Rebecca Thomas is Halifax’s former Poet Laureate and has spoken at conferences and coffeehouses from coast to coast. Her writing has been published in journals and magazines, including CBC and The Washington Post. 

Rebecca is L’nu of the Mi’kmaq Nation and the daughter of a residential school survivor. Her family is from Lennox Island First Nation in PEI, though she didn’t grow up there. 

Her first children’s book, I’m Finding My Talk, was a White Ravens 2020 selection by the International Youth Library, a Globe & Mail Top 100 Pick of 2019, as well as a CBC Best Picture Book of 2019. Her book, Swift Fox All Along, was a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Prize for Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books. Rebecca’s first adult collection of poetry, I place you into the fire, was a CBC Best Canadian Poetry pick of 2020.

Prismatic is so honoured to welcome Rebecca back to our stage – this time, virtually!

Prismatic’s 2021 digital programming is generously supported by TD Bank Group and Light House GO.