"If you're in book publishing in the first place, you have that spirit of generosity…because you're not making that much money." —David Chariandy #PublishingUnbound

"There is really good Indigenous publishing happening that still seems to be invisible or flying under the radar." —@jordoisdead says he wants to do everything he can to support those writers, books & publishers. #PublishingUnbound

.@KateriAkiwenzie says "inclusion" often about white communities including communities of colour and Indigenous writers while the work they're already doing is still being ignored. #PublishingUnbound

David Chariandy points to logistics, funding, practicality of writing and publishing a book. "For me there's a really important tension… between notions of inclusion within the publishing world sometimes understood as white. How can we become more diverse?" #PublishingUnbound

.@jordoisdead says he wishes he'd known poetry would be where he'd end up. #PublishingUnbound

"We are still here. We're not going anywhere. And if you're going to talk about literature in this country, Indigenous literature is at the centre. Not at the margins." —@KateriAkiwenzie #PublishingUnbound

.@KateriAkiwenzie answered that she wished she'd been more aware of the labour involved in running Kegedonce Press—not just the labour involved in the production process but the profound, literary aspect. #PublishingUnbound

.@erinwunker asks panellists: What did you wish you knew about writing or publishing before you started? #PublishingUnbound

He takes description of land from James Fenimore Cooper's *The Last of the Mohicans* and weaves them into his own writing—until the boundaries between them are blurred. #PublishingUnbound

Now we get to hear from @jordoisdead, who's sharing a project he's been slowly working on—"like a sentence every two months kind of slowly…" #PublishingUnbound

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Correction: @KateriAkiwenzie reading from short-story collection *The Stone Collection*: www.portageandmainpress.com/product/the-stone-collec... #PublishingUnbound

"People in my community are on a prayer walk for missing and murdered Indigenous women. They started on the solstice. They're on their way to BC. So please greet them when they get here." —@KateriAkiwenzie #PublishingUnbound

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Now @KateriAkiwenzie reading from *My Heart is a Stray Bullet*: kegedonce.com/bookstore/item/44-my-hea... #PublishingUnbound

"I had planned to read you something totally different tonight, but I couldn't bring myself to do it." —@KateriAkiwenzie #PublishingUnbound

.@KateriAkiwenzie reading a poem about #ColtenBoushie. "We knew it was coming. Still, we recoiled." #PublishingUnbound

.@KateriAkiwenzie: "It's really a struggle for me to be here tonight. What happened in Saskatchewan is very, very challenging to deal with.… I'm heartsick." #PublishingUnbound

David Chariandy up first, reading from his award-winning novel *Brother*. #PublishingUnbound

.@erinwunker moderating a panel featuring @KateriAkiwenzie, @jordoisdead & David Chariandy. #PublishingUnbound

Tweeting from #PublishingUnbound—inclusivity and accountability in Canadian publishing. Follow along or mute as desired!

Dinner date with a fellow MPub alumna before #PublishingUnbound! 😀