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!
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 …
Brockton Writers Series 16
The Brockton Writers Series is a monthly literary series that welcomes established and emerging writers and the people who love to read their work. I have the pleasure of curating …
Resolutions
Many of us take a moment to reflect on our lives at this time of year and set goals for self improvement. How many of you are vowing to go …
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Minty-Fresh™. Crunchy …
Performance block?
Do you get writers block? Published and unpublished writers speak with dread about this phenomenon. For some it can last for days or even for years. I don’t really get …
more about Word on the Street
Check it out: I’m today’s Toronto Word on the Street guest blogger Photo courtesy of Diaspora Dialogues.
Location, location
Writers are often asked where we write. It is a question as much about writing process as it is about location. What spaces provide inspiration, focus, or unblocks a writer? …