Andréa Ledding

Andréa Ledding
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
OccupationsPlaywright, poet, editor
Children7[1]

Andréa Ledding is a Métis[2] nonfiction writer, playwright, poet and editor who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1]

Biography

Andréa Ledding attained an MFA in Writing from the University of Saskatchewan as part of the inaugural cohort of 2011.[1] Her work was included the Canada's Best Poetry of 2011 anthology.[2][3]

In 2012, Ledding's play Dominion debuted in Toronto.[1] The play subsequently ran in Gordon Tootoosis Nikanawin Theatre in Saskatoon,[4] where it was nominated for an "Outstanding Script" Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award.[1]

Ledding is the Director of Communications of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation.[5] She is on the board of the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Writers Circle.[3]

She has seven children.[1]

Awards

Ledding was awarded the 2022 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize by The Malahat Review.[1]

She was the recipient of Anvil Press/subTerrain Magazine's Lush Triumphant Poetry Award for 2010.[2]

In 2011, Ledding received third place in the John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Awards.[6] In the same year, she was awarded the John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Award for Poetry for her poetry manuscript Braid and the same award for her non-fiction manuscript on the subject of Batoche.[3]

Ledding has also been shortlisted for The Malahat Review's Far Horizons Award for Poetry and the CBC Literary Prize.[1][7]

Selected works

Dramatic works

  • Dominion (2012)

Essays

  • Define Intervention (2022)
  • Pockets of our Hearts (2011)

Poetry

  • Braid (2011)
  • kîwetinotahk pimâcihowin - northern journeys (2016)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2022 Constance Rooke CNF Prize Winner: Andréa Ledding". The Malahat Review. 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  2. ^ a b c Oliver, Em (2021-06-03). "14 Aboriginal Women Writers to Read This Summer". Room Magazine. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c "Ledding Shortlisted for Lieutenant-Governor's 2013 Emerging Artist Award". College of Arts & Science, University of Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan. 2015. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  4. ^ "Saskatoon's Dominion Play project advances downtown arena planning". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  5. ^ "Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation's Director of Communications Andrea Ledding". Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  6. ^ "Weber honoured for The Deaf House". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. 2011-10-05. p. 12. Retrieved 2026-01-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ ""kîwetinotahk pimâcihowin - northern journeys" by Andréa Ledding". CBC Books. Canada. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
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