Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Willie PollTag

  • Banner for “Ink & Imagination: Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties,” featuring a dialogue between the author and illustrator of A Salmon Story. The design shows portraits of Willie Poll and Chantelle Trainor-Matties against a split background—dark gray on the left with text and bright blue on the right with illustrated salmon swimming underwater. The Open Book logo appears in the bottom left corner.
    Banner for “Ink & Imagination: Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties,” featuring a dialogue between the author and illustrator of A Salmon Story. The design shows portraits of Willie Poll and Chantelle Trainor-Matties against a split background—dark gray on the left with text and bright blue on the right with illustrated salmon swimming underwater. The Open Book logo appears in the bottom left corner.
    March 11, 2026

    Ink & Imagination! Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties Interview Each Other About A SALMON STORY

    The journey of a young fish becomes the heart of A Salmon Story: Protecting the Future (OwlKids Books), a lyrical and informative picture book that traces the life cycle of wild salmon while asking readers ...

  • Interview with Willie Poll, author of Our Ancestor's Kitchen, illustrated by Shaikara David banner. Background image of author standing sideways and looking outward against a backdrop of slightly out-of-focus woodland behind her, wearing denim jacket over a black shirt with long dark hair with blue highlights. Solid blue section to centre-right with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    Interview with Willie Poll, author of Our Ancestor's Kitchen, illustrated by Shaikara David banner. Background image of author standing sideways and looking outward against a backdrop of slightly out-of-focus woodland behind her, wearing denim jacket over a black shirt with long dark hair with blue highlights. Solid blue section to centre-right with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    April 05, 2025

    Every Ingredient in Our Ancestors' Kitchen by Willie Poll Thrums With Meaning and Tradition

    Métis activist and storyteller Willie Poll has deep connections to her community and traditions, all of which is on full display in a beautiful new picture book from the author. Poll's poetic voice ...

Related tags

  • AmReading (2)
  • Chantelle Trainor-Matties (1)
  • Indigenous Authors (1)
  • ink & Imagination (1)
  • Kid's Club (1)
  • Picture Books (2)
49th Teachers Permanent Ad

Upcoming events

July 21

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CXXIII

July 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
View all

More events

August 04, 2026 @ 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Common Threads: Readings and Conversation

An evening with Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann, Keiko Honda and Raymond Nakamura

October 03, 2026 - @ 9:30am - 6:00pm

Telling Tales Festival

49th Teachers Permanent Ad
A person floating on their back in water blows a stream upward; the book title and author, "maybe it's me adrian michael kelly," appear over the image.
Copywell Ad
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2026 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us