A Tehran So Quiet is more than diaspora fiction

Arts Maya Barillas Mohan - 0
SFU alum Mehdi M. Kashani has a computer science degree. He also has an indelible interest in narrative fiction. Kashani’s latest anthology A Tehran...
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Book Nook: A perfect read for flu season

Arts Madeleine Donegan - 0
Where those of us here on Planet Earth are chemically composed of, as scientist Carl Sagan once put it, “starstuff,” Sequoia Nagamatsu’s 2022 book...
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Book Nook: The superb speculative fiction of China Miéville

Arts Ariele Purves - 0
An ocean of soil, inhabited by mammoth creatures. A vanished squid in formaldehyde. A man in a bottle. Aliens driven mad by miscommunication. The...
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Exploring queerness across Southeast Asia

Arts Phone Min Thant - 0
“Queer Asia does not have a great history; it has never found an institutional home in the region.” This quote is one of the...
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Book Nook: Independent West Africa: tradition, modernization, and identity in a post-colonial Africa

Arts Jonah Lazar - 0
In West Africa in the 1960s, the literary scene in the newly independent nations stretching from Senegal to Nigeria was booming. Writers such as...
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Political reads: The Last Honest Man by James Risen

Arts Tomos Land - 0
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen captures the consequential life of Senator Frank Church in his aptly-titled book: The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the...
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Get to know Greek mythology through Homer’s The Odyssey and its counterparts

Arts Julia Nijjar - 0
There is nothing better than sitting by the seaside while indulging in literature that captures the essence of summer along the coast. My favourite...
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Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong book talk

Arts Marie Jen Galilo - 0
Content warning: Mention of residential schools. On Monday, April 27, Elder Larry Grant, also known as sʔəyəɬəq (suh-yuh-shl-uck) in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Hong Lai Hing...
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Home, belonging, and marginalization at Dr. Umezurike’s book launch

Arts Maya Barillas Mohan - 0
Dr. Uchechukwu Umezurike, an English professor from the University of Calgary, came to SFU to share his new book. The SFU English department and...
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Celebrating Freedom to Read Week with The Librarians

Arts Heidi Kwok - 0
Each year, libraries across Canada celebrate Freedom to Read Week, a national education campaign urging Canadians to combat the growing risk of censorship against...
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