Laura: "My grandmother was African and from Mali. She moved to Switzerland when she was four, and then went to Paris to study. War erupted back home, so she could never go back. This book is part of a saga that takes place in the 17th century and is about the colonization of Canada. My Dad gave it to me and I am loving the story, because it reminds me of the fight for freedom that my grandmother passed on to me." @laura.vandehel reading #TheOrenda by #JosephBoyden / @marta_bh for #subwaybookreview #london 🇬🇧 (at Moorgate London Underground Station)

Finally! 📖✌🏼 #theorenda #josephboyden #thirtyninthdayofsummer #august (at Roches Point)

That's my evening sorted, then. #myspace #reading #readingspot #wine #theorenda #josephboyden

"One day I will run. One day they won't hurt me anymore." #josephboyden #wenjack

Xmass gifts. ..handmade moccasins from @joseph.boyden renowned author. ..stitched by him of brain tanned hides hunted in Ontario. ..perfect for a cold day.....#josephboyden #braintanned #indigenousart #withfuckinglove

Giller prize winning author Joseph Boyden in a Himel Brothers Kensington Cafe Racer.....#leatherjacket #josephboyden #giller #readingiscool

I just finished reading ‘The Orenda’ by Joseph Boyden, and was inspired by the events in that book. So much that I think I’m going to attempt and adapt it into a comic. Just something fun to keep me busy and practice both my storyboarding & comic making skills! It’s a long book so we’ll see how much I finish by the end but here’s a little something from the chapter ‘The Lost Wampum’... more updates soon!

Through Black Spruce was my first read from Joseph Boyden; unfortunately, it did not live up to the hype. Quite simply, missing aboriginal women are not living secret double lives as models in New York, and the rendering of such a world is so unconvincing that I could not help but be outraged. The novel’s representation of exile and addiction, however, is brilliant, and I’m sure that this half of an otherwise clichéd narrative will encourage me to try Boyden again.