
Shyam Selvadurai

Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai ‘s Funny Boy, won the W.H. Smith/ Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award in the US. He is the author of Cinnamon Gardens, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea and The Hungry Ghosts. His work has been translated into 9 languages and published worldwide. Funny Boy was made into a film, for which Shyam co-wrote the screenplay, and for which he won the Canadian Screen Award and the New York Cinema Independent Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Shyam’s new novel Mansion of the Moon, a historical novel about the Buddha’s wife, was released by Knopf in May 2022. His website is www.shyamselvadurai.com
Shyam Selvadurai is published by Penguin Random House
Photo Credit: George Pimentel
Upcoming Events

September 27, 2022
at 4:30pm
TIFA Event
Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman Rushdie
Matt Galloway, Margaret Atwood, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Ian McEwan, Deepa Mehta, Rohinton Mistry, Maria Ressa, John Ralston Saul, and Shyam Selvadurai
September 27, 2022 at 4:30pm

September 29, 2022
at 8:30pm
Conversation
Enlightened Histories: Larissa Lai & Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai, Larissa Lai, and Ann Y. K. Choi
September 29, 2022 at 8:30pm

September 29, 2022
at 5:30pm
TIFA Event
Writing Vivid Characters, with Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai
September 29, 2022 at 5:30pm

September 21, 2023
at 5:30pm
Workshop
Sense of Place
Shyam Selvadurai
September 21, 2023 at 5:30pm

September 21, 2023
at 5:30pm
Workshop
Sense of Place
Shyam Selvadurai
September 21, 2023 at 5:30pm

September 29, 2022
at 8:30pm
Conversation
Enlightened Histories: Larissa Lai & Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai, Larissa Lai, and Ann Y. K. Choi
September 29, 2022 at 8:30pm

September 29, 2022
at 5:30pm
TIFA Event
Writing Vivid Characters, with Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai
September 29, 2022 at 5:30pm

September 27, 2022
at 4:30pm
TIFA Event
Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman Rushdie
Matt Galloway, Margaret Atwood, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Ian McEwan, Deepa Mehta, Rohinton Mistry, Maria Ressa, John Ralston Saul, and Shyam Selvadurai
September 27, 2022 at 4:30pm