Elisabeth Belliveau (she/her) is a visual artist and author, a descendant of Acadian, Scottish and Irish settlers. Originally from Antigonish, NS. Belliveau holds a BFA from AU Arts and an MFA from Concordia University. Her studio is currently based in Treaty Six, Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Edmonton AB, where she is an Associate Professor of Studio Arts at MacEwan University. Birth Story is her fifth graphic novel. Alongside zine and book work, Belliveau's art practice engages moving image and sculpture through stop-motion animation, lenticular prints, film, and mobiles. Dedicated to sharing women's stories, she employs diaristic and narrative approaches linking the personal and political. Belliveau has attended art residencies across Turtle Island, including Struts, KIAC, WSW NY, NFB/ONF, Banff Centre for the Arts, and abroad in Belgium and Japan. https: //www.elisabeth-belliveau.com/

"In Birth Story, Elisabeth Belliveau has captured the terror and confusion, but also the conflicted beauty, of new motherhood. The story is raw and intimate, unflinching in its depiction of childbirth and beyond. Nobody will tell you the truth like she has in these stunning pages." - Teresa Wong, author of Dear Scarlet and All Our Ordinary Stories

Publisher: Conundrum Press

Pub date: 2026-04-21

Length: 200 pages