It's a book of conversations -- interviews with nine Indigenous writers who work in Canada. All have been influenced by colonization and are surrounded by discourses of Indigenization, reconciliation, appropriation, and representation, and all are swept up in the growth of Indigenous publishing and literary studies. The conversations centre on writers' concerns, critiques, and craft, and how they navigate the challenge of storying their communities in politically charged terrain. Moreover, the book considers the pedagogical dimensions of stories, serving as an Indigenous literary and education project.

Being able to tell stories from the North / a conversation with Richard Van Camp -- It starts from a place of knowledge and truth / a conversation with David Alexander Robertson -- I realized that I could write what I see / a conversation with Katherena Vermette -- It comes back to relationship / a conversation with Warren Cariou -- That's the purpose of story / a conversation with Lee Maracle -- I hope my writing can help others / a conversation with Sharron Proulx-Turner -- Indigenous literatures matter / a conversation with Daniel Heath Justice -- A beautiful bomb / a conversation with Tenille Campbell -- To write myself back into visibility / a conversation with Marilyn Dumont