Award-winning author Kagiso Lesego Molope shares secrets to great story-telling as she delves into the way voice, narration, and character work together to create powerful stories. Closed Captioning will be provided for this event.
How do you contend with the deepest grief and personal betrayal in the face of crimes rooted in injustice? How do authors turn difficult moments into powerful stories? Adnan Khan, Kagiso Lesego Molope, and Danny Ramadan discuss love, grief, and the pursuit of justice in their powerfully gripping novels with moderator Wayne Grady.
Join Vancouver Writers Fest (partnered with the BC and Yukon Book Prize) to celebrate some of BC’s incredible Indigenous talent, all nominees for the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Joseph A. Dandurand, author of SH:LAM (The Doctor) will be joined with Helen Knott and Francine Cunningham, hosted by Sean Cranbury. The event will be streamed on Youtube Live. To register and submit a question, click here. Event will start at 7:00 PM PDT (or…
Join award-winning Canadian author Kagiso Lesego Molope discusses her novel, Such a Lonely, Lovely Road, virtually with Mississauga Public Library. Set in South Africa, this beautiful and lyrical work addresses global social issues: class, race, young love and physical desire, crime and homophobia. Intended for ages 13 to 99. Register here.
Listen to Dannabang Kuwabong and Pamela Mordecai as they each read aloud from their poetry collections, along with a discussion and Q&A to follow. Register for free here.
Gavin Barrett will be reading from his poetry collection, Understan. There will be live music, and a Q&A with Meenakshi Alimchandani. In addition, 5 winners who register on Eventbrite will win one copy each of Understan. Winners will be chosen through a random draw and must have either a Canadian or United States mailing address. Register here. About the book: Across space and time, crossing continents and decades, in this volume the poet uses memory…
Join us on Zoom for a discussion on Shaukat Ajmeri's novel Keepers of the Faith followed by a Q&A with the audience. Sumaiya Hamdani, Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, Washington, will also be in conversation with Shaukat. Click the Zoom link here on Sunday, July 19 at 11:00 AM EST!
Join us for the launch of Munira Premji's memoir, Choosing Hope in partnership with Toronto Lit Up! Click this link to join the Zoom meeting on Thursday, July 23 at 8:00 PM. Munira will be joined with Huse Madhavji, Actor/TV Host!
Join Leslie Roach, Gavin Barrett, and Sheniz Janmohamed in conversation about being a poet in Canada. SPEAKING POINTS -moderated by Nurjehan Aziz, Publisher of Mawenzi House -What does it mean to be a poet in Canada? -Who is your audience? -Is it worthwhile? -How is your background--cultural, aesthetic--reflected in your poetry?
Join us for this year's inaugural reading event featuring Mawenzi House poets! Adrian De Leon, Leslie Roach, and Uma Menon will present their favourite poems from Rouge, Finish This Sentence, and Hands for Language. Book your spot now by emailing us.