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Category Archives: Farzana Doctor
“Unspoken, the questions were like childhood garments stored carefully for decades within a satin-lined trunk”: A Review of ALL INCLUSIVE by Farzana Doctor
Toronto-based, Lambda-award-winning novelist Farzana Doctor’s latest book All Inclusive is nothing short of extraordinary. As always with Doctor’s novels (this is her third), there’s her trademark sharp insight into the human psyche and this gentle, calming, empathetic lens as she … Continue reading
Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Queer, South Asian
Tagged Air India bombing, polyamory, swinging
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Exploring Emotionally Complex Landscapes: A Review of Farzana Doctor’s Stealing Nasreen
Stealing Nasreen is Torontonian author Farzana Doctor’s first novel, but the second book I’ve read by this interesting combination of psychotherapist and writer. I read and reviewed Doctor’s Lambda award winning second novel, Six Metres of Pavement, last summer. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Lesbian, Postcolonial, Queer, South Asian, Toronto
Tagged books, Inanna Publications, lambda award, literature
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The Word on the Street is Queer: Also, Watch for a Rae Spoon Book Launch Near You
The Word on the Street is a national festival centred on, you guessed it, words, in all their diverse glimmering glory. Taking place in Vancouver, Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Kitchner, Toronto, and Halifax and starting in a few days (depending on where … Continue reading
Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Halifax, Hiromi Goto, Indigenous, Lesbian, Mariko Tamaki, Montreal, News, Poetry, Queer, Toronto, Trans, Trans Masculine, Transgender, Vancouver
Tagged books, Dani Couture, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Janet Marie Rogers, Jen Currin, Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, Leah Horlick, literary festival, literature, Liz Bugg, Rae Spoon, Vivek Shraya
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