Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XCVII

Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series

Featured poets: Asifa Sheikh & Gary Barwin
+ Open Mic for poetry in any language

Host: Bänoo Zan

Time: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Place: Living Room, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
This is an in-person event.

Open Mic Sign-up: 6:30 PM EST at the venue
Show 7-10 PM EST
Admission: $10-20 Sliding Scale
Cash at the door
There is an ATM machine at the venue.

For as long as she can remember, Asifa Sheikh has loved writing. These days, she continues to dabble in poetry and short fiction. Her love for writing has led Asifa to Firefly Creative Writing where she is a writing coach who enjoys being in community with other writers and supporting their voices. You can find Asifa on Instagram at @tempestuous_pen.

Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multidisciplinary artist and prolific collaborator. He is the author of 30 books including Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy which won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, was shortlisted for the Vine Award, and was chosen for Hamilton Reads 2023. His national bestselling novel Yiddish for Pirates won the Leacock Medal for Humour and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was long listed for Canada Reads. His 2022 poetry collection, The Most Charming Creatures won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award. His latest book is Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity. Barwin was born in Northern Ireland, the son of South African parents of Ashkenazi Jewish Lithuanian descent. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario. garybarwin.com