# Shani Mootoo
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shani mootoo, writer, visual artist and video maker, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1957 to Trinidadian parents. She grew up in Trinidad and relocated at the age of 19 to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Are literary prizes a scam?
Kerry Clare is the first to admit that if her own book was selected for a prize her opinion would probably change. At least part of it. The writer and critic joins the show to shed light on a few of her favourite books that were left off the awards circuit this year. CBC Books producer Lucy Mann re…
Further Reading_S4_E03_Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo is a writer of fiction and poetry as well as a visual artist whose work has been exhibited locally and internationally. Mootoo’s novels include Cereus Blooms at Night, Valmiki’s Daughter, Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, and Polar Vortex. She is a recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artis…
Season 4, Episode 8: Shani Mootoo
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Episode 6: Queer Representation
We're keeping the ball rolling with our Pride episodes this month! Becca is joined by Jenni, Nick, and Victoria to talk about their first experiences with queer representation in media, and give us some recommendations on books and comics they love! Books discussed: The Picture of Dorian Gray by O…
The Kreisel Lecture (Part 1/3): The Lust for Lightning
Every year, the Centre for Literatures in Canada at the University of Alberta hosts the Kreisel Lecture, where authors are invited to deliver a lecture on a topic of their choosing. To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the centre broke the lecture into three parts, featuring authors Richard Van Cam…
The Kreisel Lecture (Part 2/3): The Call of Place
In Part 2 of the Kreisel Lecture, Authors Shani Mootoo and Lise Gaboury-Diallo reflect on place, identity, and the purpose of narrative.
You can listen to Part 1 of the lecture here:
https://senatorpaulasimons.podbean.com/e/the-kreisel-lecture-part-1-the-lust-for-lightning/
Curious to lear…
The Kreisel Lecture (Part 3/3): The Duty of Story
The 2026 Kreisel lecturers, Richard Van Camp, Shani Mootoo and Lise Gaboury-Diallo, join Paula Simons onstage to discuss place, truth, and story as community medicine
You can listen to Part 1 & 2 of the lecture here:
https://senatorpaulasimons.podbean.com/e/the-kreisel-lecture-part-1-the-lust-f…
It Was All a Gift - Interview with Shani Mootoo (Dedication to Pinky)
In this episode, Linda speaks about Shani Mootoo's Starry Starry Night (Book*hug Press), an auto-fictional work that confirms her exceptional talent, in its sophisticated narration and vivid delineation of scenes from a childhood in Trinidad. Mootoo traces the early life of Anju, roughly based on M…
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