The deal was negotiated by Arsenal Pulp Press president Brian Lam, the CookeMcDermid Agency’s Paige Sisley and Stephanie Sinclair and Minifie for Stories First.

As an Indigenous-owned and operated production company we aim to honour the reimagining of Jonny.” When Whitehead an Oji-Cree, two-spirit storyteller from the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba was 18, he wanted to. “This story has already resonated with people across the country and is one we are honoured to bring to an even wider audience. Jonny Appleseed has been travelling with Joshua Whitehead for years. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Joshua and Arsenal Pulp Press to bring Jonny to the screen,” said Minifie in a statement. Polk, Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, and Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. Mohawk actor and filmmaker Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs championed the novel at the Canada Reads debate, where it competed against Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Jonny Appleseed is about a two-spirit Indigiqueer young man who leaves the reserve and becomes a. The novel was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and won a Lambda Literary Award. The actor and filmmaker is championing the novel Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead. It is the debut novel from Whitehead, an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, two-spirit and Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation. Jonny Appleseed, published by Vancouver’s Arsenal Pulp Press, is a coming of age novel about a two-spirit and queer Indigenous youth who leaves his reservation with his two closest friends to explore life in a bustling city. The award-winning Indigiqueer novel will be adapted for a 4 x 46-minute miniseries under Stories First CEO and producer Leena Minifie. Vancouver-based prodco Stories First has optioned the rights to author Joshua Whitehead’s bestselling novel Jonny Appleseed, the winner of CBC’s 2021 Canada Reads competition.

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