Jocelyn Sioui
A storyteller, creator, and community builder, Jocelyn is a founding member of Belzébrute, a theatre band, and of the OUF! Festival Off Casteliers, a festival dedicated to emerging puppetry artists. He is one of the very few Indigenous puppeteers in Quebec. As an author, designer, and performer, his works have been enjoyed throughout Canada and France. The originality of his approach has earned him numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the OFF/World Puppet Theatre Festival in Charleville-Mézières during Shavirez's run in 2013.
Mononk Jules , published by Éditions Hannenorak in 2020, marks Jocelyn Sioui's first foray into the world of literature. The documentary performance of the same name won the Accès Culture prize at the 2021 Rideau Bursary. Since then, more than 100 performances have been presented across Quebec and Canada.
In 2022, Jocelyn Sioui presented his first story, Frétillant et agile (Lively and Agile ), published by Éditions Hannenorak, which brings to life Auhaïtsic, an unlikely Wendat hero. In 2024, the work was adapted for the stage and created in collaboration with two musicians, a sand artist, and a shadow puppeteer. This new show is currently touring Canada.
That same year, the author released his first audiobook, SKAWANOTI, which recounts the history of the last Indigenous village on the riverbank in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighbourhood. In September 2025, he published the novel Freshwater Fish , a sequel to the short story Lively and Agile , and unveiled his first children's novel, Head Full of Leaves , both published by Éditions Hannenorak.
Hybrid, mixed, tinged with humor and fantasy, Jocelyn's work, beneath its deceptively lighthearted surface, questions his origins and collective memory. He attempts to piece together the fragments of a hidden history.
