Coming Home

Stories from the Northwest Territories

Introduction by Richard Van Camp

FICTION

152 Pages, 6.0 x 8.5

Trade Paper, $16.95 (CA $19.95) (US $16.95)

Publication Date: September 2012

ISBN 9781926531274

Rights: WOR X CA

Great Plains Press (Sep 2012)
Enfield & Wizenty

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.

Overview
Author Biography

Overview

Coming Home features eighteen stories by NWT writers that express the diversity of the region, speaking from many points of view. The foreword is by the renowned storyteller and NWT author Richard Van Camp. Included are stories of teenage angst in small communities; connection with the land; the Giant Mine strike of 1992; relationships both failed and renewed in Yellowknife; getting lost in the bush; Europeans shipwrecked and saved by Inuit; Inuit taken on board by Europeans; learning from elders and other cultures; a wonky tourism outing; going to jail for breaking a dog bylaw and many more.

Author Biography

Richard Van Camp is an internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author. His previous work includes Angel Wing Splash Pattern, The Lesser Blessed, and The Moon of Letting Go.

With new work from Marcus M. Jackson, Richard Van Camp, Cathy Jewison, Colin Henderson, Rebecca Aylward, Cara Loverock, Shawn McCann, Patti True, Annelies Pool, Jordan Carpenter, Christine Raves, January Go, Jamesie Fournier, Amber-Lee Kolson, Karen McColl, Jessie MacKenzie, Brian Penney

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