October 12, 3-5 pm, Vancouver Public Library, Main Branch
Authors representing distinct ethnic voices will introduce their latest work: Nilofar Shidmehr (Iran) Between Lives (2014), Phinder Dulai (South Asia) dream/arteries (2014) and Julia Lin (Taiwan) Miah (2012). Emcee: Narges Govahi (Iran).
Iranian-born, Nilofar Shidmehr is the author of the BC Book-Prize nominated Shirin and Salt Man.
Phinder Dulai, from the South Asian community, is the author of two previous poetry collections, Ragas from the Periphery and Basmati Brown.
Born in Taiwan, Julia Lin is the author of Miah, a collection of short fiction. The event will include storytelling and a video-poetry screening.
Emcee: Narges Govahi, born in Tehran, is a writer, performer, director, critic and the founder of the Society of Creative New Comers.
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