Library: Quiet Book Club: Moon of the Turning Leaves

About the Book

Moon of the Turning Leaves

Back by popular demand and continued interest, we are pleased to bring back the highly regarded title Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice.

Join the upcoming Quiet Book Club discussion on June 11, 2025!

About the Book

Twelve years after the lights go out . . .
An epic journey to a forgotten homeland

Read an excerpt of Moon of the Turning Leaves from Penguin Random House Canada.

Read the Book

Find Moon of the Turning Leaves in the RDP Library's Leisure Reading collection:

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Read the first book Moon of the Crusted Snow, also available at RDP Library:

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Commentary & Interviews

Welcome to Waub TV
Videos! Including a "Moon of the Turning Leaves Anishinaabemowin Pronunciation Guide"
Author of Moon of the Turning Leaves shares insight into the new novel
Video: 3:57 minutes
Why Waubgeshig Rice wrote a dystopian novel about the collapse of society from an Indigenous perspective
Unreserved: Waubgeshig Rice live in Toronto
Interview with Anishinaabe author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice.

Monday, May 6, 2024 – Native Bookshelf: ‘Moon of the Turning Leaves’ by Waubgeshig Rice (56:30 minutes)

Recommendations

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Call Number: Leisure Reading RIC

ISBN: 9781770414006

Publication Date: 2018

With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the council and community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader, they endeavour to restore order while grappling with a grave decision.