(Dundurn Press, Steve Carty)įirst published in 2002, The Polished Hoe won the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Trillium Book Award. The new 20th anniversary edition features a foreword by writer and professor Rinaldo Walcott, as well as a new cover commissioned from Toronto visual artist Shawn Skeir. Junie by Chelene Knightĭundurn Press is releasing a special 20th-anniversary edition of late writer Austin Clarke's award-winning novel The Polished Hoe in September 2022. Robertson was the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. Based in Winnipeg, he has published 28 books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, the graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist of Swampy Cree heritage. Robertson's new novel The Theory of Crows is a dramatic tale of hurt & healing - read an excerpt nowĭavid A. When things go wrong during the journey, the father and daughter must rely on each other and the challenges they face eventually heal them in ways they never thought possible.ĭavid A. Following a tragic event, Matthew and Holly head out onto the land in search of a long-lost cabin on the family trapline, miles from the Cree community they once called home. The Theory of Crows is about a disconnected and distant relationship between a man named Matthew and his teenage daughter Holly. Robertson (Harper Perennial, Amber Green) The Theory of Crows is a novel by David A.
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