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I nspired by his childhood love of horror movies and comic books and Inuit stories like WATCH/READ THE REST OF JAMESIE'S STORY IN HIS FIRESIDE CHAT: https://www.firesidechats.ca/video/jamesie-fournier a Promise is a Promise and Hide and Sneak by Michael Kusugak, Jamesie Fournier loved immersing himself in escapist and scary storytelling. "This is our culture, this is our heritage and it is spooky and cool," he exclaimed. Now an Inuk writer who lived in Yellowknife, and Fort Smith, he creates short stories, poetry and film scripts, excelling in Inuit Horror as his genre. His first book, The Other Ones, was published by Inhabit Media, and he also published a poetry book in Inuktitut and English. He's written short stories and articles for the Inuit Art Quarterly, too. Horror lets you see, according to Fournier, "what shines most about people when they're pitted against these terrible and supernatural odds. That brings out their humanity, what their drive is, and we realize what it is that we love, what it is that we value, because all of a sudden we see all these things are at stake. And we want to be able to safeguard those somehow." Growing up, he made up stories with his friends and collaborated with his artist brother. They submitted a story and illustrations to a contest and won a case of video games. Later, he started writing poetry. His first publication was a non-fiction piece which won a contest and was printed in an anthology. He continued entering writing contests.... Literacy Jamesie Fournier " This is our culture, this is our heritage and it is spooky and cool. " Jamesie Fournier is an Inukwriter from Nunatsiaq (Northwest Territories) who explores his culture through writing. His debut fiction, The Other Ones (2022), won silver in the Independent Publisher's Awards and was a finalist for the 2023 NorthWords Book Award. His poetry collection, Elements (2023), was shortlisted for the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award. A frequent speaker at the Northwords Writers Festival, Jamesie has also participated in the 2023 Audible Indigenous Writer's Circle and NBC Universal Indigenous Screenwriting Accelerator Program. He currently lives in Iqaluit, learning Inuktitut. 80