Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is an Honour Song | 2010 | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Buy |
| 2 | Islands of Decolonial Love | 2013 | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Buy |
| 3 | This Accident of Being Lost | 2017 | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Buy |
This Is an Honour Song (2010), co-edited with Kiera L. Ladner, is a collection of essays, stories, and reflections on the 1990 Oka Crisis and the ongoing significance of Kanehsata:ke for Indigenous resistance in Canada. The book brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors to examine the event and its legacy from multiple perspectives.
Islands of Decolonial Love (2013) is Simpson’s best-known collection of short stories. The pieces are set in contemporary Canada and follow Indigenous characters through everyday moments of love, loss, humor, and survival under colonialism. This Accident of Being Lost (2017) continues in a similar vein, mixing short fiction with poetry and prose fragments. Both collections are written in Simpson’s spare, direct style, and both treat Indigenous life as something fully present rather than as a subject to be explained to outsiders.