Fauzia Rafiq comes to Historic Joy Kogawa House Nov 13
1450 West 64th Ave.
Vancouver BC
Fauzia
Rafiq — Writing for Social Change
Sunday,
November
13th
Fuazia Rafi’s
long-awaited novel, Skeena, was published in Punjabi in
Pakistan in 2007, and in Canada
last Spring. It is the story of a Muslim Canadian woman, written in
Skeena’s
own voice, which follows her journey from village, to Lahore, to Toronto
and,
finally, Surrey. Novelist Tariq Malik, a
member of the Kogawa House Board , will host the event with me.
Joy
Kogawa –
Book Launch
Sunday,
November
20th
Sheena Wilson
launches her collection of essays on the
life and work of Joy Kogawa, Joy Kogawa,
Essays on Her Works (Guernica). Wilson has contributed three
articles and
an extensive Kogawa bibliography to the book. Several of the writers
will be
present, as will Joy Kogawa.