Public Appearances/Where I’m READING next…

Kitchener: WLU Social Work Class, Nov. 25th, 10:30am. Location TBA

Toronto: Brockton’s Got Writing Talent Reading Series, October 6, 7-9pm, Zoots Cafe (near Dundas and Dufferin)

And here’s a list of where I’ve read in the past:

2007     Winnipeg Pride: June 8th at Crossroads. Parkdale Pride: June 7th, Parkdale Community Health Centre  Hamilton Pride: June 16th, Pier 4 Park   San Francisco: June 24th, At SF Pride Writer’s Village RyePride Reading: July 6th, Ryerson University.  Brockton Triangle Summer Festival: July 7th, Shirley Street School, Toronto  New York City : July 12th, at Bluestockings  Philadelphia Reading: July 13, 2007 Giovanni’s Room Philly Reading 2: July 13th, 2007, Wooden Shoe Books Masala! Mehndi! Masti!: July 28th, Exhibition Place, Toronto  San Antonio Texas Reading: August 16th, Quarry Market Place Borders Store Del Rio, Texas Reading: August 17th, Val Verde County Library Houston Reading: August 18th, Borders Galleria Mall  Houston Reading 2: August 18th, Sedition Books New Orleans Reading: August 19th, Faubourg Marigny Art and Books Columbus, OH: Private party reading at Gwen’s house, August 23  Writing Outside the Margins (Toronto): August 26th, Church and Wellesley St. Christopher House (Toronto): September 8th, 30th Anniversary Celebration. Queer Within These Walls (Toronto): September 19th, CAMH. Thunder Bay: September 28that Northern Woman’s Bookstore Word on the Street (Toronto):September 30th.Vancouver: October 18th, Little Sister’s Bookstore and October 20th Salaam Vancouver Eid Dinner Victoria: October 22nd, UVic Women’s Studies  Markham: Nov, 7th, Middlefield Secondary School Ottawa: November 30th at Collected Works, See Capital XTRA!’s story.

2008      Toronto: January 1st, Mayworks Poetry Marathon Midland: January 9th 2008, Midland Public Library Peterborough: Trent University, Feb, 13th 2008 Toronto: “Queer Within These Walls”, Thursday, Feb 21st, 2008 at George Brown College. Toronto: March 5th, Q&A with the DesiLit Book Club.Toronto: March 6th, Noor Cultural Centre, Edmonton: March 26th with the Edmonton Lesbian Book Club (via speaker phone). Sarnia: March 27th, Sarnia Public Library Toronto: April 3, at “A Feast of Authors”,  and also at Ryepride Toronto: April 11 for Queer Health Matters University of Maine (Orono): April 16th Bangor Public Library: April 15th Toronto: South Asian Heritage Month event at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, May 1st Toronto: Converge, May 7th, Ursula Franklin Academy Toronto: Meeting with the DesiLit Writers’ Group, June 9th Toronto: LeGs Book Club Dinner, June 22. Toronto: Ministry of the Attorney General Pride Celebration, June 27th McMaster University, Hamilton: July 16th, McMaster Alumni Book Club London: for London Pride, July 22, Seven Nightclub. Toronto: August 14th South Asian Women’s Centre Open House Toronto: August 24th, Writing Outside the Margins September 16th,  Ladyfest Toronto. Montreal: November 7th, Simone De Beauvoir Institute Toronto: November 14th ILGCN Conference Reception Toronto: November 16th, WRIB Book Club Toronto: Draft Series, November 19th Washington DC: November 20th, OutWrite Reading Series, DC Centre Toronto: December 1st, Strong Words, Gladstone San Francisco: December 26th, Hamara Mushaira, South Asian Literature Association Conference.

2009:    Toronto: private book club meeting, January 29th Toronto: Voices Bookclub, The Centre for Women and Transpeople, U of T, February 12 Peel Region: Keynote presentation at the “Make Peel Proud” conference, February 25 New York: March 7th, , Stranger Love panel http://sawcc.org/events/Guelph: March 21st. Creative writing workshop 5-7pm and reading at 8pm. In celebration of the re-launch of “Saturday Night” at the Guelph Guggenheim.Ottawa: IWD event, Carleton University, March 18^th Toronto: Lit City Panel, April 23, Market Gallery.Toronto: Proud Voices, June 27th, 4pm, as part of Pride celebrations http://www.pridetoronto.com/press/proud-voices-reading-series/.

Invite me to read at one of your events, meetings, bookclubs, festivals! farzanadoctor(AT)rogers.com