Richard Van Camp

Richard Van Camp is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from Fort Smith, NWT.He is a graduate of the En'owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria's Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master's Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. He is an internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author. His novel, The Lesser Blessed, is now a movie with First Generation Films and premiered in September of 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival. He is the author of four collections of short stories, Angel Wing Splash Pattern, The Moon of Letting Go, Godless but Loyal to Heaven and Night Moves, as well as two children's books with Cree artist, George Littlechild: A Man Called Raven and What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?His first baby book, Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns, was the official selection of the Books for BC Babies program and was given to every newborn baby in British Columbia in 2008. Richard followed this up with another board book: Nighty-Night: A Bedtime Song for Babies. His third book for babies, Little You, is now out with Orca Book Publishers. The amazing Julie Flett is the artist. Little You is published in Bush Cree, Dene and South Slavey, courtesy of the South Slave Divisional Board of Education. His new book for babies with Julie Flett is called "We Sang You Home" and it is gorgeous!All of Richard Van Camp's children's books are available in Braille for free, anywhere in the world, courtesy of the Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) and Accessible Resource Centre-British Columbia (ARC-BC)Richard has six graphic novels and comic books out: his first comic book on deterring youth away from gangs, Path of the Warrior, is published with Cree artist, Steve Sanderson, through the Healthy Aboriginal Network. His second comic book on sexual health is Kiss Me Deadly, with Haida artist Chris Auchter. His four graphic novels are Three Feathers (published in Bush Cree, Dene, South Slavey and English, illustrated by Krystal Mateus, on restorative justice; The Eisner Award Nominated A Blanket of Butterflies, on the theme of peace making, illustrated by Scott Henderson, The Blue Raven, illustrated by Steve Sanderson on mental health, and Spirit, a suicide prevention comic book illustrated by Emily Brown (which is also published in Bush Cree, Dene, and South Slavey and English).

Books by Richard Van Camp

Roth

Beast

Burning Cold

As I Enfold You in Petals

A Blanket of Butterflies

Taaqtumi

Gather

Gather

Little You / Gidagaashiinh

Det’oni-t’á tai / Three Feathers

Taaqtumi

Angel Wing Splash Pattern

Tout petit toi

Tú eres tú

May We Have Enough to Share

May We Have Enough to Share Read-Along

Love Beyond Body, Space and Time

This Place

Moccasin Square Gardens

Welcome Song for Baby / Ni Nikamon ‘Tawâw Nipepîmis’

Kiss by Kiss / ocêhtowina

Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan

We Sang You Home / kikî-kîwê-nikamôstamâtinân

Luminous Ink

Sonny Assu

Little You Read-Along

Welcome Song for Baby Read-Along

We Sang You Home Read-Along

A Blanket of Butterflies

Det'oni-t'á tai / Three Feathers

We Sang You Home

Kitapisîsisin

Nën Nechíle

Little You / Anetséleh

Little You / Kitapisîsin

Little You / Nën Nechíle

Anetséleh

The Lesser Blessed

The Lesser Blessed

Godless But Loyal To Heaven

The Moon of Letting Go

Indigenous Men and Masculinities

Taghe “et'a / Three Feathers

Nisto Mekwana / Three Feathers

Three Feathers

Night Moves

A Man Called Raven

Masculindians

Little You

Godless but Loyal to Heaven

Coming Home

Nighty-Night

The Moon of Letting Go

Welcome Song for Baby

Angel Wing Splash Pattern, Second Edition

What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses

Lesser Blessed