Ryad Assani-Razaki (born November 4, 1981) is a Beninese-Canadian writer. His debut short story collection “Deux cercles” won the Trillium Book Award for French-language fiction in 2010, and his novel La main d’Iman won the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for French-language fiction in 2012. Born in Cotonou, Benin,…

Pratap Reddy immigrated to Canada from India in 2002. Writing mostly about the angst and the agonies (sometimes the ecstasies) of immigration, he is the author of Weather Permitting & Other Stories (2016), Ramya’s Treasure (2018), Shards of Verse (2024) and Remaindered People & Other Stories (2025). He is currently working on a novel tentatively titled…

Danila Botha is the author of three critically acclaimed short story collections, Got No Secrets, For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known, and Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness. Her novels include the award winning Too Much on the Inside and A Place for People Like Us. Her first graphic novel, Vidal, will…

Brockton Writers Series presents readings by: Pratap Red’dy Tiffany Morris Danila Botha Ryad Assani-Razaki Our event will be hosted in person at Glad Day Lit, located at 32 Lisgar St., Toronto. We will also live stream the event on the Brockton Writers Series YouTube channel! The event starts at 6:30 p.m. The reading is PWYC and features a…

Kirk DeMatas is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist, dancer, actor, poet, and the author of the collections Wordspeak and Conversations with Skeletons. In 2022, he incorporated poetry with original music for his first EP. His poetry also features in his music videos and the 2024 award-winning short film “Coffee, Black.” Shapeshifter: Manifesting your poetry across mediums Poetry is an ancient…