Book Review at the New York Journal of Books
Check out my review of "Sankofa" by Chibundu Onuzo at the New York Journal of Books: http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/sankofa-...
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Sonia Saikaley
Sonia Saikaley
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- Jan 29
- 1 min
Ottawa FACES Magazine Awards Nomination
It is wonderful to have been nominated under the category of Music & Art (Author) in the 2023 Ottawa FACES Magazine Awards. Thank you to...
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- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
I am very grateful
Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by my book table at the Fall Art Show. It was wonderful to meet new readers. Special thanks to...
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- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
A lovely afternoon filled with books and readers
I was fortunate to spend a lovely afternoon at Indigo South Keys in Ottawa. This is a charming store filled with books, book lovers and...
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- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Butterflies of the Rice Fields shortlisted for the 2022 Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction
Congratulations to Ian Colford whose manuscript “The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard” won the Guernica Prize! Well-deserved. It was an...
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- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
Samantha's Sandwich Stand makes it on the Radio
I had a wonderful time at CBC Radio and I am so grateful to the delightful host Robyn Bresnahan, the Ottawa Morning team and Denise Fung...
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- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Full Circle Moment
In the seventies and eighties, I was a student at Elgin Street Public School in Ottawa, Ontario and it was there my love of reading and...
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- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
Samantha's Sandwich Stand goes on Tour!
Many thanks to the amazing Suzy and the wonderful bloggers for taking "Samantha's Sandwich Stand" on tour in the New Year. So grateful....
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- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Something uplifting
Happy weekend everyone! Check out the trailer of my forthcoming children’s picture book Samantha’s Sandwich Stand:...
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- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Online Pre-Launch Party!
I am thrilled to announce that my first children’s picture book “Samantha’s Sandwich Stand” will be published by Renaissance Press this...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry is in the air...
In honour of National Poetry Month, here’s a video of me reading from my poetry collection Turkish Delight, Montreal Winter. Special...
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- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
2021 Faces Magazine Ottawa Awards
I am so honoured to be nominated under the category of Music & Art (Author) in the 2021 Ottawa FACES Magazine Awards. Thank you to Faces...
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- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
Grazie, Lu, for everything!
Inanna Publications Editor-in-Chief Luciana Ricciutelli (19 February, 1958 – 14 December, 2020) http://www.inanna.ca/about/honouring-luci...
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- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
An evening of poetry and music
I am so thrilled to announce that my poem “Afternoon Baklava” was an honourable mention in the 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award. Many...
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- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Ottawa Book Awards - What an amazing evening!
Congratulations to Henry Beissel and his publisher Guernica Editions for the 2020 Ottawa Book Awards win! Well-deserved. It was an honour...
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
What a lovely surprise!
This lovely surprise arrived in the mail. I am so grateful to the IPPY Awards and to my wonderful publisher Inanna Publications. And, as...
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- Feb 11, 2020
- 6 min
A Valentine's Day Interview with Anita Kushwaha
On this Valentine’s Day, I think it is appropriate to share my love of books and, in particular, to share my admiration for the novel...
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- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
Afternoon Baklava
Many thanks to the wonderful Amanda Earl and her colleagues for including my poem “Afternoon Baklava” in the latest issue of Bywords....
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- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
New Year, New Decade
New Year’s Eve 2018, I was in the ER with one of my sisters who had become very ill and it would take her several months to recover and,...
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- Dec 25, 2019
- 1 min
Carving Images
Many thanks to the wonderful rob mclennan for giving me the opportunity to talk about my writing process. Check it out if the spirit...
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