Empty Spaces
by Jordan Abel
Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction · 2024 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction | 2024 | Winner |
About This Book
An autofictional reckoning with intergenerational trauma, the body, and memory, using typography and negative space as expressive elements.
About the Author
Jordan Abel is a Nisga'a author and scholar whose experimental work spans poetry, prose, and visual art. Empty Spaces (2024) won the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction. Abel's work is characterised by its use of erasure, collage, and appropriation as methods for interrogating colonial texts and reclaiming Indigenous histories. Read more →
