Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Ottawa, Ontario.[1][2] Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose.[3] The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2017 Governor General's Awards,[4] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature.[5]

She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?,[6] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk".[7]

Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.[8]

Literary awards
Year Title Award Status
2017 Those Who Run in the Sky Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature[9] Finalist
Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature[10] Honour Book
Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction[11] Finalist
Indigenous Voices Award: Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer[12] Winner

References
  1. Aviaq Johnston at Inhabit Media
  2. "Magical realism comes alive in Inuk youth novel". Nunatsiaq News, April 11, 2017.
  3. "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
  4. "Kathleen Winter, Carol Off among finalists for Governor-General's Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2017.
  5. "Currie, Johnston, Vermette named to Burt Award shortlist". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2017.
  6. "What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston". Quill & Quire, October 2017.
  7. "Young Iqaluit writer receives Governor-General's history award". Nunatsiaq News, November 4, 2014.
  8. "18 writers to watch in 2018 | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  9. "GGBooks 2017 finalists revealed | Canada Council for the Arts". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  10. "Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. March 27, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  11. "Those Who Run in the Sky is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  12. "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.


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