Diaspora Dialogues
a writing mentor/mentee programme that cultivates creative writing on ethno-cultural diversity set in the city of Toronto and publishes the participant’s prose/poetry in a book anthology. I was mentored by novelist David Bezmozgis (author of “Natasha: And Other Stories”)
The Humber School For Writers
Correspondence Programme 2001, mentor Karen Connelly (author of “The Lizard Cage”)
Summer Workshop Programme 2000, mentor Jane Urquhart (author of “Away” and “The Underpainter”)
York University
Creative Writing bachelor degree programme
professors: Priscilla Uppal, Evan Jones, Eliza Clark, and Susan Swan (author of “The Wives of Bath”)
Graduated June 2004