NCMC Library Book Club - Moon of the Turning Leaves In-Person
Date: November 13, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: NCMC Library
Join us for a discussion of Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgesig Rice.
Event Details:
- Lunch will be provided for attendees
- Complimentary copies of the book available for the first 10 registrants who request a copy with their registration.
About the Book and Author:
"Twelve years after the power went out worldwide (in 2018’s Moon of the Crusted Snow), the Anishinaabe people of Shki-dnakiiwin (“New village”) discover problems with their homestead in Rice’s equally harrowing and hopeful sequel.
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"It’s been over a decade since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy. Evan Whitesky led his community in remote northern Ontario off the rez and into the bush, where they’ve been living off the land, rekindling their Anishinaabe traditions in total isolation from the outside world. As new generations are born, and others come of age in the world after everything, Evan’s people are in some ways stronger than ever. But resources in and around their new settlement are beginning to dry up, and the elders warn that they cannot afford to stay indefinitely. Evan and his fifteen-year-old daughter, Nangohns, are elected to lead a small scouting party on a months-long trip to their traditional home on the north shore of Lake Huron—to seek new beginnings, and discover what kind of life—and what dangers—still exist in the lands to the south." Author website
"Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He’s written four books, most notably the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, published in 2018. He graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002, and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career. In addition to his writing endeavours, Waubgeshig is an eclectic public speaker, delivering keynote addresses and workshops, engaging in interviews, and contributing to various panels at literary festivals and conferences. He speaks on creative writing and oral storytelling, contemporary Anishinaabe culture and matters, Indigenous representation in arts and media, and more. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and three sons." from author website
- Date:
- Thursday, November 13, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Library (Map )
- Building Location:
- LIB (Library and Conference Building) - Petoskey
- Event Type:
- Community Staff and Faculty Students
- Categories:
- Academic Event Social Event
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