DANILA BOTHA

I'm really excited to share that this September I’ll be the Heliconian Club's 2020- 2021's Writer in Residence. Heliconian Club is an arts club in Yorkville that was founded in 1909, partly because women weren’t allowed to be members of the Toronto arts and letters clu...

I was so thrilled to get this amazing anthology in the mail yesterday and beyond honoured to be part of it. It’s the kind of book that would have been life changing for me a young writer. There are so many incredible pieces in here, from Doretta Lau, Ayelet Tsabari, Ja...

I'm so thrilled to be included in The Soap Box and Coach House Book's virtual conference, From Pen to Published at as a Key Note Speaker this year. Join us on Sunday June 14th, at 12:00. I'll speaking alongside James Lindsay about building a career as a writer, and I c...

Really looking forward to teaching the Intro to Creative Writing, starting on February 18th (until April 26th) at
University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. I have a few spots left, and I would love to read your writing and work with you in a variety of genres...

It was such an honour and a joy to get to host two amazing events at Toronto International Festival of Authors this year. 

It was wonderful to hear beautiful readings and insights on writing from Rune Christiansen, Michael Crummey, Horace Ho, who were reading from...

I am super thrilled and honoured to get to host two incredible Toronto International Festival of Author Events this year. On Thursday, October 31 at 7pm, Reading & Conversation: Rune Christiansen, Michael Crummey and Horace Ho, Moderated by Ania Szado, 

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I had such a wonderful semester with my Intro to Creative Writing Course this summer. It was incredible to have Bianca Marais as a guest speaker in my class, and to work such an incredibly talented writers. I'm also so excited to teach the Intro to Creative Writing Cou...

It was so incredible to host and read with these amazing writers last night, including Ann YK Choi, Bianca Marais, Doyali Islam, Emily Sanford, Deepa Rajagopalan, Priya Ramsingh 🧡So wonderful to hear such inspiring readings and to share an excerpt from my new novel 💗...

So wonderful to have been at the Trillium Book awards last 💗(and huge congrats to Robin Richardson and Dionne Brand)

I am so excited to teach the Intro to Creative Writing at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (Section 401) starting on Weds July 3rd. Learn to write in a variety of genres, from Fiction, to Short Fiction to Creative Non Fiction, Poetry and more. We do w...