The Power of Story

In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societies, and illustrates how we can direct its potential to re-create and reform not only our own lives, but the life we share. Companionable, clear-eyed, and, above all, optimistic, Johnson's message is both a dire warning and a direct invitation to each of us to imagine and create, together, the world we want to live in.

• Celebrating the life of Cree author Harold R. Johnson                                                                         

• Why Harold R. Johnson's writing explores the nature of story and changing the narrative

• For the novel Corvus, Harold R. Johnson envisioned a thriving Indigenous community in a dystopian future

The late Harold R. Johnson, a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation, was a lawyer and writer whose groundbreaking book Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours) was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. 

Interviews with Harold R. Johnson 

22:43Harold R. Johnson on his life in stories

Harold R. Johnson talks to Shelagh Rogers about his life, his writing career and the lessons he's learned.

CBC Books7:34Harold R. Johnson on his Canada Reads longlisted book, Corvus

Harold R. Johnson talks to The Afternoon Edition in Saskatchewan about his dystopian novel.

The Current23:50Indigenous people need to tell their stories of sobriety, says lawyer

Harold R. Johnson is an Indigenous crown prosecutor and says alcohol is killing his people. He is urging for a new narrative on alcohol abuse, finding inspiration in those who overcome rather than thinking there are only those who succumb.