After we gathered the 15 chapters in the Grow Together manuscript, we became curious about how a non-immigrant will perceive the content of this book. We’re honoured and grateful that Audie McCarthy – President & CEO of Mohawk College Enterprise
Join us online to celebrate the third Annual General Meeting of the Immigrant Writers Association (IWA/AEI) and the launch of its second anthology co-authored by its members! Written by Canadian immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grow Together anthology will leave
Download PDF version PRESS RELEASE Canadian immigrants share personal and fictional stories of courage and hope in a new anthology written during the COVID-19 pandemic. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, TORONTO, December 10, 2020 Grow Together, an anthology of fiction and personal
Claudiu Murgan, SF author and IWA member, is launching his third book Crystal Cloud on August 25, 7:00-8:00 PM EST. This will be an online book launch, and Claudiu puts a lot of effort into preparing and making it an informative
Artists (including writers), creative workers, and newcomers face unique obstacles during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Many thanks to Myseum and Toronto North Local Immigration Partnership for curating the following information and resources to help us navigate these uncertain times! Neighbourhood
On March 12, 2020, I had the pleasure of representing IWA at the event “Career Advancement for Women – Communicating Your Competencies”, organized by the TRIEC PINs Women’s Working Group. This event was originally planned as an in-person workshop at
On March 21, during the online kick-off meeting, the Immigrant Writers Association (IWA) announced the Call for Submissions for our Second Anthology titled Grow Together. Please find more information below and reach out to Sidharth Iyer (Project Manager of Grow Together Anthology) if you have questions.
As we are starting an interview series with members of the Immigrant Writers Association (IWA) and other immigrant writers, we invited Bänoo Zan to be our first guest. Why did we choose her? Bänoo Zan is a poet, librettist, translator,
IWA joined forces with other TRIEC PINs associations and partners to organize the Newcomers in the Arts Sector: Funding Resources and Opportunities event on February 18, 2020. Join us at this FREE event to learn from the panellists and meet other writers and artists!
Dionne from CBC Literary Prizes asked IWA to share the following information — and we highly encourage our members to submit their non-fiction work in either English or French! The 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize is open for submissions: https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/the-2020-cbc-nonfiction-prize-is-now-open-1.5402987 The