Beyond Words: Trader Time

growing up queer in a cold, cold place.

Named for a local buy-and-sell radio show and the little windows it gives into the lives of its callers, this Whitehorse-set work is an extraordinarily engaging collaboration from two Northern creative lights. Often grappling with complex issues of gender, class, social justice, and queer liberation, Ivan Coyote is an author, storyteller, and third-generation Yukoner whose works are generous-hearted and quick-witted, told with the deft timing of a gifted orator. With 12 books and three albums under their belt, Ivan Coyote “is to Canadian literature what kd lang is to country music: a beautifully odd fixture” (Ottawa Xpress).

Award-winning musician/composer Sarah MacDougall’s folk-rooted songs have a sonic expansiveness that pushes her honest, poetic music into the stratosphere. A longtime Whitehorse resident, MacDougall’s native Sweden still claims her with pride: Nöjesguiden magazine declared her “one of Sweden’s best singer-songwriters.” This interconnected piece that spans generations is exquisitely rendered and thoughtfully steeped in place and identity.

"Ivan is a Canadian superstar. They speak right to the heart of audiences and tell both global and personal stories at the same time." - The Times Colonist
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