Freedom to Read

Leila Aboulela

7:30pm

Friday, September 29, 2023

15 mins

In support of a world free of censorship and book banning TIFA is showcasing the Sanctuary collection of the Toronto Public Library Sanctuary Collection of banned and challenged books.

Authors talk about a particular banned or challenged book that has been important to them and why we must always protect the freedom to read.

This reading will feature Leila Aboulela.

Free

Reading

How to attend

This FREE event is open to the public.

In support of a world free of censorship and book banning TIFA is showcasing the Sanctuary collection of the Toronto Public Library Sanctuary Collection of banned and challenged books.

Authors talk about a particular banned or challenged book that has been important to them and why we must always protect the freedom to read.

This reading will feature Leila Aboulela.

Free

Reading

Featured Authors

Leila Aboulela is the first-ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Nominated three times for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), she is the author of numerous novels, including The Kindness of Enemies, The Translator, Minaret and Lyrics Alley, which was Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards. Her work has been translated into 15 languages. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Read more about Leila Aboulela

7:30pm

Friday, September 29

15 mins

How to attend

This FREE event is open to the public

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