Waubgeshig Rice
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Oct 14, 2026
Jennifer DeLeskieGUEST
I mean, the amazing thing now is that there are so many just incredible indigenous writers.
Jennifer DeLeskieGUEST
Um, I'm thinking like Cherie Dimaline, the, The Marrow Thieves, uh, Waubgeshig Rice, Joshua Whitehead, who are, are doing specular fiction.
Jennifer DeLeskieGUEST
They're doing science fiction.
Jennifer DeLeskieGUEST
Uh, Eden Robinson.
KayHOST
So another, another author that I've read, and it's been a few years, maybe two, I don't know.
KayHOST
And I'm, I'm so sorry, I'm probably going to butcher this name, and I have to apologize because I'm trying my hardest, okay? But his name is Waubgeshig Rice.
AaronHOST
Okay.
KayHOST
I did a good job.
PamHOST
And, um, so there's not a whole lot known about this disease, about this fungus that's infected people and ooh, it's so eerie.
PamHOST
This book really reminded me of Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
PamHOST
And what do you know? They were published by the same indie publishing house, ECW Press.
PamHOST
And Waubgeshig Rice even blurbed it, saying that it was, "A riveting look at a dire future.
PamHOST
The climate crisis is real, and The Annual Migration of Clouds is must-read fiction." So those are all good things.
PamHOST
I just, I felt [sighs] I think it was just so much dread, you know? Uh, a, a fun fact is that this is actually a series of, of novellas.
Amanda PfefferHOST
But work is being done across the country to try to protect them.
Amanda PfefferHOST
Ontario author and former CBC broadcaster, Waubgeshig Rice, came to this show to talk about his own journey.
Waubgeshig RiceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you're a language expert, if you're a speaker of Anishinaabemowin, you can see sort of a bit of a progression between the two books, because that represents also my, uh, learning of the language.
Waubgeshig RiceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, I have, uh, made some improvements, uh, between the two books.
Elia AyoubHOST
Like, one of the things that I do w- e- even on this podcast is I will do this deep before interview, before having a host.
Elia AyoubHOST
Like for example, I had Waubgeshig Rice on about a month ago.
Elia AyoubHOST
He's this Anishinaabe author, science fiction author, and before doing the interview, I, I spent a lot of time listening to previous episodes of his.
Elia AyoubHOST
I read, of course, the books.
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It really does.
speaker_6HOST
Now, we see a completely different type of survival play out in Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
speaker_7HOST
Yes, moving from historical prejudice to post-apocalyptic survival
speaker_6HOST
Right.
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No phones, no electricity, no food deliveries.
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They are forced to rely on traditional indigenous knowledge to survive as modern societal infrastructure crumbles around them
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Rice shifts the narrative focus from historical guilt to immediate physical survival.
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The winter in this text isn't a backdrop for a legal drama.