Title
Book Women Podcast; ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣᐃᐢᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ; masinahikan iskwêwak
Minority studied
Indigenous Peoples
Description
Book Women (ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣᐃᐢᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ; masinahikan iskwêwak) is a podcast by and for Indigenous Peoples interested editing, publishing, and writing Indigenous stories. It is founded, created and hosted by three Métis librairians, Sheila Laroque, Kayla Lar-Son and Tanya Ball, with financial support from the Writer's Guild of Alberta. They aim to give voice to Indigenous artists and hope to inspire Indigenous artists to pick up their arts and develop them. The podcast is available through different platforms and websites including the Book Women website, the Writer's Guild of Alberta, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, etc.
The podcast focuses on storytelling in all its variety including podcasting, burlesque, books, comics, social media, articles, listicles, video, music, and everything in between. The first season of the podcast (2019) featured episodes on diverse topics, including storytelling and cultural protocol with guest Josh Littlechild, academic publishing and editing with Chris Andersen, poetry with Marilyn Dumont, illustration with Gabrielle LaMontagne and burlesque storytelling with Brittany Johnson. Season 2 (2020) includes episodes on Indigenous beadwork and fashion with Adrienne Larocque, decolonizing screenplays with Josh Languedoc, and data sovereignty with the three hosts.
The podcast focuses on storytelling in all its variety including podcasting, burlesque, books, comics, social media, articles, listicles, video, music, and everything in between. The first season of the podcast (2019) featured episodes on diverse topics, including storytelling and cultural protocol with guest Josh Littlechild, academic publishing and editing with Chris Andersen, poetry with Marilyn Dumont, illustration with Gabrielle LaMontagne and burlesque storytelling with Brittany Johnson. Season 2 (2020) includes episodes on Indigenous beadwork and fashion with Adrienne Larocque, decolonizing screenplays with Josh Languedoc, and data sovereignty with the three hosts.
Founder/Author
Laroque, Sheila; Lar-Son, Kayla; Ball, Tanya
Minority media website
https://bookwomenpodcast.ca/ (Retrieved December 12, 2020)
Minority media language
English
Minority media type
Podcast
Medium
Electronic media
Spatial Coverage
Canada
Temporal Coverage
2019 to present
Owner
Laroque, Sheila; Lar-Son, Kayla; Ball, Tanya
Archive
Book Women Podcast, https://bookwomenpodcast.ca/?page_id=304 (Retrieved December 12, 2020)