The Book Catapult
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San Diego, CA 92104
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT. Pacific Time.
The Book Catapult is proud to host Darrel J. McLeod in a virtual event for his new memoir, Peyakow on Tuesday, August 10 at 6pm on ZOOM. Darrel will be in-conversation with local author Kazim Ali. More details here!
Darrel J. McLeod
Darrel J. McLeod is the author of Peyakow and Mamaskatch, which received the Govenor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. He is Cree from treaty eight territory in Northern Alberta. Before deciding to pursue writing in his retirement, McLeod was a chief negotiator of land claims for the federal government and executive director of education and international affairs with the Assembly of First Nations. He holds degrees in French literature and education from the University of British Columbia. He lives in Sooke, British Columbia.
Following his award-winning debut memoir, Mamaskatch, which masterfully portrayed a Cree coming-of-age in rural Canada, Darrel J. McLeod continues the poignant story of his adulthood.