Cover Girl

This month, I’m on the cover of South Asian Generation Next. This newspaper is available at most downtown Toronto subways and suburban South Asian restaurants. It’s an honour to be their cover girl!

South Asian Generation Next Cover

It’s getting lots of attention for its saucy headline. Check out the online version here.

 

2011 Round-Up

It’s 9pm on December 31st, and I’m waiting to go out to the first of two NYE house parties tonight.

2011 has been a fantastic year, and I’m grateful to my friends, family and readers for making it so fabulous.

Some  highlights:

-Six Metres of Pavement was released in March and received great reviews

-I received the prestigious Dayne Ogilvie Grant from the Writers Trust of Canada

-I was the writer in residence for Open Book: Toronto in September. I blogged on all things literary.

-I was invited to read at the Vancouver International Writers Festival

-I toured–all over Canada, Texas, and New Orleans

-Six Metres of Pavement received a Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction

-NOW Magazine named Six Metres of Pavement one of its Top Ten Books of 2011

What’s next for 2012? I’ll be touring some more. In January, I’ll head to LA and in March, along with Vivek Shraya, I’ll read all over the NE United States (stay tuned for more on our “God Loves Pavement, Two Brown Authors Hit the Road” tour).

Stealing Nasreen and Six Metres of Pavement will be published by Rupa in India (release sometime this summer) and I’m thrilled to be able to travel there to do some touring too.

Finally, I’m working on an ending and edits to my third novel, tentatively titled “All Inclusive”, a novel inspired by my love-hate relationship with all-inclusive resorts and monogamy.

It’s time to put on some lipstick and sequins. Happy New Year, all!

Six Metres of Pavement is one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2011

I’m thrilled that Six Metres of Pavement has made it into NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2011. Thanks NOW! My book is in very impressive company.

Check out the list here.

Authors Aloud

Listen to an excerpt of Six Metres of Pavement on Authors Aloud.

Rainbow Awards

I’m excited to announce that Six Metres of Pavement won a Rainbow Award in the category of Best Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction!

More information here.

Listen to my interview on ROYNATION Episode 3 11/17

Have a listen! Roy and I talked about our memories of picnics gone by, my book Six Metres of Pavement, and the Brockton Writers Series.

ROYNATION Episode 3 11/17 by ROYNATION | Blog Talk Radio.

Second Chances | India Currents Review

So pleased to be reviewed by India Currents Magazine: Second Chances | India Currents.

Interview with Julie Wilson: an adventure in Trinity-Bellwoods Park

I recently had the wonderful good luck to spend a late-summer afternoon with Julie Wilson, from Canadian Bookshelf.

Check out her interview with me: http://canadianbookshelf.com/B…

There’s also an audio link that we had to record a couple of times. We were in Trinity-Bellwoods Park, and we were “visited” by dogs and low-flying airplanes!

New work!

I’ll be reading new work on Sun. Nov. 20th at DRAFT, a fabulous east-end reading series that focusses on unpublished, brand new work. Come help me test out a few pages from Novel #3 (still untitled, and unfinished).

Details:

3pm, The Only Cafe, 966 Danforth (at Donlands) More info here.

Allan Briesmaster, Farzana Doctor, Gale Zoë Garnett, Henry Knight, Karen Mulhallen

Draft 7.2 bios

Donations are welcome and will be distributed among the authors.
Make sure to pick up your copy of Draft, a limited-edition publication available
only at these readings.

For further information call 416 433-4170 email draftreadings@gmail.com
web: www.draftreadings.wordpress.com or visit us on Facebook.

Radio Canada International interview!

Thanks to Rashi Khilnani, who interviewed me while I was in Montreal. Check it out: RCI // Author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor.