Barbara Sjoholm will present her latest historical novel, released in February 2025. This talk will be held in conversation with Amy Swanson King, former President of Pacific Sámi Searvi and currently a PhD student at the University of Washington.
About the Book
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The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens
by Barbara Sjoholm
Norwegian-born Dagny Bergland and her husband arrive in turn-of-the-century Port Townsend, Washington after years of sailing their merchant ship around the globe. They’re just in time for the Yukon Gold Rush and the appearance of a group of Sámi reindeer herders from Sápmi on their way to Alaska to supply the ill-prepared miners.
Dagny’s journals, beginning in 1897, tell a fresh and riveting history of the Pacific Northwest and its immigrants. A novel of friendship, love, loss, and motherhood, The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens is the story of a remarkable woman who learns to steer a new course in a new country.
Speakers
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Barbara Sjoholm
BioBarbara Sjoholm is an author and translator from Norwegian and Danish whose books include the illustrated history, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture and The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi.
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Amy Swanson King
BioAmy Swanson King is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, studying issues impacting the Sami, American Sami and descendants, Indigenous diaspora and language revitalization.
More Events
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In-person
Jan 26, 2025
Meet the Author/Meet the Translator with Drs. Nana Osei- Kofi and Olivia Gunn
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Members & Students: Free
Non-Members: $5
