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
On December 14th, the Immigrant Writers Association (IWA) participated at the Winter Fest 2019 organized by the Toronto North Local Immigration Partnership (TNLIP). We showcased IWA’s anthology, books by several members, and each of them got attention. We’ll let the
We’re getting ready for the Winter Fest 2019, this Saturday: December 14), 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Parkway Forest Community Centre 55 Forest Manor Rd, North York, ON M2J 1G3. FREE for all!Come, say “Hi” and enjoy the great program
The night of December 6, 2019, would be fabled for some light-hearted fun for the members and guests who attended the IWA’s festive Secret Santa gathering. The Octet had arrived at The Old Spaghetti Factory for an evening of sharing, learning and exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/02/2019 Book Launch of “Building Bridges” The first anthology written by Immigrant Writers Association’s members Toronto, ON: Today, the Immigrant Writers Association (IWA)/Association des écrivains immigrants (AEI) announced the official book launch of “Building Bridges,” the first
Are you coming on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 to celebrate 30 years of THE WORDS ON THE STREET FESTIVAL in Toronto? We’ll be there at Booth #WB10, in Writers Block area (see map below) Ask us about our first anthology written
Nina Munteanu, who generously offered IWA members a series of 10 workshops on writing and publishing, is launching a new book on July 4th and invites us all! Congrats, Nina! She covered a few aspects of her new book in
What a journey! 🙂 Check out what we’ve accomplished in our first year: