Shani Mootoo

Shani Mootoo is a writer and visual artist. She was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and moved to Canada in her early twenties. She’s the author of two poetry books, The Predicament of Or, and her latest, Cane | Fire. She’s the author of several novels, including Polar Vortex, finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the acclaimed Cereus Blooms at Night, now a Penguin Modern Classic. Mootoo is the recipient of a Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Award and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western University. She lives in Southern Ontario.

Shani Mootoo is published by Book*hug Press

Photo credit: Quinte Studios.

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September 25, 2022
at 1pm

TIFA Event

Poetic Journeys: Shani Mootoo & Pamela Mordecai

Shani Mootoo, Pamela Mordecai, and Fiona Raye Clarke

September 25, 2022 at 1pm

September 25, 2022
at 4pm

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Poetry Reading: Pamela Mordecai & Shani Mootoo

Shani Mootoo and Pamela Mordecai

September 25, 2022 at 4pm

October 29, 2021
at 12pm

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Can You Hear Me Now? Shani Mootoo

Shani Mootoo

October 29, 2021 at 12pm

October 31, 2020
at 4pm

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Modern Love, Betrayal & Ourselves: Shani Mootoo & Noor Naga

Shani Mootoo, Noor Naga, and Jade Colbert

October 31, 2020 at 4pm

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