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Sonia Saikaley
Sonia Saikaley



Exciting New Award!
It is a privilege to have provided a blurb for this new award in honor of esteemed author Naomi Shihab Nye. This essential prize will...
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Jan 20, 20241 min read
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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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May 23, 20231 min read
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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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Jan 29, 20231 min read
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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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Nov 26, 20221 min read
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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 30, 20221 min read
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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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Oct 1, 20221 min read
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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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Jul 16, 20221 min read
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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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May 22, 20221 min read
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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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Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Something uplifting
Happy weekend everyone! Check out the trailer of my forthcoming children’s picture book Samantha’s Sandwich Stand:...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read
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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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May 24, 20211 min read
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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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Apr 26, 20211 min read
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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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Jan 11, 20211 min read
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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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Dec 20, 20201 min read
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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 31, 20201 min read
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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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Oct 24, 20201 min read
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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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Jul 26, 20201 min read
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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 11, 20206 min read
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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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Feb 1, 20201 min read
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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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Jan 1, 20202 min read
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