Emily Riddle is a Cree poet from Canada, whose book The Big Melt won the Griffin Poetry Prize's award for best first book of poetry in 2023.Cassandra Drudi, "Emily Riddle wins inaugural $10K Griffin Canadian First Book Prize" . Quill & Quire, May 17, 2023.
A member of the Alexander First Nation in Morinville, Alberta,Catherine Zhu, "Nêhiyaw writer Emily Riddle first ever winner of $10K Canadian First Book Prize for debut poetry collection". CBC Books, May 18, 2023. she currently lives in Edmonton, where she works as an indigenous relations adviser for the Edmonton Public Library, and is also a textile artist.Justin Bell, "Bookmarks: Emily Riddle exposes her personal side in new poetry collection". Edmonton Journal, November 25, 2022.
The Big Melt was also a winner in the English poetry category at the 2023 Indigenous Voices Awards.Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists announced for sixth annual Indigenous Voices Awards". Quill & Quire, May 9, 2023.
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