The 2019-20 season of the Literary Readings on the Sunshine Coast series continues with award-winning novelist, cultural commentator, and scholar David Chariandy, who will be reading and discussing his work at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 30.
Chariandy is the author of two celebrated novels, including the Giller-nominated and Rogers Writers’ Trust Prize-winning Brother, as well as I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, a book-length meditation on the politics of race in Canada written as a letter to his teenage daughter, along with numerous essays, articles, and other works.
Increasingly regarded as one of this country’s most compelling observers on the complexities of race, identity, and belonging, his books have met with global acclaim from readers and reviewers alike for their nuance, generosity, and courage, with glowing reviews from The Guardian, Esquire, and The Globe and Mail, and other respected media. His work has received numerous awards and recognitions, from the Toronto Book Award, the Ethel Wilson Book Prize, and Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize, and short-listing on CBC’s Canada Reads.
Originally from Scarborough, Ont., Chariandy lives with his family in Vancouver and teaches Black, Caribbean, and Canadian fiction and creative writing at Simon Fraser University.
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