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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Festival of South Asian Literature & Arts 2013

FSALA-13 will be a three-day event, scheduled May 2013 at the Munk Centre for Global Affairs inToronto

There will be more than 20 Canadian writers present. 
In addition to six to eight from South Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, and the USAYounger people will be a special focus of this eventA good number of participants, including readers, will be a new generation of writers. One seminar will specifically explore the concerns or preoccupations of this generation. FSALA, which will be held in central Toronto, is designed to bring members of the different communities together to be part of a serious, contemporary, and secular literary and cultural event. Books will be on sale and we also propose to have a panel discussion on Canadian South Asian cinema.

International writers at FSALA-13
Amit Chaudhri 
Oonya Kempadoo
Sarmad Sehbai
Selina Hossain
Sharankumar Limbale
Valerie Tagwira
Prasanna Vithanage (filmmaker)

FSALA-09 & FSALA-11

So far, FSALA  has had two highly successful and participatory editions of this three-day festival – in 2009 
and 2011.
In 2009 and 2011, more than 25 writers and musicians based in North America and South Asia participated 
in the festival. 
In 2009, Bapsi Sidhwa, the Pakistani-origin novelist, was the chief guest 
In 2011, Girish Karnad, India’s Jnanpeeth award-winning playwright was the chief guest, along with India’s renowned playwright Mahesh Dattani
Both FSALA-9 and FSALA-11 demonstrated that the South Asian communities are appreciative of such a festivalStarBuzz, Toronto.

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