Did you catch it yesterday? Garvia Bailey interviewed me on Big City Small World on CBC Radio One (Toronto) this past week. I’ll try to get the audio clip and …
New podcast review by Carole Giangrande
Many thanks to Carole Giangrande for including a review of Six Metres of Pavement in her recent podcast, Words To Go. Listen here and click on Podcast #28 and click on …
RCI // Masala Canada interview
Check out this interview with Wojtek Gwiazda from RCI // Masala Canada about Six Metres of Pavement. It begins just after the 40 minute mark.
Newz4u report on Brockton Writers Series 17
Thanks to Patrick Connors for covering last night’s event! http://newz4u.net/?p=11246
We were ‘SNAPped’
Check out photos from the Toronto launch: SNAP Downtown Toronto – TINARS presented Marc Glassman in Conversation With Farzana Doctor.
Book Review: Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor | rabble.ca
Thanks to May Lui for this review! Book Review: Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor | rabble.ca.
Globe and Mail review
Thanks to Ed Brown from the Globe and Mail for this review: “…the characters are refreshingly genuine. Throughout, Doctor skillfully plays with concepts of motion, migration and movement, both physical …
Indian Voices launch
An excerpt of Stealing Nasreen has been published in a new anthology called Indian Voices. It’s edited by Jasmine D’Costa, who also edited Canadian Voices 1 and 2. Although I’ve …
New review from Jim Bartley at XTRA!
From XTRA!: “Doctor expertly matches these diverse characters together in intimate situations, creating tense or touching moments of connection across divisions of age, gender and sexual or cultural bias…Doctor leads …
Brockton Writers Series #17
This month we are excited to bring to the mic Ava Homa, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Marcus McCann and Sarah Greene. Wednesday April 6, 7-9, at the beautiful and historic St. …
2nd Linares International Literary Festival
My friend and writer colleague, Jasmine D’Costa, recently told me about her experiences at the Linares International Festival in Mexico. Despite this only being its second year, it sounded like …
Missed the launch? Here’s a review of it!
Here’s the review of the Six Metres of Pavement TINARS launch event by Mia Herrara at Live in Limbo. http://liveinlimbo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=509&catid=49&Itemid=53
Women Doing Literary Things
Writer Niranjana Iyer has just set up a new blog in response to the VIDA stats that demonstrate the underrepresentation of women in the literary industry. It’s called Women Doing …
Facing Out
I’ll be chatting with Annemarie Shrouder about my new novel In Conversation Join us in person, or watch the livestream online! In Conversation is part of Facing Out – a …
Toronto launch!
My Facebook status update at 11:24pm on March 7th was: Well! Everyone should have a night like that at least once in their life. I’ve had two of these fabulous …
NOW Magazine review: “A winner.”
Thanks to Susan G. Cole for this is NOW Magazine review. 4/5 stars! I hope you’ll join us at the launch. More info: NOW Columnist Susan G. Cole and author …
Read an excerpt of Six Metres of Pavement!
An excerpt of Six Metres of Pavement is up on CommuterLit today. Check it out!
An interview with Dundurn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYx3TZAtNIU
New Inside Toronto article!
A big thanks to Erin Hatfield at Inside Toronto for doing this interview with me. Have a look!
The book trailer is up!
It was a lot of fun making this book trailer. Have a look, and pass it on!
Toronto launch!
You are invited! I’m pleased to be launching Six Metres of Pavement with This is Not A Reading Series: Monday March 7th, doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. …
Brockton Writers Series
Thanks to Jorge Antonio Vallejos for this article about the Brockton Writers Series! Read it here.
Publishers Weekly advance review of Six Metres of Pavement
The book’s not out yet, but my first review is in! Publisher’s Weekly says: “Ismail Boxwala, an ultimately good man haunted by a horrible mistake, provides the focal point of …