DANILA BOTHA

 

NEWS AND INTERVIEWS WITH DANILA BOTHA 

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https://www.darkwinterlit.com/post/congratulations-to-our-4th-anniversary-contest-shortlisters

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VIDAL 

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https://comicsgrinder.com/2026/06/02/vidal-by-danila-botha-book-review/

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​A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US 

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https://judithmagazine.substack.com/p/a-place-for-people-like-us

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https://www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-Award-category-finalists.html

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https://www.cbc.ca/books/15-canadian-books-to-read-for-jewish-heritage-month-9.7181874

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https://www.theusreview.com/USR-Hoffer-Finalists.html

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https://indiebookawards.com/previewwinners.php?t=99dc1f

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https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/a-place-for-people-like-us 

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https://radiowaterloo.ca/readers-delight-episode-28-march-22-2026/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/danila-botha/a-place-for-people-like-us/

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https://indiereader.com/book_review/a-place-for-people-like-us/

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https://theampersandreview.ca/book-reviews-blog/lynda-williams-a-place-for-people-like-us

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https://www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/en/events/13174?session=2026-03-19T23%3A30%3A00Z

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https://brocktonwriters.com/2026/02/11/brockton-writers-series-11-03-26-danila-botha/

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https://www.straight.com/arts/jcc-jewish-book-festival-returns-for-its-41st-year#

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https://christalcooper.com/385-inside-the-emotion-of-fiction-a-place-for-people-like-us-by-danila-botha-published-by-guernica-editions-on-september-29-2025/

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https://www.independentpressaward.com/2026-winners/9781771839808

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https://booklymatters.com/a-place-for-people-like-us/

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https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/a-place-for-people-like-us

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https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/a-place-for-people-like-us/

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https://thecjn.ca/arts-culture/book-reviews-two-new-novels-about-life-altering-and-chaotic-relationships/

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https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reading-habits-toronto-author-danila-botha-on-margaret-atwoods-control-and-heather-oneills-imagination/article_96aca5e4-b1ca-44f4-b27b-e1afc8a1f6ae.html 

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https://open-book.ca/News/Danila-Botha-Invites-Readers-Into-the-Tender-Chaotic-World-of-A-PLACE-FOR-PEOPLE-LIKE-US

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https://www.cbc.ca/books/fiction-preview-fall-2025-1.7595672

 

https://soundcloud.com/jamestennant-1/get-lit-e465-with-danila-botha

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https://coffeedateswithauthors.substack.com/p/a-coffee-date-with-danila-botha

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https://www.radiosefarad.com/a-place-for-people-like-us-with-writer-danila-botha/

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https://alllitup.ca/gift-their-next/

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https://jewishbookworld.org/2025/11/a-place-for-people-like-us-by-danila-botha/

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https://theshitaboutwriting.substack.com/p/win-a-books-with-hooks-critique-james

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https://alllitup.ca/the-all-lit-up-2025-fall-preview/

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https://writerinterviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/danila-botha.html?m=1&zx=7aca46a73c8613ce

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https://jccgv.com/jewish-book-festival/featured-authors/

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https://www.showpass.com/young-women-at-crossroads-claire-sicherman-and-danila-botha/

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10/23/Incredible-Novels-by-Short-Fiction-Writers

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https://liisakovalawomenwriting.substack.com/p/s2-episode-26-coffee-break-with-danila

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https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-place-for-people-like-us-by-danila-botha

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https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/a-place-for-people-like-us-by-danila-botha

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https://lisadenikolits.substack.com/p/mid-summer-book-delights

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https://elizabethobermeyer.ca/2025/08/18/review-a-place-for-people-like-us-by-danila-botha/

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https://tnq.ca/under-review-in-the-field-by-sadiqa-de-meijer/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwP77fTZFk&t=207s

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https://alllitup.ca/hot-days-cool-spots-where-and-what-authors-read-this-summer/

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THINGS THAT CAUSE INAPPROPRIATE HAPPINESS

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https://www.indieexcellence.com/19th-annual-finalists

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https://indiereader.com/2025/06/irda-winning-author-danila-botha-tells-all-about-her-books/

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https://www.dipitylitmag.com/news/dipity's-best-of-the-net-nominations-for-2025

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/07/10/7-Canadian-Literary-Tapas-Short-Stories-and-an-Essay-to-Feast-on-This-Summer

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https://www.prweb.com/releases/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-indiereader-discovery-awards-302466703.html

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https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-conor-kerr-don-gillmor-13-more/

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https://swamp-pink.charleston.edu/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://liisakovalawomenwriting.substack.com/p/featured-writer-danila-botha

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/03/03/Feminist-Fiction

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyvup-UFNCY

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/author-interview-with-danila-botha/id1639744955?i=1000682998301

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​https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness

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https://miramichireader.ca/2024/12/tmrs-best-books-of-2024-fiction/

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https://shortstorytoday.com/episodes/episode-119-danila-botha-dont-look-back

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtmHVdNFYMk

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https://thecanadianbookclubawards.ca/2024-finalists-press-release/

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https://alllitup.ca/the-short-of-it-danila-botha-things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-danila-botha-interview-2024

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https://indiereader.com/book_review/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://www.publicationcoach.com/danila-botha/

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Interview with Valentino Assenza of Howl FM ​

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https://greatlakesreview.org/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/08/22/8-Books-to-Reach-for-This-Summer

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/08/08/Short-Stories-for-Summer-Reading

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https://theseaboardreview.substack.com/p/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness

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https://www.radiosefarad.com/danila-botha-award-winning-canadian-writer/​

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https://www.writerstrust.com/recommended-reading/

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https://www.rejectedcentral.com/podcast/episode/675e51a7/inappropriately-happy-listener-rejection-stories-part-four-or-episode-22?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3tWmUxxgOj_C9V9lThePXJbGvUH0OnNYD9i8O54rCbIwyncTM10kw24p4_aem_AQD-aFBZF5QrWSRU90OlqN4yscKJpK1Pla2QUAlUmnWr7vLfdqZsEcf9C82X-PlmNB6AXoysKX6ttfLaNpFr4GxQ

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https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2wDEe1inTzU_Kkg-1Y3DdUEj-ui8DOFbjZbHOfiPem1sZ6peCDBrcI6Oc_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

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https://reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-46

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Interview with Steven W. Beattie

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https://www.shakespeareanrag.com/short-story-month-2024-danlia-bothas-third-collection-mines-persistent-subjects-and-charts-new-ground/

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https://alllitup.ca/the-short-of-it-danila-botha-things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness

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TSNTYAW Interview with Danila Botha

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https://theshitaboutwriting.substack.com/p/danila-botha-and-nicola-solvinic

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https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2024/05/13/what-to-read-for-short-story-month

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https://www.jamietennant.ca/index.php/2024/05/02/e389-with-danila-botha/

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https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/spring-preview-20-books-to-put-at-the-top-of-your-reading-list/article_a5a174f8-f29a-11ee-99f9-4fb9505c957d.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3IE2eRttyxBB8XYrmr6TP5uPfcyvMj-2RI6jVfLo_y9u2t1NOId3dRmtQ_aem_AdUQEdSD5SX9di5bq-7ocBlbjhqt7TdmnLRkUY3huwh9VYOP6qdDq-X4AxZp_KE_wpSf1J8x-gXtN-qXImnuNDwp

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https://open-book.ca/News/Danila-Botha-s-New-Short-Story-Collection-Makes-Us-Laugh-Cry-and-Feel-Less-Alone

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https://palimpsestpress.ca/2024/07/wallace-botha-launch-a-fine-fine-event/

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https://scoutmagazine.ca/on-misanthropy-mental-illness-and-marpole-with-local-author-carleigh-baker/

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https://quillandquire.com/omni/writers-union-announces-2023-danuta-gleed-literary-award-shortlist/

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https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2024/04/13/vulnerable-women-at-core-of-rapid-fire-stories

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​https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/danila-bothas-new-book-of-short-fiction-wants-to-break-the-mold-of-jewish-orthodoxy/

https://esotericamagazine.substack.com/p/writers-life-interview-with-danila?fbclid=IwAR0E8YBRYG1ilC8SIWbIJVc6JvBdGPz3ojdN_NPir695nTzoNQ5Mte7V6wE

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Artisanal Writer Interview

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https://www.booklymatters.com/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/toronto-lit-up-things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/01/25/Most-Anticipated-Our-2024-Spring-Fiction-Preview

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https://www.susansanfordblades.com/girls-to-the-front-feb-2024-danila-botha

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https://miramichireader.ca/2024/01/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness-by-danila-botha/?fbclid=IwAR37aQ6kpeIBFm1mcc-3SYEFMQGlEuZhDCBY12MZb8SIoVSKS_sViai8z7E

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https://miramichireader.ca/2024/01/why-i-wrote-this-book-issue-22/?fbclid=IwAR0oL7DwFhhZuc8T0-ZIjEkR5-o0VYzrjPlBwgB-D1UTHGU942s5DU7QW_4

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​https://readherlikeanopenbook.com/2024/06/27/15-authors-share-their-summer-reading-plans-pt-2-of-2/

https://anitakushwaha.com/2023/12/08/author-chat-with-danila-botha/

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https://www.blankspaces.ca/news/our-nominations-for-the-2024-pushcart-prize

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https://www.press53.com/flash-fiction-contest

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2023/05/30/28-Short-Story-Collections-I-Can-t-Recommend-Enough?fbclid=IwAR07GWjG9MpkASHf4TMr__pGsouWblz_e5i63jrrSweYRNxXOlyj8iDRcSs

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/2023/04/13/tifa-announces-new-season-of-local-author-spotlights-with-toronto-lit-up/

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Open Book: Painting and Writing the title story, Things that Cause Inppropriate Happiness 

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https://open-book.ca/Columnists/Painting-a-Story-Danila-Botha-on-Writing-and-Painting

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OTHER NEWS:

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https://www.writersunion.ca/Danila-Bothas-Too-Much-on-the-Inside-optioned-by-Pelee-Entertainment?fbclid=IwAR0sB9vz9_uqFoPsEkNoXHBJ-u3V0iZOvAk_Z44Wvyh7NC4ShcT5rPAgu9s

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https://cwrc.ca/canadian-jewish-women-writers/authors/botha-danila

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https://theauthorsbookclub.ca/about-danila-botha/

 

https://open-book.ca/News/How-The-Guernica-Prize-Became-One-of-CanLit-s-Most-Unique-Literary-Awards

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https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2021/12/elee-kraljii-gardiner-interview-with.html

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https://www.heliconianclub.org/past-artists-in-residence.html

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/regular-event/toronto-lit-up-changing-the-face-of-canadian-literature/

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https://www.thesoapboxpress.com/from-pen-to-published

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https://www.cbc.ca/books/why-rebecca-rosenblum-reads-fiction-1.4073738

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https://koffler.digital/danila-botha-somewhere/

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CBC Books, ReLit Short list announcement 

http://www.cbc.ca/books/zoe-whittall-jordan-abel-among-writers-shortlisted-for-relit-awards-1.4611186

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National Post, Vine Awards 

http://nationalpost.com/entertainment/vine-awards-drawing-mainstream-attention-to-canadian-jewish-literature

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Quill & Quire, Vine Awards Finalists announcement

http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2017/08/17/danila-botha-matti-friedman-among-2017-vine-awards-finalists/

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Open Book: Vine Awards for Jewish Literature Short lists 

http://open-book.ca/News/The-Vine-Awards-for-Jewish-Literature-Shortlists-Announced-feat.-Botha-Behrens-More

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Quill & Quire, Trillium Award Finalists News 

http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/09/andre-alexis-kamal-al-solaylee-and-danila-botha-among-finalists-for-30th-trillium-book-award/

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Toronto Star, Trillium Finalists Announcement 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/05/09/trillium-book-award-shortlist-includes-andre-alexis-kamal-al-solaylee.html

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Globe and Mail, Trillium Finalists Announcement 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/trillium-book-award-finalists-announced/article34929525/

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All Lit Up, ReLit Shortlist 

https://alllitup.ca/Lists/ReLit-Award-Nominees-2016

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Interview with Open Book Toronto & Ontario: On Writing 

https://open-book.ca/Writer-in-Residence/Archives/Danila-Botha/On-Writing-with-Danila-Botha

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Interview with All Lit Up: on Inspiration and Writer's Block 

https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2016/Women-s-Writer-s-Block-Danila-Botha

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Interview with Daniel Perry of Brockton Writer's Series 

https://brocktonwritersseries.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/bws-11-01-17-danila-botha/

 

Interview with the Toronto Star, Music to Write By 

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2016/03/12/music-to-write-by-authors-name-their-playlists.html

 

https://49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2015-37/City-Books-and-Too-Much-on-the-Inside-a-list-by-Danila-Botha

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/12/152/The-Recommend-December-2016

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/05/13/Books-to-Inspire-Writers-in-the-Thick-of-It

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https://49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2017-50/What-to-read-after-Cat-Person

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Interview with Metro News Canada 

http://quattrobooks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Metro_DB_Too-Much1.jpg

 

Interview with Open Book Toronto, For All the Men... playlist 

https://open-book.ca/Writer-in-Residence/Archives/Danila-Botha/For-All-the-Men-A-Playlist

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https://alllitup.ca/Blog/Where-in-Canada/2015/Where-in-Canada-Danila-Botha-s-Queen-West

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Interview with the Chronicle Herald, Halifax

http://thechronicleherald.ca/books/1305438-too-much-on-the-inside-botha%E2%80%99s-book-born-on-public-transit

 

Interview with the Times and Transcript, New Brunswick 

http://quattrobooks.ca/the-times-and-transcript-reviews-too-much-on-the-inside/

 

Interview with author Alix Hawley

http://www.alixhawley.com/blog/storybrain-eight-questions-for-danila-botha

 

Interview with The Miramichi Reader

http://miramichireader.ca/2015/07/the-danila-botha-interview/

 

Interview with the Literary Lollipop

https://theliterarylollipop.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/too-much-on-the-inside-in-conversation-with-danila-botha/

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