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Niizh - Paperback

by Joelle Peters
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joelle PetersPublish date:5/13/2025Pages:112
Language:EnglishPublisher:Playwrights Canada PressISBN-13:9780369105219ISBN-10:369105214UPC:9780369105219Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Canadian, Indigenous, Women AuthorsSize:8.30 x 5.30 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCE4KCKQBM

It's summertime on the rez, the frybread is sizzling, and the local radio station plays bluegrass, Anishinaabemowin lessons, and Friday-night bingo numbers. Lenna, the youngest of the Little family, is preparing to leave home for her first year at college, with little enthusiasm or help from her stubborn father and reckless brother. Amidst lingering doubts about departing the family flock, Lenna collides into a meet-cute with the charming and awkward Sam Thomas, who is returning to the reserve after many years away. With the promise of a romance budding between them, Lenna is caught in a whirlwind of uncertainty, wondering if she's ready to bid farewell just as she's about to take flight.

Filled with Indigenous humour, small-town seasoning, and dream-world interludes, this heartwarming love story captures the bittersweet highs and lows of a rural teenage upbringing. A love letter to community, Niizh is a refreshing coming-of-age rom-com about two young lovebirds leaving the nest.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Playwrights Canada PressISBN-13:9780369105219ISBN-10:369105214UPC:9780369105219Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Canadian, Indigenous, Women AuthorsSize:8.30 x 5.30 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCE4KCKQBM

Joelle Peters is an award-winning Indigenous (Anishinaabe) actor/playwright working in theatre, television, and film and current Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Her plays include Niizh, Frozen River (co-written with Michaela Washburn and Carrie Costello), and do you remember? In 2020, Joelle was selected as the playwriting protege for the Siminovitch Prize by laureate Tara Beagan. In 2021, Frozen River was awarded the Sharon Enkin Plays for Young People Award at the annual Tom Hendry Awards. In 2023, the premiere production of Niizh was nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Keep up with Joelle at joellepeters.ca and on Instagram: @joellepeters.jpg.


Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press

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