Completing the triology to date (two more novels on the way) ‘The Orenda’ was a finalist for the Governor General’s English Language Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Award, and won the Libris Book of the Year Award. His second novel, ‘Through Black Spruce,’ was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named the Canadian Booksellers Association Book of the Year it also earned him the CBA’s Author of the Year Award. Joseph Boyden’s first novel, ‘Three Day Road,’ won numerous awards including the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year.

What about a famous author, where does he go for inspiration? Of course it is northeastern Ontario! Water and land trails lead us to favourite vistas and waterfalls all providing solace and comfort, with the next visit. We often sharpen nonverbal skills like watching and waiting, silencing and stilling, opening and receiving and reflecting on one’s life in the moment. Sought after locations, for times of solitude in the natural world. These “thoughtful places” we seek are often called, “me,” “magic” of “sit” spots. Visitors journey to northeastern Ontario for many “BIG “reasons in all four seasons. Often when Pooh visits his thoughtful spot, he sits down, taps his head, closes one eye, and says, “Think, think, think.” That is a sign that he is thinking hard. It was where he got his inspiration when his well ran dry. His reflective location was a log under a tree marked by a sign that read, “Pooh’s thotful spot.” It was the place where Pooh did his best thinking. Just before the announcement Back Roads Bill, through Penguin Random House Canada, was able to interview the Giller Prize Winner and about “thoughtful places” – the location for his ongoing inspiration.) Joseph Boyden, the award-winning author whose work vividly documents the complexity of Canada’s indigenous history, is among the recent latest appointments to the Order of Canada. Where and Why Visitors Visit Their “BIG” Thoughtful Spots “Sit” “Magic” and “Me” Locations in NE Ontario

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