Kyle Edwards (writer)

Kyle Edwards is an Anishinaabe writer from Manitoba, Canada, whose debut novel Small Ceremonies was published in 2025.[1]

Early life and education

Edwards is a member of the Ebb and Flow First Nation and grew up on the Lake Manitoba First Nation.[1] He studied journalism at Ryerson University.[2] From 2021 to 2023, he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University.[3] He is currently pursuing his doctorate in creative writing and literature at the University of Southern California, where he is a provost fellow.[2]

Career

His debut novel Small Ceremonies was published in 2025. It was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2025 Governor General's Awards.[4] Small Ceremonies was also nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award.[5]

He is a member of the editorial staff at The New Yorker.[6] He has published work for BBC News, Maclean's, Native News Online, CBC News and the Toronto Star.[2] He won the CAJ/JHR Emerging Indigenous Journalist Award in 2019.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Why Anishinaabe writer Kyle Edwards sees hockey as a ceremony". CBC. June 11, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "CBC Books' writers to watch: 22 Canadian writers making their mark in 2025". CBC. August 1, 2025.
  3. ^ "Kyle Edwards". Creative Writing Program. Stanford University. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  4. ^ Thompson, Nicole (July 7, 2025). "Kyle Edwards wins Governor General's Literary Award for fiction". Toronto Star.
  5. ^ "4 Canadian authors among nominees for $163K Dublin Literary Award". CBC. November 24, 2025.
  6. ^ Ulrich, Tania (January 6, 2026). "Book on Indigenous identity, hockey wins Governor General's Award". Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  7. ^ "Maclean's writer Kyle Edwards named top emerging Indigenous journalist". Macleans.ca (in Canadian French). May 6, 2019.
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