Come join us for a reading from Stealing Nasreen by Farzana Doctor at Trent University, Wednesday, February 13th, 5:30-7pm
WHERE: Trent University, 310 London Street,
Senior Common Room, Scott House, Trail College
WHO: This event is sponsored by the Trent Queer Collective and is free and open to the public. Copies of Stealing Nasreen will be available for sale.
Farzana Doctor is a writer whose work has been published in Siren Magazine, Trikone, Sightlines 7 Anthology, NOW Magazine and Aurat Durbar. She has also had chapters, reviews, and articles published in edited books and journals, has co-written a manual for therapists, co-written plays, and co-produced a documentary video. Stealing Nasreen (Inanna Publications, 2007) is her first novel. She is currently working on her second. She is also a social worker, educator, and consultant based in Toronto. For more information, check out www.farzanadoctor.com
CONTACT: Farzana Doctor
416-682-8974
farzanadoctor@rogers.com
Please contact Luciana@yorku.ca for a review copy.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR STEALING NASREEN:
Farzana Doctor’s first novel offers a study in linked solitudes and secrets…What has stayed with me are the unerring interior dramas.—Globe and Mail
This unique contribution to CanLit probes the problems and joys of creating an open, diverse society.—Now Magazine
Stealing Nasreen reveals the intricacies of human relationships, but more importantly, it is an eye-opening critique of the multicultural dream.—Quill and Quire
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