Happy Spring! I hope you're all well, despite this ongoing pandemic. Here are a few bits of news I wanted to share:
I'm honoured to be named April's Woman of Influence by The Well Collaborative, a Saskatoon-based community for women entrepreneurs, creatives and leaders. Join is on Instagram Live @thewellcollab or @farzanadoctor on Friday April 30th at 11am CST/12pm EST for a 20 minute conversation with founder Tammy Zdunich.
Join me on Sunday May 16th, 9-11am EST for this workshop. We need more mental health and trauma therapists to learn the basic skills to be able to work with survivors of female genital cutting/mutilation! Watch live or by replay. Register here.
Check out this new podcast, Parallel Careers, from The New Quarterly's Claire Tacon. We talked about how being a psychotherapist informs my writing and teaching practices.
Here's the breakdown:
Here's the breakdown:02:14 | The lightning bolt of inspiration that helped me revise my novel All Inclusive
03:53 | Being respectful when writing about real-world events, such as the Air India bombing
06:40 | How activism sparked my most recent novel, Seven, a multi-generational story dealing with the impact of khatna in the Dawoodi Bohra community
08:54 | Self-care for writers both while creating new work and while promoting it
13:05 | Techniques for befriending your inner critic
15:20 | Facilitating constructive peer feedback
Plus there are outtakes and bonus writing exercises!