Michelle Porter

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Michelle Porter is a Canadian writer,[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/the-land-had-to-have-a-voice-m%C3%A9tis-author-michelle-porter-discusses-her-debut-novel-1.6849656 "'The land had to have a voice:' Métis author Michelle Porter discusses her debut novel"]. The Next Chapter, May 20, 2023. whose debut novel A Grandmother Begins the Story won the 2024 Thomas Head Raddall AwardCassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/finalists-for-nova-scotia-book-awards-and-atlantic-book-awards-announced/ "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced"]. Quill & Quire, April 15, 2024. and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/three-debut-novels-among-finalists-for-2023-atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize/ "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize"]. Quill & Quire, September 27, 2023.

Porter, a Métis woman born and raised in Manitoba, currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorKathryne Cardwell, [https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/06/03/metis-womens-struggles-span-generations "Métis women’s struggles span generations"]. Winnipeg Free Press, June 3, 2023. where she teaches in the Department of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland.Michelle Porter, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/michelle-porter-how-a-crooked-m-tis-fiddle-tune-changed-the-way-i-think-about/article_8cdd8b3a-a125-5064-b05a-06f25bd8c364.html "Michelle Porter: How a crooked Métis fiddle tune changed the way I think about stories"]. Toronto Star, July 14, 2023. She previously published the poetry collection Inquiries (2019),Shannon Webb-Campbell, [https://muskratmagazine.com/book-review-inquiries-by-metis-poet-michelle-porter/ "Book Review: ‘Inquiries’ by Métis Poet Michelle Porter"]. Muskrat Magazine, August 30, 2019. the non-fiction history book Rebel Women of the East Coast (2005), and the family history memoirs Approaching Fire (2020)James M. Fisher, [https://miramichireader.ca/2021/01/approaching-fire-by-michelle-porter/ "Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter"]. Miramichi Reader, January 15, 2021. and Scratching River (2022).Laurie D. Graham, [https://albertaviews.ca/scratching-river/ "Scratching River"]. Alberta Views, September 1, 2022.

Porter was a shortlisted Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for Inquiries,{{Cite web |last=Yohannes |first=Samraweet |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Doyali Islam, Thomas King and Billy-Ray Belcourt shortlisted for 2020 League of Canadian Poets Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/doyali-islam-thomas-king-and-billy-ray-belcourt-shortlisted-for-2020-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5538785 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=CBC News |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526110653/https://www.cbc.ca/books/doyali-islam-thomas-king-and-billy-ray-belcourt-shortlisted-for-2020-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5538785 |url-status=live }} and an Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for Approaching Fire.