Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Comes to the Chan Centre – The Tyee

Jan. 8, 2026

The award-winning author will discuss her bestselling book ‘Theory of Water’ on Jan. 29.

A Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, musician and scholar, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Rooted in Nishnaabeg language, thought and land-based practice, her work draws on more than two decades of independent scholarship and community education.

This Jan. 29, see Simpson live at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts as she discusses her most recent book, Theory of Water, a national bestseller and winner of the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize — the largest award for non-fiction in the country. Her two previous books, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies and Rehearsals for Living, were also both shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Awards.

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