Forthcoming Book Launches and Readings
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My poem “The Equilibrium Artist” received Honourable Mention in The 2021 Brooklin Poetry Society Contest –Judge Ann Yin
https://brooklinpoetrysociety.com/4th-annual-poetry-contest/honourable-mention-the-equilibrium-artist/
I am proud to announce that I have been Chief Operator and Curator of Iranian Editions (Volume I & II)
by The Bombay Review
Past News
My poem “Sigh of the Nest” have been longlisted for “COVID 19 Competition” by Dissonance Literary Magazine (2020).
Hamilton Public Library and McMaster University proudly announce Nilofar Shidmehr as the Mabel Pugh Taylor 2019/20 Writer-in-Residence.
Nilofar Shidmehr is a bilingual poet, fiction writer, essayist, arts-informed scholar, and author of seven books in English and Farsi. Her first poetry book in English, Shirin and Salt Man (Oolichan, 2008), was nominated for a British Columbia Book Prize. Her most recent book, Divided Loyalties (Anansi Press, 2019), is a collection of short stories exploring women’s lives in post‐revolutionary Iran and in diaspora. It has already been well reviewed and promoted by CBC. The Globe and Mail included it in their 2019 list of “46 Books to Keep You Warm This Winter” and Open Canada Website included it in their “Summer Reads 2019: Ten books for globally minded vacationers.” A PhD in cross faculty inquiry in education, Nilofar has been Writer-in-Residence at the City of Richmond, BC, and Regina Public Library. Her writing has been featured in many Canadian and Iranian literary magazines, including Room, The Danforth Review, The New Quarterly, Zaman, and Avaye‐Tabiid (The Voice of Exile).
As the Writer-in-Residence, Nilofar can provide valuable one-on-one feedback to help with your writing pieces.
Please join us for a reception to welcome Nilofar to Hamilton:
Thursday, September 26 at 7 pm
Central Library, 55 York Blvd. Hamilton
From September to April 2020, Nilofar will be at Central Library.
Office Hours: Thursdays
Time: 9 am to 5 pm
To make an appointment, email wir@hpl.ca or call 905-546-3200 x3473.
Past Book Launches and Readings
Poetry Reading with The Writer-in-Residence, Maria Saba, at Joy Kogawa House
Date and time: June 24, 2021, 7:00-8:15p.m.
Meet the Author Series at Christianne’s Lyceum: Nilofar Shidmehr, Author of Divided Loyalties. Live on Zoom
Date and Time: Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. Registration fee: $22 plus GST –
Reading, lecture, and discussion around Divided Loyalties and Between Lives at Brock House Society – Registration Required
Date and Time: Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 10:00-11:30 a.m.
An Evening with the Acclaimed Author Nilofar Shidmehr, Port Moody Library
Date: November 30, 2020, 7:00-8:00p.m. Facebook live event.
Indie Author Day with Nilofar Shidmehr, Coquitlam Public Library– Link to Event and Registration
Date: November 5, 2020, 7:00-8:30p.m. Zoom event. Registration is required.
An Evening with Persian Author and Poet Nilofar Shidmehr, North Vancouver Central Library – Link to Event and Registration
Description:
Join us as we host Dr. Nilofar Shidmehr, a bilingual fiction writer and poet on Zoom. At this event, she reads excerpts from her collection of short stories, Divided Loyalties (in English) and Two Women on Lions Gate Bridge (in Farsi). Learn more about Dr. Shidmehr’s writing style and professional background followed by a Q&A.
Free of charge! Everyone is welcome! Registration required by Oct. 21, 12 p.m..
The meeting link and instructions will be emailed to registrants between 12 – 2 p.m. on the day of the event.
You’ll need a computer with microphone (or headphones) and webcam; or your smartphone/tablet.
This is a bilingual program in English and Farsi!
Questions? Contact Shideh Taleban at staleban@cnv.org
Poetry and Fiction Reading from Between Lives and Divided Loyalties at the Sunshine Coast Literary Reading Series
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Zoom event. Registration is required.
An Evening with Nilofar Shidmehr, North Vancouver District Library – Link to Event and Registration
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Zoom Event.
Reading at Word Vancouver 2020
Date and Time: Thursday, September 13, 4:00 p.m. Zoom Event.
Reading from Divided Loyalties at the SFU Writer’s Studio, Vancouver
Date and Time: Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.
Location:1 Hood 29, 4470 Main Street at E 29th Ave, Vancouver, BC.
Reading at Halifax Public Library –Link to Event
Authors Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, Any Waking Morning, nancy viva davis halifax, Hook, Nilofar Shidmehr, Divided Loyalties, and Sheila Stewart, Shape Of A Throat, read from recent poetry and short story collections as well as works-in-progress. Readings from these Toronto and Vancouver writers will be followed by a short question and answer session. Books will be available for purchase.
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax NS B3J 1E9
We ease into the Labor Day weekend here on a high note, as noted Iranian Canadian fiction writer and poet Nilofar Shidmehr visits from her Vancouver home to read from her recently published debut book of stories, Divided Loyalties (House of Anansi).
Date and Time: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Elliot Bay Bookstore – 1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Featured Reader at Twisted Poets Literary Salon – Will Read from Divided Loyalties
Date and Time: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5V 3R3
Ottawa Writers’ Festival – No Place Like Home – Link to Event
Date and Time: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St. Ottawa, ON.
Description
No Place Like Home: With Nilofar Shidmehr, Pierre Jarawan and David Bezmozgis
Human history is the story of migration, of adaptation, of lives and cultures intersecting, and yet some would use the word “immigrant” as an epithet, would suggest a hard line between “us” and “them,” would deny that shared humanity runs deeper than the specifics of our births. Join us for an evening of storytelling with a special focus on lives straddling cultures, of journeys both physical and spiritual.
Imagination Writers’ Festival – Link to Event
Date and Time: Thursday, April 5, 2019 at 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Morrin Centre, 44 Chaussée des Écossais Québec, QC G1R 4H3
Description
BETWEEN BORDERS: MIGRATION AND IDENTITY
Love, loss, and longing are central to Sharon Bala’s bestselling debut novel The Boat People and Nilofar Shidmehr’s debut collection of short stories Divided Loyalties. Both include narratives of migration, refugees, war, resilience, and the promise of a new life. Inspired by real events, their books explore perilous situations and the lives of those who fight to survive despite the chaos, risks, what they leave behind, and expectations forced upon them.
Reading and Conversation @ Burnaby North House
Readers: Nilofar Shidmehr and Sehba Sarwar
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Location: 4908 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 1P6
Los Angeles Book launch
Date and Time: Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Palmo-Ranch Park Public Library, Los Angeles, USA
Reading @ The 2019 Growing Room Festival, Magic: Launch of Room Issue 42.1 – Link to Event
Readers: Ruth Daniell, Cody Klippenstein, jaye simpson, Nilofar Shidmehr, Yilin Wang, Gaëlle Planchenault
Host: Arielle Spence
Date and Time: Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: Red Gate Revue Stage, 1601 Johnston Street (Granville Island), Vancouver
For Divided Loyalties:
Date and Time: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. EST
Location: North York Central Library – 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
Vancouver Book launch @ Banyen Books and Sound – Link to Event
Date and Time: Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: Plams-Ranch Park Library, 2920 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles 90064
Vancouver Book launch @ the Incite Short Stories, Bigger Perspectives Series – Link to Event
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Alice MacKay Room – Vancouver Public Library – 350 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver
Book launch at the Library for Iranian Studies, London, UK
Location: The Library for Iranian Studies, The Woodlands Hall, Crown Street, Acton, London, UK W3 8SA
Time: Saturday June 16, 2018 – 7:00 p.m.
Book launch at the Association of the Iranian Women in Cologne, Germany
Location: Tallerwelthaus, Konerstrase 77, 50823 Cologne, Germany
Time: Saturday June 22, 2018 – 5:00 p.m.
Book launch at the Iranian Women Cultural Group in West Vancouver
Location: West Vancouver Community Center, 2121 Marine Drive, West Vancouver.
Time: Sunday January 14, 2018
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Nilofar Shidmehr: Bilingual Writer, Poet, Scholar and Educator 