DANILA BOTHA

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...

I am super thrilled to have been asked to curate and to read at the Thursday June 27th edition of the Tartan Turtan Secret Reading Series. So excited to hear the amazing Ann Y.K. Choi, Bianca Marais, Doyali Islam, Priya Ramsingh, Emily Sanford and Deepa Rajagopalan rea...

I was thrilled to get to interview the amazing Alix Ohlin for the new issue of the Hamilton Review of Books. We talked about her incredible new novel Dual Citizens (which is out next month with House of Anansi Press http://hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/...

I'm excited to share that as I edit my new novel and work on my new short story collection, that I have a new short story, called Aloha State, that will be in the June issue of the Humber Literary Review. The HLR is one of my favourite publications, and I'm thrilled to...

I am so excited to teach an Advanced Level Writing Workshop, Creative Writing II, at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies starting Thursday February 7th. So looking forward to getting to work on novel excerpts, short stories, and longer works, and to work...