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The Many Names of Robert Cree Wins Silver Medal at the IPPY Awards

FORT McMURRAY, Alta., June 25, 2026 — The Many Names of Robert Cree has received a Silver Medal from the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards (the IPPYs), marking the memoir’s third win and fifth nomination since publication. “I never imagined this when I decided to tell my story,” said Elder Cree, a member of Fort McMurray 468 First Nation ...
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Fourth Literary Award Nomination for The Many Names of Robert Cree

FORT McMURRAY, Alta., June 22, 2026 — The Many Names of Robert Cree has earned its fourth major literary award nomination in just months, a rare distinction that underscores the exceptional reach and impact of this powerful Indigenous memoir. The book is now a Finalist in the Memoir/Creative Non-fiction category of the 2026 High Plains International Book Awards. The ...
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Audiobook/Memoir

What You Take With You

Wildfire, Family and the Road Home

Cover of the book, What You Take With You

Therese’s acclaimed memoir, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, was released in audiobook format to mark the 10th anniversary of the Fort McMurray wildfire. Recorded by leading Canadian independent publisher ECW Press, this new audio edition is narrated by prominent Canadian actress Athena Karkanis. It is available on Audible and all major audiobook platforms.

The book is an eyewitness account of the evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta, during the largest wildfire in Canadian history. It’s also about the physical and emotional artifacts we carry with us in times of crisis and the meaning they attain, bringing past and present together to reintegrate our sense of self. It is also a rumination on marriage and the shared commitment to face what the future brings.

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Collaboration

The Many Names of Robert Cree

How a First Nations Chief Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People

Cover of the book, The Many Names of Robert Cree.

Winner of the 2026 Alberta Literary Award for Best Memoir, Awarded a Bronze Medal by the 2026 Axiom Business Book Awards, and a Finalist for Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, The Many Names of Robert Cree: How a First Nations Chief Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People is a first-person account of survival in a brutally racist residential school system designed to erase traditional Indigenous culture, language, and knowledge. It is also the story of an epic life of struggle and healing, as Elder Robert Cree takes the wisdom of his ancestors and a message of reconciliation to the halls of government and to industry boardrooms.

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Short Story Collection

Kill As You Go

Cover of the book, Kill As You Go

These stories — including Western Writers of America Spur Award Winner “Buck’s Last Ride” — are tales of Prohibition-era crime, small-town murder, and family betrayal. This is a Canada populated by backwoods kingpins, delusional dreamers, quirky neighbours, devilish delinquents, and unlikely villains. In lakeside villages, prairie farm communities, and oil-rich boomtowns of the Great White North, these stories echo through time from the 1800s to today, with a distinct Canadian flavour and delicate touches of darkness that hearken back to the great pulp writers.

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