Noopiming

<p><strong>Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award</strong></p><p><strong>Shortlisted for the Governor General''s Literary Award for Fiction</strong></p><p><strong>Shortlisted for the ReLit Award for Novel</strong></p><p><em>Noopiming</em> is Anishinaabemowin for ‘in the bush.’ In it, Simpson and a cast of seven – Akiwenzii, the old man; Ninaatig, the maple tree; Mindimooyenh, the old woman; Sabe, the giant; Adik, the caribou; and Asin and Lucy, younger humans – turn the tables on colonial myth-making, exposing the unnatural strangeness at the heart of settler-capitalism. With warm humour and canny observation, <em>The Cure for White Ladies</em> breaks open the self to a world still alive with people, animals, ancestors, and spirits.</p>