Tanya Tagaq
TANYA TAGAQ is a Canadian (Inuk) throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuutiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island. She is an author, improvisational performer, avant-garde composer, and experimental recording artist who won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism, a work that disrupted the music world in Canada and beyond with its powerfully original vision. Tanya's most recent album Retribution was released in fall 2016. Her first book for adults, Split Tooth has received numerous accolades and awards. Tanya is also the author of two picture books, It Bears Repeating and I Would Give You My Tail.
New Release
I Would Give You My Tail by Tanya Tagaq; illustrated by Qavavau Manumie
Beautifully illustrated with a cloth-like spine, this imaginative picture book shares an Inuk child's experience with gratitude and celebrates family connections from the newest siblings to cherished Elders.
Hardcover
I Would Give You My Tail
Tanya Tagaq; illustrated by Qavavau Manumie
It Bears Repeating
Tanya Tagaq; illustrated by Cee Pootoogook