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, is a story that will hopefully reach and teach many about the residential school system. Tweet

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 Osborne finished an amazing 2nd place, and won the audience choice award! A great job was done by Vincent Ho in defending David’s [...]

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, renowned for his graphic novels: a stand-alone biography of Helen Betty Osborne; and a series about residential schools and their effects, called Seven Generations. He is [...]

We’re in the final round! The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, my first graphic novel, was first selected as one of 16 books for the first ever Manitoba Reads competition. It was then voted into the top 8 by the public. It has now been selected to be in the final 4 by one of [...]

Click here to check out a story on David in the Winnipeg Free Press Communities paper Metro and The Times! Tweet

The Life of Helen Betty Osborne has opened up an early lead in the first ever Manitoba Reads Battle of the Books, which is being put on by cbc’s Manitoba Scene and Thin Air. Keep voting!!!! Vote here. Tweet

The Pact, the fourth and final book from the 7 Generations series, is on the best-seller list at McNally Robinson’s for the fourth week in a row! Please check out the link and pick up your own copy! Tweet

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The Pact was made available on May 16, 2011 with a packed launch at McNally Robinson. This week it was listed as the #1 Best-Seller under the Books for Young People listing. 7 Generations dominated the chart. The series was #1, #3, #8 and #10 on the Best-Seller list. You can get your copy at [...]

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