Tawhida Tanya Evanson

Poet, author, producer, and Aşık from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal Tawhida Tanya Evanson’s poetry collections include, Bothism (2017) and Nouveau Griot (2018). Her debut novel, Book of Wings (Véhicule Press 2021), won the 2022 New Contribution Literary Prize, was on the 2022 CBC Canada Reads Longlist, and was one of Quill & Quire’s 2021 Books of the Year. With a 25-year practice in spoken word, she has performed in over a dozen countries and released four studio albums as well as six video poems, including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. Director of the Banff Centre Spoken Word program and vice president of The Quebec Writers’ Federation, her latest project is Cyano Sun Suite, a concert documentary film premiering in Spring 2023. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.