Horror writer Jamesie Fournier shares scares in print and on screen

By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Horror author Jamesie Fournier says he enjoys scaring children almost as much as they enjoy being scared. “It’s very entertaining to be terrified,” he said Saturday in an interview in his Inhabit Media office in Iqaluit. “That’s why we love horror.” The Inuktitut and English writer had just launched his latest children’s book, Lemming’s First Halloween, earlier that day at Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum. Dozens of costumed children and their families dropped by the event to create creepy crafts and hear spooky stories. The book is Fournier’s second in the series. He published Lemming’s First Christmas in English and Inuktitut in 2024. Lemming’s First Halloween marks Fournier’s first collaboration with Toronto-based Pakistani-Canadian illustrator Faiza Khan. The tale follows Lemming and her pup…

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