David Alexander Robertson

1. Sugar Falls Book Launch!

Please join HighWater Press, The Helen Betty Osborne Foundation, and McNally Robinson Booksellers with Author David Alexander Robertson (me!) and Illustrator Scott B. Henderson… A BOOK LAUNCH FOR SUGAR FALLS: A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL...

2. Manitoba Reads Crowns Winning Book

Manitoba Reads wrapped up on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Gabrielle Roy’s ‘Where Nests the Water Hen’ finished first in the competition. A well-deserved win. David Alexander Robertson’s The Life of Helen Betty...

Sugar Falls Book Launch!

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story...

My upcoming graphic novel, based on a survivor’s account of their residential school experience, is coming in December. Sugar Falls, named after an area on the way from Cross Lake to Norway House,...

Manitoba Reads Crowns Winning Book

Manitoba Reads wrapped up on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Gabrielle Roy’s ‘Where Nests the Water Hen’ finished first in the competition. A well-deserved win. David Alexander Robertson’s...

Thin Air Opening Night Reading a Hit!

Opening Night Review Check out the blog post reviewing the opening night of Thin Air, The Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival. Excerpt: “First of five authors is David Alexander Robertson,...

About Us

David Alexander Robertson is a Swampy Cree writer who penned his first book, an epic collection of poetry entitled \"The Bestest Poems I Ever Sawed,\" in grade 3. He received his BA in English from the University of Winnipeg. His ambition to eliminate racism, sexism, and indifference by educating youth about history and contemporary issues inspired him to write The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, published in 2008, and the four-part graphic novel series 7 Generations between 2009-2011. He is currently working on a new graphic novel series. David lives in Winnipeg with his wife and four children, and works in the field of Aboriginal workforce development.