Knopf Canada Publishing Director Lynn Henry has acquired Canadian rights to Giller Prize and GG Literary Award nominated Joshua Whitehead’s next two books, at auction. The first, MAKING LOVE WITH THE LAND, is a braid of forms that ruminates on topics such as Indigeneity, queerness, mental health, body dysmorphia, and chronic pain through a variety of literary forms, including horror, speculative fiction, poetry, and confession—radically upending how we view Indigeneity.
“It is a gift and a privilege to be able to work with Joshua, and I’m deeply moved by his words of reclamation and reinvention,” says Henry. “Joshua not only represents one of the most thrilling young voices among Indigenous writers, but among writers anywhere who are reimagining literary forms in order to say something startling, vital and new.”
The deal was arranged by Stephanie Sinclair.