

1:00 pm Book reading – Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of Garneau, with authors David Garneau, Dick Averns and Arin Fay.
Dark Chapters brings together 17 poets, fiction writers, curators, and critics to engage with the works of David Garneau, the Governor General’s Award-winning Métis artist. Featuring paintings from Garneau’s still life series “Dark Chapters” alongside poetry, fiction, critical analysis, and autotheory, the book includes contributions from Fred Wah, Paul Seesequasis, Jesse Wente, Lillian Allen, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Larissa Lai, Susan Musgrave, and more.

Image credits L-R: Dark Chapter, 2024. Acrylic on panel, 60” x 36.” Ceinture Fléchée des Temps Noirs, 2025. Acrylic on panel, 48” x 16”.