Book Release: Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother
Join Elder Bill Jones and author Karen Moe to celebrate the release of Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother: The Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones. The evening will include readings from the book, discussion between the authors, and questions from the audience.
WHERE: Russell Books 100-747 Fort St, Victoria BC
WHEN: Sept 17th. Doors at 6:30, event starts at 7pm
COST: $10 basic ticket; $30 VIP ticket including signed copy of the book; 0$ Equity sliding scale ticket
Tickets available on EventBrite
About the book: An inspiring personal transformation through rediscovery of Indigenous self.
“I was lost before I was born”: the starting point of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones’ lifelong journey of decolonization. “You were all Indigenous once”: the starting point for ending a world based on exploitation and greed.
In 2020-2021, settlers and First Nations people held what became Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience – the Fairy Creek Blockades – in Port Renfrew, British Columbia. During this fight to save some of the province’s and the world’s last remaining old-growth forest, the protesters experienced a collective transformation and were reacquainted with our Great Mother. As Elder Bill sat in a tent during a West Coast storm at the height of the Blockades, he experienced the final phase of his personal decolonization when he had a realization that has informed his life ever since.
Weaving together the stories of Elder Bill’s personal life and those of his ancestors with Elder teachings, settler feminism, and the story of the Blockades, Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother shares wisdom that will inspire readers to reach their own self-awakening, now and for generations to come.
About the authors:
Elder Bill Jones is a ?uustaqyu and holder of First Nations traditions and ritual. He lives in Sooke, British Columbia.
Karen Moe is an artist, feminist activist, and author of Victim: A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor. She lives in Lantzville, British Columbia, and in Mexico City.
