Douglas & McIntyre has acquired North American rights to WIHTIKOW by Joseph Kakwinokanasum. Publication is planned for Fall 2026.

Joseph joins a panel of writers and editors from across Canada to determine the longlist for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.

In a special episode of VPL’s Story Stream, Joseph reads from his book, My Indian Summer. and talks about the Indigenous Storyteller in Residence program at VPL.

In Celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Nancy Cooper, from the Ontario Library Service, interviewed Joseph Kakwinokanasum, the winner of the 2023/24 First Nation Communities Read award for his debut novel, My Indian Summer.

Check out Joseph’s radio interview with Lisa Christiansen on CBC’s Early Edition and on CBC Gem. He talked about his new role as Vancouver Public Library’s Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, and shared thoughts on storytelling and some of his latest work in progress. The interview aired Tuesday, February 20 at 7:50am.

Joseph will be be in Vancouver from February 5 to May 25. The VPL Indigenous Storyteller in Residence program was created in 2008 in recognition of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the importance of storytelling as a way to learn about and from Indigenous communities in Vancouver.

Books by Joseph Kakwinokanasum and Marty Wilson-Trudeau won the 2023 PMC Indigenous Literature Awards. The awards encourage intergenerational storytelling and family literacy. The winners are chosen by a jury of Indigenous librarians from across Ontario, and recognize the best of Indigenous literature.

Joseph joined Susan Sanford Blades, Sonnet L’Abbé, Tim Lilburn, and moderator Barbara Pelman to discuss their writing process at the 2023 Victoria Festival of Authors.

My Indian Summer is the selected title in the Young Adult/Adult category for the 2023/24 First Nations Communities Read. The selected titles will be recognized online during First Nation Public Library Week on October 5, 2023.

Mobólúwajídìde D. Joseph reviews My Indian Summer in the Literary Review of Canada.

My Indian Summer has been selected by Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom as one of the Winter 2023 Young Adult books recommended for use in Canadian classrooms.

Joseph spoke with CBC Books about the process of writing and publishing his first novel.

Read Joseph’s interview in the January/February 2023 edition of Teacher Magazine.

Visit Quill & Quire to read a review of Joseph’s novel, My Indian Summer.

Joseph was interviewed on the CBC Radio One program, “All Points West” on September 28. He talked about his debut novel, which tackles intergenerational trauma through a coming-of-age story.

Joseph was at the Massy Art Gallery for the official launch of his debut novel, My Indian Summer.

Joseph was a panelist at this year’s Word Vancouver festival. He joined fellow panelists Andrew Chesham, Laura Farina, and Julie Burtinshaw to discuss the writing process and getting published, and shared insights into working with a small, independent BC publisher. Watch the full discussion on YouTube.

Joseph is profiled by the SFU Writer’s Studio in a recent “student story” where he talks about the experiences that led him to writing, and about publishing his first novel, My Indian Summer.

Joseph’s essay on being an indigenous writer, excerpted from Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing, was published in The Tyee.

In a recent interview with The Tyee, Joseph shares how writing helps him heal.

Joseph’s forthcoming novel My Indian Summer, will be published by Tidewater Press in September, 2022. Watch the trailer.

Joseph is a contributor in Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing, now available from Anvil Press.

Joseph joins Vanessa Bell, Wendy Bone, Xaiver Michael Campbell, and Téa Mutonji as the 2022 Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Rising Stars.