Vivek Shraya's Blog, page 5
May 17, 2018
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia & Tegan and Sara Foundation
In honour of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Penguin Canada is donating $2 and I will be personally donating $1 from every pre-order of my forthcoming book I’M AFRAID OF MEN to the Tegan and Sara Foundation for the next 48 hours.
While there is certainly power in naming a collective fear of men, I didn’t want the end result of reading this book to be solely self-empowerment. Donating a portion of the pre-sales from I’M AFRAID OF MEN to the Tegan and Sara Foundation ties the book to a direct action, one that supports a large group of people who are often impacted by violence from men—namely LGBTQ women and non-binary people.
Tegan and Sara have been doing vital work for the LGBTQ community for over a decade, even before the formation of their foundation, and on a personal note, they are huge queer role models for me. Sharing my story through writing books has been largely inspired by their generous visibility so I am thrilled to support the Tegan and Sara Foundation with this book as a small gesture of gratitude so that these formidable women can keep improving queer lives.
April 18, 2018
April 8, 2018
VS. Books 2018
VS. Books 2018 open call: A mentorship and publishing opportunity for an Indigenous or Black writer, or a writer of colour, between the ages of 18–28 living in Canada.
March 21, 2018
March 16, 2018
“A West Edmonton Mall Reading List” – The Millions
The Magnificent Malls of Edmonton features in new list:
“The smartest, most powerful piece of mall lore yet committed to paper—and, alas, the hardest one to find.”
March 12, 2018
March 9, 2018
FREQ – Too Attached live review
“The connection the siblings share is unparalleled; there is a togetherness exuded through their performance that shows the work has been done. These aren’t just siblings who have thrown an album together for the sake of putting an album together. These are siblings who have at some point walked the same path with different trajectories. With Angry, they have found a way to come together in disciplined love to deliver a sound and message so necessary for our times.”
