Still reeling after listening to The Tortured Poets Department all weekend long? We’ve got you covered to help you recover… Or maybe these books will just make you go back and listen to the double album all over again.
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Are you ready for it?
Ready for the sizzling new novel from Safia Fazlul that was published today!
The Red One explores the topics of marriage, sexual abuse, and gender expectations in the setting of a tight-knit South Asian community in Canada.
Grab your copy from our website or your favourite bookstore.
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Not sure what to read this month? We’ve got you covered from short stories, to poetry, and young adult.
✅ Such a Lonely, Lovely Road by Kasigo Lesego Molope
✅ Nila the Bleeding Garden by Laila Re
✅ Where the Baedeker Leads by James Yeku
✅ Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
✅ Things She Could Never Have by Tehmina Khan
Let us know what you’re looking forward to reading first in the comments!
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Starting the week off right with some good reads!
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Some books that should be on radar… Young Adult edition!
📚My Totem Came Calling
📚Ghost Boys
📚Dancing in the Dust
📚Any Girl
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✅ Blanket
✅ A #DiverseReads book
✅ A cup of tea/coffee
We’re all set for a weekend of reading!
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Book launch of ANY GIRL by Caroline van Rooyen
Manam: Book Launch
Join us for the launch of the English translation of MANAM, a novel by Rima Elkouri (trans. Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott)!
Tamil Literature and the Global Audience: Translating "Prison of Dreams"
Book launch of "His Sacred Army" and "A Time of Questions"
Why We Write Poetry: Black History Month edition
Moderated by writer Dannabang Kuwabong, this is an extended dialogue on why Black writers write poetry.
Poetry Reading: Sheniz Janmohamed, Archna Sahni, H. Nigel Thomas
Leslie Roach reads "This Force," "Movement Appeal," and "Inflicting" from FINISH THIS SENTENCE, a book about a personal experience in dealing with racism and the unexpected healing she finds in awakening to certain truths.
Sheniz Janmohamed reads "Rift Valley Song" from her forthcoming collection, REMINDERS ON THE PATH. In its pages, the poet doubles as wayfarer, exploring the path we inherit and seek out, and that disappears with every step taken on it. Each turn is littered with reminders both ephemeral and indelible. A companion, a fleeting memory, a broken twig—all serve as guideposts for crossing the threshold of one’s self. Grounded in the language of place, these poems become stepping-stones from the author’s past to the present, from forgetfulness to remembrance, and from unknowing to a deep knowing only found through direct experience. #PoetryMonth
Gavin Barrett reads "Name Day," which he wrote on March 21st, World Poetry Day.
He is the author of UNDERSTAN, a collection that uses memory and the minutiae of daily life to unravel the mysteries of love and death. He examines belief and superstition, on occasion prays, and delights in the sight of the familiar and the strange, the young and the old. In his journey the poet is lost but holds up the map to everywhere and everyone.
P. Ahilan and Geetha Sukumaran read "A Journey" from THEN THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, a collection about the trauma of the Sri Lankan civil war. Indran Amirthanayagam praises Ahilan for his "unsparing, wide-lensed, 360-degreed" eye, and Sukumaran for her "vigorous, graceful, and haunting" translation.
Sonia Saikaley reads "Speak English" from TURKISH DELIGHT, MONTREAL WINTER, a collection that takes the reader from Lebanon’s olive groves to Montreal’s frigid winters and underground malls. According to poet Susan Musgrave, it is “a turbulent voyage of a book...a page-turner.”
Terry Watada reads "Dazzling Blue" from his latest poetry collection, which reflects on human suffering, love, and enlightened acceptance through the prism of Buddhism. THE FOUR SUFFERINGS, much like the poet's previous collection THE GAME OF 100 GHOSTS, is thematically expansive and syntactically playful.