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Welcome to the launch of the Roseway Readings Series, a literary reading series rooted in and relevant to struggle for social justice. This reading series is meant to create community among radical writers in different cities across so-called Canada. This event is also a launch of our latest Roseway book, Enough by Kimia Eslah.
Our launch is a collaborative event featuring feminist writers of colour from across the GTA: Kimia Eslah, a longtime author of Roseway Publishing; Christine Estima, who's debut book The Syrian Ladies Benevolvent Society is now out with House of Anansi Press; and Safia Fazlul and her sizzling second book, The Red One (Mawenzi House, 2023).
The event will be hosted at Another Story Bookshop on Roncesvalles Avenue. Note that the bathroom is not wheel-chair accessible (down a set of stairs). Books will be for sale and light refreshments available. The event will include readings from the books, a discussion between the authors, an audience Q&A and book signings.
The door will open at 7:00 pm and the event will begin at 7:20 pm.
There is no registration required for this event and it is free for the public. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Kimia Eslah writes novels about urbanites, underdogs, and the Iranian diaspora. CBC Books, Ms. Magazine, and The Miramichi Reader have praised her work. Her latest novel, Enough, is a corporate drama about three women of colour who challenge the old boys' club at Toronto City Hall.
Christine Estima is an Arab woman of mixed ethnicity (Lebanese, Syrian, and Portuguese) whose essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Walrus, VICE, the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Maisonneuve, and many more. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism, longlisted for the 2015 CBC Canada Writes Creative Nonfiction prize, and a finalist for the 2011 Writers’ Union of Canada short prose competition. Born in Trois-Rivières and raised in Montreal, she lives in Toronto.
Safia Fazlul, of Bangladeshi origin, lived in Oslo, Norway, before coming to Canada at the age of eleven. She began writing poetry in Norwegian as soon as she learned how to write and continued her love for writing in her late teenage years in English. Her first novel, The Harem, was published soon after she completed her B.A. at the University of Toronto. Recently retired from the financial industry, Safia continues to work on another novel and a book of poetry while enjoying being a new mother. She lives in Toronto.
