Toronto Festival of Literature & the Arts

06/04/2015

Some more photos of the festival from Anar Issath Rehana's album...

05/26/2015

Pinoy Penman 3.0: The continuing chronicles of Jose Dalisay Jr., aka Butch Dalisay, a Filipino collector of old fountain pens, disused PowerBooks, '50s Hamiltons, creaky cameras, VW spare parts, poker bad beats, and desktop lint.

Penman for Monday, May 25, 2015 I FLEW out to Toronto in Canada a little over a week ago to take part in that city’s Festival of Literary Arts, possibly the first Filipino author to join that long-...

05/18/2015

Consul General of India in Toronto Akhilesh Mishra met the Fsala-15 authors and organizers. In the photo from left to right are MG Vassanji, Meenakshi Alimchandani, Asma Sayed, Geetanjali Shree, Akhilesh Mishra, Walter Bgoya, Harish Narang, Nurjehan Aziz, and Munir Pervaiz

05/18/2015

More photos of Day 3 - 1st session: South Asian Panel. Is there a unity in South Asian writing. Participants: Anar (Sri Lanka), Harish Narang (Delhi), Geetanjali Shree (Delhi). Moderator: Meena Chopra

05/17/2015

Final Day Schedule:

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Campbell Room, Campbell Conference Facility
South Asian Panel. Is there a unity in South Asian writing. Participants: Anar (Sri Lanka), Harish Narang (Delhi), Geetanjali Shree (Delhi). Moderator: Meena Chopra

2:10 - 2:30 p.m. Musical Recital
Carnatic Vocal Recital by Kamini Dandapani

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.Campbell Room, Campbell Conference Facility
"South Asia in Canada" Can we define a South Asian Canadian identity through literature? Cheran Rudhramurty (Tamil), Aparna Halpe (Singhala/English), Gurdev Chauhan (Punjabi),
Shailja Saksena (Hindi), Nasim Syed (Urdu) Moderator: Suman Ghai

05/14/2015

“Various different communities have always held their own festivals,” say Aziz. “We felt it would be good to bring them together to offer a wide variety of perspectives.” - Nurjehan Aziz

Contemporary Bharatanatyam work, which is a highlight of the fourth Toronto Festival of Literature and the Arts, draws inspiration from 3,000 years’ worth of South Asian texts

05/09/2015

Toronto Festival of Literature and the Arts - May 15 to May 17, 2015. Toronto. For more information visit: www.fsalatoronto.com

05/09/2015

The 4the Toronto Festival of Literature and the Arts May 15-17, 2015 . A festival of literature, music, and dance, with a radical take on "International" . More than 45 writers from Canada, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Ghana, Tanzania, Trinidad, and US. . Panel Discussions: "New…

05/09/2015

"The Book of Sandalwood" dance performance by InDance with Hari Krishnan (specially choreographed for FSALA15) plus Three World Authors:
• Tololwa Mollel (Canada/Tanzania)
• Jose Dalisay (Philippines)
• Elizabeth Nunez (Trinidad/USA)

Saturday May 16 at Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC
7:00-10:00 PM Tickets $30

This performance is the ticketed event of the 4th Toronto Festival of Literature and the Arts (FSALA), held every two years. The 2015 Festival takes place May 15 - 17, 2015. For the full program, see www.fsalatoronto.com . inspired by Kalidasa’s Ritusamhara in Sanskrit; Sivakkolundu Desikar’s…

04/20/2015