The Aboriginal Writers Collective The Aboriginal Writers Collective of Manitoba Inc. was established in March 1999. Made up of both published and emerging Manitoba writers, the collective shares, supports and develops creative writing in all its forms by Aboriginal Peoples. Our writers are poets, playwrights, screenwriters, storytellers, journalists and more. This is the second chap book produced by the collective. urban kool was launched in 2007 and in 2003 The Aboriginal Writers Collective released Red City - A Spoken Word CD. 66