David A. Robertson
David A. Robertson is the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Beatrice Mosionier and High Plains Book Awards Indigenous Writer of the Year, and the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. His books include When We Were Alone (Governor General’s Award, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist, and McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People), Strangers (Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction), Monsters (McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People), the memoir Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory, and fantasy novel for young readers, The Barren Grounds. He is also the creator, writer, and host of the CBC podcast Kīwew. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
Events
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April 2, 2021 - 11:00 am
THIN AIR KIDS Festival 2021
THIN AIR KIDSAnita DaherArthur SladeChristopher DucharmeDanny RamadanDavid A. RobertsonGMB ChomichukKenneth OppelKevin and Basil SylvesterKim SmithLarissa FanLindsay WongLisa BoivinLisa MendisLouisa OnoméMarty ChanMichael HutchinsonNaseem HrabNhung N. Tran-DaviesRhiannon WallaceRina Singh -
September 20, 2020 - 10:00 am
THIN AIR 2020 Voices in the Circle
THIN AIR 2020Voices in the CircleChrista CoutureDallas HuntDavid A. RobertsonGina StarblanketLeanne SimpsonLisa BoivinMichael HutchinsonMichelle GoodRandy LundyThomas KingTyler PennockWendy McGrath -
- 10:00 am
THIN AIR 2020 Virtual Festival
THIN AIR 2020A. F. MoritzAlan ReedAlison McCreeshAllen SmutyloAmy LebovitchAndrée A. MichaudAndrew UngerAnita DaherAnita LaheyAnne-Marie Saint-CernyBrad SmithCanisia LubrinCaroline AddersonChrista CoutureChristiane VadnaisChristopher DucharmeCordelia StrubeCraig DavidsonDallas HuntDanny RamadanDavid A. RobertsonDavid BergenDavid Waltner-ToewsDeni Ellis BéchardDennis CooleyDuncan MercrediEddy Boudel TanElin KelseyEmma DonoghueFarzana DoctorFrancesca EkwuyasiGail BowenGaylene DutchyshenGeorge AmabileGil AdamsonGina StarblanketGMB ChomichukHassan Ghedi SanturIrfan AliJ. Roger LéveilléJ.R. McConveyJean BoisjoliJoel Robert FergusonJohn Elizabeth StintziJohn GouldKaie KelloughKaren HouleKaroline GeorgesKatherena VermetteKenneth OppelKim DhillonKristen Renee MillerLeanne SimpsonLindsay WongLisa BoivinLisa MendisLorna CrozierLouise DandeneauMarianne ApostolidesMarie-Andrée GillMarlowe GranadosMary SoderstromMelchior MbonimpaMercedes EngMichael HutchinsonMichelle GoodMohamed Abdulkarim AliMorgan MurrayMunira PremjiNaseem HrabNhung N. Tran-DaviesOana AvasilichioaeiPaddy ScottPeter MidgleyRandy LundyRaye AndersonRoz NaySaleema NawazSarah KlassenShawna FerrisSophie BienvenuSouvankham ThammavongsaStéphane LarueThomas KingTom WaymanTyler EnfieldTyler PennockWendy McGrath -
September 24, 2018 - 9:00 am
School Program / Programme scolaire
THIN AIR 2018Abu Bakr al RabeeahChristopher Paul CurtisDavid A. RobertsonFrançois GilbertKagiso Lesego MolopeLindsay MattickMaureen FergusMichael Arvaarluk KusugakMonique LaCostePenny M. ThomasSophie FaucherWesley KingWinnie Yeung -
September 25, 2017 - 9:00 am
School Stage
THIN AIR 2017Allan StrattonCary FaganDavid A. RobertsonManitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP) -
September 24, 2016 - 7:30 pm
Gala: Celebrating Manitoba/Célébration Manitoba
THIN AIR 2016Angeline SchellenbergBertrand NayetCarolyn GrayChadwick GintherCharles LeblancDave WilliamsonDavid A. RobertsonDennis CooleyDuncan MercrediSally ItoManitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP) -
September 18, 2011 - 7:00 pm
OPENING NIGHT: VOICES FROM OODENA
Thin Air 2011Opening NightAnita DaherDavid A. RobertsonGeorge AmabileRhéal CeneriniSue SorensenOodena -
- 7:00 pm
SOIRÉE D’OUVERTURE : VOIX D’OODENA
Thin Air 2011Opening NightDavid A. RobertsonGeorge AmabileRhéal CeneriniSue SorensenOodena, The Forks
Books
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The Barren Grounds
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Black Water
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This Place: 150 Years Retold
David A. RobertsonJen StormKateri Akiwenzie-DammKatherena VermetteRichard Van Camp -
Strangers
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Will I See?
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When We Were Alone
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7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga
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