Updated July 13, 2010: Watch video footage of FSALA 2009 here!

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The Toronto South Asian Review, the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, and The Writers Forum present a three-day celebration of South Asian literature, music, art, and culture.

 

RETURN TO "MEETING OF STREAMS":
A SOUTH ASIAN LITERARY AND ARTS FESTIVAL IN TORONTO
SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2009

In 1983, the newly founded Toronto South Asian Review organized a literary conference to bring together writers of South Asian origin and discuss the status of the literature. The writers were mostly unknown to each other and South Asian writing in Canada almost unknown to the wider public. Suffice it to say, the event turned out to be a landmark and gave rise to the important volume A Meeting of Streams: South Asian Canadian Literature, edited by M G Vassanji.

Partly to commemorate that historical get-together and also simply to celebrate the arts, The Toronto South Asian Review, TSAR Publications, the Centre for South Asian Studies of the University of Toronto, and the Writers Forum of Canada is organizing a cultural festival to be held at the Munk Centre of the U of T on September 25-26, 2009.
 

Friday evening and Saturday afternoon events are free


 


 Saturday, Sept 26, 7 PM, Robert Gill Theatre
Evening Readings and Dance Performance  
“The King’s Salon” by Hari Krishnan and InDance

Introduction by MG Vassanji
Readings by Bapsi Sidhwa, Anosh Irani, Tahira Naqvi
  
 Tickets $25 each

Purchase online: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8006

Tickets can also be purchased in advance by calling 416-483-7191
and will be available at the festival.

 

 

Contact: fsala@tsarbooks.com

 

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FSALA gratefully acknowledges donations from the following:

Anonymous
Baidar Bakht
Anil Balolia
Canadian Tamil Congress
Chand and Niroo Chandaria
Keshav and Manu Chandaria
Gulzar Charania
Daulat Investments Ltd
Iqbal and Zinnat Dewji
Fairshare Marketing
Tahir Aslam Gora
Sabrina Hasham
Syed Muslim Hasany
Najmul Hassan & Yasmin Bukhari
S Javed
Azim Jeraj
Zul Jiwani
Zarina Kassam
Raza Kayani, LLP Barristers & Solicitors
Pyarali & Gulshan Nanji
Nasreen Pervaiz
Creative Psychotherapy
Alex Richman
S M Hussain Rizvi
Sussex Strategy Group Inc
Ben Senik
Tamil Literary Garden
Atul Tolia
M G Vassanji Creative Productions
Writers Forum
Kaleem Zafar


Thanks to FSALA's media sponsors:




and to the Toronto Arts Council, TSAR Publications,
and the Canadian Tamil Congress: