Tara Gereaux
BIO
Biography
Tara Gereaux (Métis-Settler) has published a novel, Saltus (Nightwood Editions, 2021) and a teen novella, Size of a Fist (Thistledown Press, 2015), both of which have been nominated for several Saskatchewan Book Awards. Her writing’s been shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Novel Award, won the City of Regina Writing Award twice, and received a 2022 Endowment Award from the Saskatchewan Foundation of the Arts and a REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award from the Hnatyshyn Foundation. From the Qu’Appelle Valley, Tara is a descendant of the Red River Métis and a citizen of Métis Nation-Saskatchewan.
ADDRESS
City: Regina,
Province/Territory: Saskatchewan
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Saltus
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2021
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Colleen Bailey Memorial Award from the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts
Year
2022
Name
REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award from the Hnatyshyn Foundation
Year
2017
LINKS
Links
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
EQUITY INITIATIVE
As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
Yes
