Soft as Bones with Chyana Marie Sage & Shayla Stonechild

Join Massy, Neechie Club, House of Anansi, Shayla Stonechild, and Chyana Marie Sage for the launch of, Soft As Bones, at 7 pm on October 16th!

Sarah-Anne @neechieclub will start us off by a grounding yoga nidra meditation, before Shayla interviews Chyana Marie Sage about her memoir Soft As Bones.

Registration is free or by donation and required for entry. We ask that you assess your proximity to privilege and donate where you can. This event is being sponsored by Massy Books.

Venue:

The event will be hosted at Massy Books, 229. E. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC.

The venue has a gender neutral bathroom.

Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes.

Covid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are recommended. We ask if you are showing symptoms, that you stay home. Thank you kindly.

About the Book:

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing

In candid, incisive, and delicate prose, Chyana Marie Sage shares the pain of growing up with her father, a crack dealer who went to Pr*son for molesting her older sister. In revisiting her family's history, Chyana examines the legacy of generational abuse, which began with her father's father, who was forcibly removed from his family by the residential schools and Sixties Scoop programs. Yet hers is also a story of hope, as it was the traditions of her people that saved her life, healing one small piece in the mosaic that makes up the dark past of colonialism shared by Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island.

About the Author:

CHYANA MARIE SAGE is a Cree, Métis, and Salish writer from Edmonton, Alberta. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University and now works for Indspire. Chyana loves to travel and be with nature.

About the Moderator:

Shayla Stonechild is a Mètis and Nehiyaw Iskwew (Plains Cree Woman) from Muscowpetung First Nations, award-winning TV Host of APTN's "Red Earth Uncovered", Yoga Instructor at "CMMN GRND" with over 500+ yoga teacher training hours, and is the first Indigenous person to be on the cover of "Yoga Journal" Magazine. She is a part of Lululemon's Diversity and Inclusion committee in Vancouver.

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