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May 2013
17/05/13
Julia Lin talks about Miah on The Commentary
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Wasafiri reviews To Love a Palestinian Woman by Ehab Lotayef
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April 2013
29/04/13
Safia Fazlul, author of The Harem, talks about Overcoming Writer's Block on The Book Diva
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Wasafiri
reviews Jewels and Other Stories by Dawn Promislow
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19/04/13
Wasafiri reviews Echoes From the Other Land by Ava Homa
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11/04/13
Herizons Magazine calls Lat
ha Viswanathan, author of Lingering Tide and Other Stories "fearsomely good"
Read full review here

Bookish Comforts
reviewed The Harem by Safia Fazlul
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10/04/13
H Nigel Thomas is honoured by Laval University
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Trish Salah is interviewed in the Cordite Poetry Review
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March 2013
25/03/13

H Nigel Thomas to receive an honour from Laval University on April 2:

"This ceremony, undertaken by the vice-rector for  research and artistic creation, honours artists of Laval University who've created outstanding works or delivered outstanding performances in the fields of literature, visual arts and music. The University wishes to recognise their contribution to the artistic mileu and  to society in general."

19/03/13
Love Cake by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha was reviewed in The Halifax Herald.
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11/03/13
Subversive Sonnets by Pamela Mordecai was reviewed in Caribbean Beat
Read Here on page 39

08/03/2013
Hear Sheniz Janmohamed read at the Jaipur Literary Festival
Watch Here

07/03/13
The Harem by Safia Fazlul was reviewed in Maple Tree Literary Supplement
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Lingering Tide by Latha Viswanathan was reviewed in Maple Tree Literary Supplement
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February 2013
11/02/13
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in
Caribbean Beat
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01/02/13
Subversive Sonnets by Pamela Mordecai was reviewed in
The Jamaica Observer
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January 2013
29/01/13
Jewels and Other Stories by Dawn Promislow was reviewed in
Canadian Literature
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17/01/13
Mansa Trotman is Broken Heel Diary's Woman of the Week
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16/01/13
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha was interviewed in
Herizons
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07/01/13
Mansa Trotman was interviewed by Canada Arts Connect
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December 2012
26/12/12
The Harem by Safia Fazlul was reviewed in
Quill & Quire
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21/12/12
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Wasafiri
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November 2012
21/11/12
Safia Fazlul was interviewed on Open Book Toronto
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October 2012

24/10/12
Beyond Sangre Grande was featured in the Montreal Gazette
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09/10/12
Adrift was reviewed in Maple Tree Literary Supplement
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02/10/12
Beyond Sangre Grande was reviewed in South Asia Mail
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September 2012

24/09/12
Pamela Mordecai was interviewed on Radio Canada!
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04/09/12
Adrift by Loren Edizel made the ReLit 2012 Longlist!
Read the announcement here.

August 2012

30/08/12
Lingering Tide and Other Stories was reviewed in Rabble
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29/08/12
Loren Edizel lists her recommended 'Commuter Reads' on the 49th Shelf.
See the list here

24/08/12
Sheniz Janmohamed was interviewed on OMNI TV
Watch it here

July 2012
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Asiatic - The International Journal of Asian and Asian diasporic writers
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June 2012

Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Guyana Times
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Read the reviews of the Lingering Tide and Other Stories Blog Tour!
Just a Lil Lost
Bookish Comforts
My R and R Space
Linus and Bubba
Esoteric Slips

May 2012

29/05/12
Lingering Tide was reviewed on So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
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28/05/12
Sheniz Janmohamed was featured on the 49th Shelf!
Read Here

Echoes From the Other Land by Ava Homa was reviewed on Mostly Books
Read here

14/05/12
So Many Precious Books, So Little Time, reviews "Brittle" from Latha Viswanathan's Lingering Tide and Other Stories.
Read here.

07/05/12
Lingering Tide and Other Stories by Latha Viswanathan and Love Cake by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha received Honourable Mentions at the San Francisco Book Festival.
Read the announcement here.

07/05/12
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Muse India
Read here

April 2012

09/04/12
Transnational Poetics and Of Hockey and Hijab were reviewed in Canadian Literature.
Read the review of Transnational Poetics here and the Of Hockey and Hijab here.

02/04/12
Adrift was reviewed on The Thoughtful Blogger.
Read full review here.

March 2012

03/20/12
Love Cake is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards!
See full list of finalists here.

03/19/12
Lantana Strangling Ixora and Redemption Rain were reviewed in The Halifax Chronicle.
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03/12/12
Lingering Tide is reviewed in Publisher's Weekly
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Cycle of the Moon and Jewels And Other Stories were featured in World Literature Today.
Read Here

03/08/12
Adrift was reviewed in Uptown Magazine
Read Here

03/03/12
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Bostonia.
Read Here

February 2012

02/27/12
Adrift was reviewed on Generally About Books
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January 2012

01/30/12
Love Cake was reviewed in Poets & Writers
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01/04/12
Cycle of the Moon was reviewed in Prairie Fire Review of Books
Read Here

December 2011

12/14/11
To Love a Palestinian Woman was reviewed in Canadian Literature
Read Here

12/12/11
Jewels and Other Stories received an honourable mention in the Globe and Mail's best debuts of the year!
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Lantana Strangling Ixorawas reviewed on Generally About Books
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12/06/11
Read about our Fall Book Launch in South Asian Focus
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12/01/11
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed on My Bindi
Read Here

November 2011

11/28/11
Latana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in Boston University Creative Writing
Read Here

11/22/11
Jewels and Other Stories was reviewed in Wasafiri
Read Here

11/08/11
Sheniz Janmohamed was featured on Black Coffee Poet.
To read the interview with Sheniz click here
To read the review of Bleeding Light
click here

11/02/11
Echoes from the Other Land was reviewed in The Toronto Quarterly
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Bleeding Light was reviewed in Fusia Magazine
Read on page 102

11/01/11
Love Cake was reviewed in Xtra
Read Here

October 2011

10/24/11
Ava Homa reads from Echoes from the Other Land on Black Coffee Poet.
Watch here.

Bleeding Light was reviewed in Awaaz Magazine.
Read Here

Sheniz Janmohamed, author of Bleeding Light, was profiled on York Region.
Read Here

10/21/2011
Lantana Strangling Ixora was reviewed in The Florida Books News.
(Read Here) and in the Examiner (Read Here)

10/18/11
To Love a Palestinian Woman was reviewed in Canadian Literature.
Read Here

10/5/11
Love Cake was reviewed in Feministing!
Read Here

10/4/11
Jewels and Other Stories is reviewed on The Thoughtful Blogger.
Read Here

August 2011

8/29/11
Numero Cinq calls Jewels and Other Stories "terse, direct, almost telegraphic tale of South Africa, race, danger, immaculate whiteness and denial. It’s haunting, disturbing—reminiscent of J. M. Coetzee himself."
Read the full article here

8/22/11
In a Boston Night by Sasenarine Persaud has been shortlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature.

8/17/11
Ava Homa is featured in Shahrvand magazine
Read Here

8/8/11
Ava Homa's interview with Black Coffee Poet
Read Here

8/2/11
Lives: Whole and Otherwise reviewed in World Literature Today
Read Here

Echoes from the Other Land reviewed by Black Coffee Poet
Read Here

July 2011

7/19/11
Dawn Promislow interviewed on OpenBook Ontario
Read Here

June 2011

6/14/11
Open Book Toronto's interview with Ava Homa
Read Here

6/7/11
Echoes from the Other Land reviewed by Farzana Doctor
Read Here

Ava Homa featured on North York Central Library blog
Read Here

6/1/11
Congratulations to Ava Homa and Dawn Promislow! Echoes from the Other Land and Jewels and Other Stories are longlisted for the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Details

Echoes from the Other Land featured in a full page review in a Kurdish national newspaper, Bas
Read Here

May 2011

5/31/11
Ava Homa's reading and commentary on AuthorsAloud
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5/30/11
Ava Homa's ITC TV interview
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Jewels and Other Stories reviewed in Cape Times (Cape Town, SA)
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5/24/11
Check out TSAR's all-new Facebook Page
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Ava Homa interviewed on Rogers TV
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5/19/11
20% off all Asian & South Asian titles when you order through TSARbooks.com until June 15th!
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5/18/11
Echoes from the Other Land reviewed in Rudaw
Read Here

5/17/11
Dawn Promislow's reading and commentary on AuthorsAloud
"She has the most entrancing voice . . . The reading Dawn gives us will let you have a taste of that voice, which is so perfectly suited to the clear, rich prose it renders."
Listen Here

5/16/11
Dawn Promislow interview with Rob McLennan
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Ava Homa interview with VOA (Farsi)
Watch Here

5/13/11
Lives: Whole and Otherwise reviewed in Montreal Review of Books
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5/12/11
Sheema Khan takes part in a Globe & Mail panel on sex and religion
Read Here

5/11/11
Patrick Connors reviews Echoes from the Other Land
Read Here

April 2011

4/25/11
Read Ava Homa's editorial in The Toronto Star
Read Here

4/16/11
Nigel Thomas interviewed on CBC radio
Listen Here

4/15/11
Dawn Promislow's Jewels and Other Stories reviewed in Jewish Independent
Read Here

4/11/11
Uma Parameswaran reads from A Cycle of the Moon on CBC Manitoba Scene
Watch Here

4/2/11
Dawn Promislow's Jewels and Other Stories reviewed in The Globe and Mail
Read Here

March 2011

3/31/11
Ava Homa's interview with Howl
Listen Here

3/28/11
Video of Ava Homa's reading and interview on Entertainment Windsor
Watch Here

Ava Homa interviewed on zarikrmanji.com (Kurdish)
Read Here

3/23/2011
Dawn Promislow interviewed on Bookclub-in-a-Box - 2 parts
Read Here

3/16/11
Uma Parameswaran's A Cycle of the Moon is nominated for McNally Robinson Book of the Year
Read Here

3/14/11
Dawn Promislow's Jewels and Other Stories on SPD's best-seller list
Read Here

3/14/11
Read Ava Homa's piece in The Toronto Star
Read Here

3/14/11
Review of Ava Homa's reading in Windsor for Freedom to Read
Read Here

3/7/11
Ava Homa talks about Echoes from the Other Land with CBC
Listen Here

3/7/11
H. Nigel Thomas discusses Lives: Whole and Otherwise in The Chronicle
Read Here

3/3/11
Bleeding Light featured in DesiNews
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Review of H. Nigel Thomas's Lives: Whole and Otherwise in The Rover
Read Here

More news on Ava Homa's Freedom to Read event in Windsor
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CBC IDEAS Broadcast - "On Being A Muslim In The West"
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3/2/11
Ava Homa featured on University of Windsor's website
Read Here

February 2011

2/28/11
Ava Homa's participation in Freedom to Read week
Read here

2/24/11
Sheniz Janmohamed at TedxTalks
Watch here

2/15/11
Canadian authors speak out on copyright
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2/3/11
VOA Interview with Ava Homa on Echoes from the Other Land (Farsi)
Watch Here

2/2/2011
Uma Parameswaran's A Cycle of the Moon Reviewed
Read Here

January 2011

1/31/11
A Report on Ava Homa's Reading (Farsi)
Read here

1/27/11
Her Mother's Ashes 3 Reviewed in Herizons
Read here

1/27/11
Jewels and Other Stories Reviewed in MTLS
Read here

1/7/11
Dawn Promislow interviewed by RCI's "The Link Africa"
read/listen here

Sheniz Janmohamed answers questions about Bleeding Light in City Masala.
read here

1/6/11
Jewels and Other Stories reviewed in the Canadian Jewish News
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1/5/11
Lives: Whole and Otherwise and Jewels and Other Stories reviewed by Quill and Quire (January/February 2011 issue, pp 44-45).
Under the titles "Race Matters", Steven Beattie discusses how H Nigel Thomas's stories reveal the deceptive nature of multiculturalism in Montreal, and calls Promislow's work "subtly wrought."
Pick up a copy on newstands today or read here

1/4/11
The Texture of Identity by Martin Genetch reviewed in Canadian Literature
read here

In a Boston Night by Sasenarine Persaud reviewd in Canadian Literature
read here

December 2010

12/28/10
Echoes from the Other Land featured in The Halifax Reader
read here

12/16/10
Echoes from the Other Land
reviewed by Carole Giangrande
read here

12/15/10
Ava Homa interviewed by Jenny Ferguson
read here

12/6/10
H Nigel Thomas featured in The Vincentian
read here

November 2010

11/27/10
Uma Parameswaran's A Cycle of the Moon reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press
read here

11/19/10
Carole Giangrande reads Ava Homa's story "Glass Slippers" on her podcast Words to Go
listen here

11/17/10
Olive Senior's Arrival of the Snake-Woman reviewed in Herizons
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Reviews of Belonging and Banishment and Uma Parameswaran's Rootless but Green are the Boulevard Trees in Canadian Literature
click on title to see review.

11/15/10
Sheniz Janmohamed discusses Bleeding Light with Rima Kar on OMNI2 News. Watch Nov 12 news, from 23rd minute.
link

11/11/10
A review of Rana Bose's launch of The Fourth Canvas in Kolkata, India from the Hindustan Times.
link

11/09/10
Sheniz Janmohamed's Bleeding Light featured at MyBindi.com
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11/05/10
An excellent review of Michelle Muir's Nuff Said
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October 2010
10/31/10
Generally About Books reviews Echoes from the Other Land
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10/29/10
Photos from Rana Bose's reading at Oxford Books in Kolkata, India

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10/22/10
Ava Homa interviewed on
Ghasedak (in Persian/Farsi)
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September 2010
09/18/10
Sheniz Janmohamed on Masala Canada
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09/10/10
Dawn Promislow speaks with Open Book Toronto
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09/08/10
Video interview with Sheniz Janmohamed
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August 2010

08/27/10
Review of To Love a Palestinian Woman
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08/23/10
Review of Belonging and Banishment on Blog: Reading Through Life
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July 2010
07/28/10
Watch Full Video of FSALA 2009!
Footage of the 2009 Festival of South Asian Literature at the University of Toronto.

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07/13/1
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Photos of  FSALA 2009
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07/13/10
Watch FSALA 2009 Online (Part 1)!
Footage of the 2009 Festival of South Asian Literature can now be viewed
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07/12/1
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Review of Nuff Said in  Sway Magazine!
"Michelle Muir’s new book of poetry touches on everything from erotic desire to education..."
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June 2010

06/20/10
Review of Shopping for Sabzi in International Examiner
Review of Nitin Deckha's collection of short stories
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06/15/10
Review of In a Boston Night by Canadian Literature Magazine
Review of Sasenarine Persaud's latest collection of poetry
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06/07/1
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Search TSAR Books In Print Through New Index!
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May 2010
05/28/10
Special Summer Reading Discounts!
Save 20% on these selected TSAR titles: Her Mother's Ashes 3, Return to Arcadia, The Writing Circle, The Palm Leaf Fan and The Fourth Canvas. Take these books on vacation, give them as presents!
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05/17/1
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Sheema Khan, author of Of Hockey and Hijab on In Conversation with Allan Gregg
Sheema Khan appeared on the TVO program, In Conversation with Allan Gregg on May 16. Watch the episode online!
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05/11/10
Download TSAR Fall 2010 Catalogue (PDF)!
View online or free download
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05/21/10

Special Summer Reading Discounts!
Save 20% on selected TSAR titles. Take these books on vacation, give them as presents!
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05/19/10
Nurjehan Aziz, editor of Her Mother's Ashes 3, at Humberwood Library, on May 27, 6:30 PM
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05/26/10
Ehab Lotayef (To Love a Palestinian Woman) will be Reading at The Yellow Door on Thursday, May 27th at 7:30 PM
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April 2010
04/26/10
Sheema Khan on The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Watch TVO this Friday, April 30 at 8 PM, as Sheema Khan discusses her new book, Of Hockey and Hijab with Steve Paikin.
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04/22/10
Photos of TSAR Spring Book Launch
Launch of Ehab Lotayef's 'To Love a Palestinian Woman' at the Beit Zatoun House.
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04/19/10
Sheema Khan at Blue Metropolis Festival, and H Nigel Thomas at the Kama Reading Series
Sheema Khan (Of Hockey and Hijab) will be in Montreal on Saturday, April 24 to read in the Blue Metropolis Festival. H Nigel Thomas (Return to Arcadia) will be reading at the Kama Reading Series this Wednesday, April 21.
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04/16/10
Shaista Justin, Olive Senior at the Why(?) Poetry Reading Series at Indigo Manulife
Shaista Justin (Winter, the Unwelcome Visitor) and Olive Senior (Arrival of the Snake-Woman) are reading at the Indigo Manulife on April 25 at 2:30 PM
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04/16/10
TSAR Spring Book Launch at the Beit Zatoun House!
TSAR Publications will be launching Ehab Lotayef's To Love a Palestinian Woman on Friday, April 16 at 6 PM at the Beit Zatoun House near Bathurst Station. Musical performances by Maryem and Ernie Tollar. Free refreshments, readings, and book signing.
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04/13/10
Michelle Muir Reading at Humberwood Library this Thursday, April 15 at 6:30!
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04/05/10
Reminder:
Ehab Lotayef's Book Launch in Montreal this Thursday, April 8th, 6:30 PM, for To Love a Palestinian Woman
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02/18/10
Ehab Lotayef's Book Launch in Montreal and Toronto for To Love a Palestinian Woman
Ehab will be reading in Montreal at the  Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore on April 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM, and in Toronto at the Beit Zatoun House on April 16, 2010 at 6 PM, with musical performances by Maryem and Ernie Tollar. All events are free.
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March 2010
03/30/10
To Love a Palestinian Woman
by Ehab Lotayef Now Available For
Pre-Order

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03/23/10
Irene Marques Reading in NOW Open Poetry Stage at Harbourfront Centre
Irene Marques will be reading from Wearing Glasses of Water at the NOW Open Poetry Stage at the Harbourfront Centre on Wednesday, March 31, at 7:30 PM in the Brigantine Room as part of Authors at Harbourfront Centre. 20 great poets will read from their works. Tickets are $8.
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03/12/10
Review of Arrival of the Snake-Woman by Olive Senior in Uptown Magazine
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03/08/10
Review of In a Boston Night by Sasenarine Persaud in News India Times

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03/05/10
Nitin Deckha (Shopping for Sabzi) Reading at York University for the Canadian Writers in Person Series
Writer Nitin Deckha will be at York University on Tuesday, March 9 at 6 PM.
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February 2010
02/26/10
"Ten Questions" with Shaista Justin on Open Book Toronto
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02/09/10
Arrival of the Snake-Woman
Reviewed by JC Peters on Maple Tree Literary Supplement
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02/09/10

Nitin Deckha in India, Reads and Discusses Shopping for Sabzi at the India International Centre
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02/03/10

Olive Senior Arriving in Edmonton
Senior will be reading at Audrey's Books Ltd. in Edmonton on February 19.
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02/03/10
Olive Senior Arriving in Calgary and Winnipeg
Senior will be reading at the Calgary Public Library on February 18 and 20, and in Winnipeg on Feb 21.

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January 2010
01/27/10
Once Upon a Time in Bollywood Reviewed by Rozena Maart in Herizons Magazine
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1/22/10
Poet Shaista Justin Featured on InsideToronto.com
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1/21/10
TSAR Spring Catalogue
Now Available Online!
See
our new spring 2010 title.
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December 2009
12/02/09
Holiday Offer - Wilting Laughter
Wilting Laughter will be available for $20 with free shipping and no GST through the TSAR website only. To order this exciting new release, visit the Wilting Laughter
page here.
November 2009

11/30/09
Book Launch: Of Hockey and Hijab
Sheema Khan will be launching her new book,
Of Hockey and Hijab, at the Main Library in Ottawa (120 Metcalfe), on Monday, Dec 7 at 6 PM. Event is hosted by Octopus Books.

11/30/09
Reading: Nuff Said
Michelle Muir (
Nuff Said) will be reading at Roxanne Reads New & Used Bookstore (750A Queen St. E, Toronto) on Sunday December 6, from 2 to 3 PM.

11/17/09 -
Nitin Deckha on South Asian Focus TV
Nitin Deckha (Shopping for Sabzi) was interviewed on South Asian Focus TV (Rogers TV, Channel 10) on Tuesday, November 17th at 8 PM. Details here.

11/17/09 - TSAR Fall Book Launch at The Gladstone Hotel on Nov 23
TSAR Publications will be launching all its fall titles at The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West) on November 23, 2009 at 7PM. There will be readings, free refreshments, and a cash bar. You can get a preview of our fall titles by clicking on the book covers above, or downloading this year's fall catalogue . . . more


11/12/09 - Book Review
Olive Senior's Arrival of the Snake-Woman has been reviewed by South Asian Focus
. . . more

11/09/09 - New Releases - Of Hockey and Hijab and Other Fall Titles Now Available!

Order your copy of Of Hockey and Hijab by Sheema Khan now from our website and receive free shipping and no tax. Other fall titles are now available: Nuff Said by Michelle Muir, Arrival of the Snake-Woman by Olive Senior, Enough to be Mortal Now by Rienzi Crusz, and Wilting Laughter, edited by C. Kanaganayakam. Just click on the titles above to order, and receive free shipping and no tax.

11/06/09 - Book Launch - Of Hockey and Hijab
Sheema Khan will be launching her new book Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman this Saturday, November 7, 2009, 4 PM at the Noor Cultural Centre. Copies of the book will be available. Admission is $5. Find out more at the Noor Cultural Centre website . . . more

October 2009

10/29/09 - Book Review
Rana Bose's The Fourth Canvas has been reviewed by The Link newspaper . . . more

10/23/09 -
Olive Senior reading at the International Festival of Authors
Olive Senior (Arrival of the Snake Woman) will be reading at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) at Harbourfront, Toronto, on Saturday October 31 at 1 PM in the Studio Theatre, and Tuesday November 3 at 8 PM in the North Simcoe Sports and Recreation Centre, Midland, Ontario.   . . . more

10/21/09 -
Michelle Muir interview on CBC Radio 1
Michelle Muir will be reading from her new poetry collection Nuff Said this Saturday, October 24th on Big City, Small World on CBC Radio 1 (99.1 FM) at 5 PM.  The show regularly covers Toronto's vibrant arts scene . . . more

10/19/09 -
Book Launch - Of Hockey and Hijab, and Nuff Said
Sheema Khan will be launching her new book Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman on November 7, 2009, 4 PM at the Noor Cultural Centre. Admission fee is $5. Find out more at the Noor Cultural Centre website . . . more

Michelle Muir will be launching her debut collection of poetry, Nuff Said, on November 5, 2009 at the Spence Gallery from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Everyone is welcome . . . more

 

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