The Writing Life: Shani Mootoo

Online Event

Featuring Shani Mootoo and host Linda Morra

Join the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival for a new series that explores the life of some of Canada’s most interesting storytellers. Take a deep dive into their early influences, what inspires their work, pivotal moments in their careers, and their writing habits and processes.

Our fourth event in the series features internationally celebrated writer and visual artist, Shani Mootoo.

This event includes closed captioning.

Books by Shani Mootoo:

Cane Fire
Published by Book*hug Press

Polar Vortex
Published by Book*hug Press

Cereus Blooms at Night
Published by McClelland & Stewart

Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
Published by Anchor Canada

Valmiki’s Daughter
Published by House of Anansi Press

He Drown She in the Sea
Published by Emblem Editions

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts

BUY THE BOOK

Need the book? Buy from one of our bookselling partners:

Guelph:The Bookshelf
Toronto: Another Story Bookshop
Kingston: Novel Idea
Ottawa: Octopus Books
Calgary: Shelf Life Books
Vancouver: Black Bond Books

Shani Mootoo Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and lives in Canada. She holds an MA in […]

Linda Morra Linda Morra is Full Professor of Canadian and Indigenous literatures at Bishop’s University, the former Jack & Nancy