The public broadcaster said the decision to end Trickster was made in consultation with members of the creative team, including Robinson, who in a statement said seeing a young, Indigenous cast “soar” was “one of the best parts of 2020” for her. In January, CBC pulled the plug on the second season of the Trickster series, which premiered to positive buzz last fall, after a CBC News report questioned co-creator Michelle Latimer’s claims of Indigenous identity. “It’s like a mutual breakup,” said Robinson, 53. But for now, the Kitamaat Village, B.C.-based writer feels like she could use a “breather” as she closes the book on Trickster amid the fallout from the cancellation of the TV adaptation of her series. “It’s left a huge hole where I wake up and go, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s done.’ And go to sleep and go, ‘Oh, I don’t really have a book yet.”’ Normally, Robinson said she’d move on to her next writing project. Cherie Dimaline and Eden Robinson explore the intersection of science fiction, fantasy and Indigenous storytelling
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