OUR VOICE OF FIRE

From internationally recognized journalist Brandi Morin, OUR VOICE OF FIRE: A MEMOIR OF A WARRIOR RISING is a story of survival. A survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) human-rights crisis occurring in North America, Brandi uses her experience to tell not only her own story but to uplift the voices of those women and girls who have not survived.

From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an award-winning journalist, OUR VOICE OF FIRE chronicles Brandi's journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice.

This is a personal narrative that pulls no punches. Brandi writes of tremendous pain and leaves a lot of emotion on the page, but ultimately this is a story of healing. Deliberately writing and reporting for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences, her message is always one of urgent, principled coverage that invites everyone to work together to pursue justice and end violence against Indigenous Peoples. OUR VOICE OF FIRE is for readers of Tanya Talaga's Seven Fallen Feathers and Billy-Ray Belcourt's A History of My Brief Body, anyone who wants to be engrossed in a compelling memoir, and those who want to learn more about MMIW.

BRANDI MORIN is an award-winning French/Cree/Iroquois journalist and one of Canada's most prominent voices on Indigenous issues. She has published or broadcast with the New York Times, National Geographic, the Guardian, the Toronto Star, Al Jazeera English, and Vice, among many other outlets. Brandi won a Human Rights Reporting award from the Canadian Association of Journalists for her work with the CBC's Beyond 94 project tracking the progress of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action.