories are still alive and flying around." They're living, breathing things that need tending, whereas a novel is its own little encased world. "The stories that I grew up with are fluid. I think of a novel as something in amber, whereas the oral stories are still alive and flying around. It's a way of keeping public accountability. You're publicly acknowledging the event, and if you are asked about it, you are expected to recount truthfully and honestly what happened at that event. "If you are invited to a potlatch, then you are there as a witness, and the redistribution is payment for your role as a witness. Why Eden Robinson wrote Son of a Trickster This episode looks at the novel Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson, which will be defended by actor Kaniehtiio Horn. Kaniehtiio Horn will be defending Son of a Trickster on Canada Reads 2020.Ĭanada Reads 54:00 Canada Reads 2020 special episode: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson CBC Books is airing special one-hour programs dedicated to each book. It is being adapted into a TV series set to premiere on CBC in 2020. ![]() Son of a Tricksterwas on the shortlist for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize. As Jared ably cares for those around him, in between getting black-out drunk, he shrugs off the magical and strange happenings that follow him around. Son of a Trickster is a novel about Jared, a compassionate 16-year-old, maker of famous weed cookies, the caretaker of his elderly neighbours, the son of an unreliable father and unhinged, though loving in her way, mother. This episode is about Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson. In place of the show back in March, CBC Books presented a series of one-hour programs on CBC Radio dedicated to this year's books and authors.Ĭanada Reads spotlight: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson To replace the broadcast of the debates in March, CBC Books created Canada Reads spotlight programming, a series of five one-hour programs dedicated to this year's books, authors and panellists.Ĭanada Reads 2020 will now take place July 20-23. Given the ongoing developments with COVID-19 and the related travel concerns, Canada Reads was postponed. ![]()
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