An Evening with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Theory of Water)

Name: An Evening with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Theory of Water)
Start: 2025-04-29T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-29T20:00:00-05:00
Location: McNally Robinson Booksellers

Schedule

Tue Apr 29 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

McNally Robinson Booksellers | Winnipeg, MB

Join us for a special evening with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson as she discusses her latest book, Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead (Alchemy By Knopf Canada) with host Shelagh Rogers. A book signing will follow.
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039010246/betasamosake-simpson/theory-of-water
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/StDqvrWf0-E
In this inventive work, acclaimed Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson artfully weaves Nishnaabeg story and tradition with her own deep thinking and lived experience—and offers a vision of water as a catalyst for radical transformation, capable of birthing a new world.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, musician, and member of Alderville First Nation. She is the author of seven books, including the recent non-fiction A Short History of the Blockade, and the acclaimed novel Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies.