Prairie Edge

In Prairie Edge, Conor Kerr captures the displacement, survival, and resistance of Indigenous youth navigating life in the Prairies. Through sharp, lyrical storytelling, the novel follows characters caught between settler colonial systems, fractured family ties, and the search for belonging. The stories—set in bars, back alleys, bush parties, and reserve roads—reveal both the violence of colonial legacies and the resilience found in kinship, humour, and memory. Moving between past and present, Kerr examines themes of identity, survival, and defiance against erasure. The novel asks what it means to carry history in the body and how to carve out a future amid ongoing colonial disruption.