Outriders: Harry Giles & Katherena Vermette (2017 Event)

As part of our Outriders project to explore the
Americas, poet Harry Giles travelled across Canada with Métis
writer Katherena Vermette. Starting in Montreal amid the buzzy
Quebecois writing scene, the two writers travelled to Winnipeg,
where Lord Selkirk’s Red River colony was set up to house farmers
displaced by Scotland’s Clearances. From there, the writers flew
north to the small town of Churchill – known as the polar bear
capital of the world. In this event, recorded live at the 2017
Edinburgh International Book Festival, they share some of their
unforgettable experiences, and some of the writing inspired by
the journey.