The Publisher’s Speech on Receiving Ivy Award November 4, 2020 – Posted in: From the Publisher

The following speech was read by Mawenzi House publisher Nurjehan Aziz upon being presented with the Ivy Award at the 2020 Toronto International Festival of Authors. Thank you, The Toronto International Festival of Authors, the International Visitors Programme Committee, and the Ivy Award jury for honouring me with the Ivy Award this year. To say that I was blown away when I was informed of the award would be an understatement. Over the days since…

“The Youth of God” by Hassan Ghedi Santur on Canada Reads Longlist! January 10, 2020 – Posted in: Giveaways

In case you haven’t heard, Hassan Ghedi Santur’s novel, The Youth of God, is on the longlist for Canada Reads! The Youth of God tells the story of Nuur, a sensitive and academically gifted seventeen-year-old boy growing up in Toronto’s Somali neighbourhood, as he negotiates perilously between the calling of his faith and his intellectual ambitions. Trying to influence him are a radical Muslim imam and a book-loving, dedicated teacher who shares his background. In…