news | Tuesday January 7, 2025

An Interview with Jordan Abel

Laura Mushumanski interviews Jordan Abel, winner of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction for his novel Empty Spaces (Penguin Random House, 2023) and author of multiple Talonbooks titles including The Place of Scraps and Injun, in Alberta Native News.

An excerpt from the article: “Along Abel’s journey, he came to realize the importance of genuinely trying to be a part of a community, and ‘to exist with community, you’re there actually to support people—it goes a long way.’ Jordan realized that the more he opened up by becoming involved in community, actually make friends – because we writers are a bit of a recluse, things started to open up for him, emphasizing on ‘be a part of those things that can support each other.’”