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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with acclaimed author Farzana Doctor about her stunning novel, The Beauty of Us (ECW Press, 2024). They also talk about genre hopping, book promotion, avoiding burnout (and sometimes not), and literary community. More About The Beauty of Us : September 1984, Thornton College private school. After 15-year-old Zahabiya's father remarries, she can't wait to leave home and convinces him to send her away to boarding school. But will she fit in? She joins a clique of smart students but isn't sure if she measures up or how to read the mixed messages from a guy she's crushing on. Seventeen-year-old Leesa has been at Thornton since middle school after her parents' messy divorce. She's been climbing the school's social ladder with equal measures of meanness and manipulation. She's also guarding a big secret that she has to work overtime to keep from her friends. Fresh out of university, this is Nahla's first real teaching job, and she's drowning. She has her distractions though: the flirty art teacher and a cryptic notebook left behind by her deceased predecessor, Mademoiselle Leblanc. Zahabiya and her friends — all racialized girls and victims of Leesa's bullying — uncover Leesa's secret. But can they help Leesa? Nahla, too, is embroiled in her own mystery, assisted by Mademoiselle Leblanc's ghost. Each is indelibly changed by what they learn. Masterfully crafted, The Beauty of Us is a gripping novel about surviving hardship, the power of friendship, and growing up. More about Farzana Doctor: Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. She's written four critically acclaimed lit-fic novels, Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven, a poetry collection, You Still Look The Same and a self- and community care workbook for helpers and activists, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. The Beauty of Us, her first YA book, has just come out. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with acclaimed author Farzana Doctor about her stunning novel, The Beauty of Us (ECW Press, 2024). They also talk about genre hopping, book promotion, avoiding burnout (and sometimes not), and literary community. More About The Beauty of Us : September 1984, Thornton College private school. After 15-year-old Zahabiya's father remarries, she can't wait to leave home and convinces him to send her away to boarding school. But will she fit in? She joins a clique of smart students but isn't sure if she measures up or how to read the mixed messages from a guy she's crushing on. Seventeen-year-old Leesa has been at Thornton since middle school after her parents' messy divorce. She's been climbing the school's social ladder with equal measures of meanness and manipulation. She's also guarding a big secret that she has to work overtime to keep from her friends. Fresh out of university, this is Nahla's first real teaching job, and she's drowning. She has her distractions though: the flirty art teacher and a cryptic notebook left behind by her deceased predecessor, Mademoiselle Leblanc. Zahabiya and her friends — all racialized girls and victims of Leesa's bullying — uncover Leesa's secret. But can they help Leesa? Nahla, too, is embroiled in her own mystery, assisted by Mademoiselle Leblanc's ghost. Each is indelibly changed by what they learn. Masterfully crafted, The Beauty of Us is a gripping novel about surviving hardship, the power of friendship, and growing up. More about Farzana Doctor: Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. She's written four critically acclaimed lit-fic novels, Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven, a poetry collection, You Still Look The Same and a self- and community care workbook for helpers and activists, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. The Beauty of Us, her first YA book, has just come out. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor shares the books that helped shape her as a person and as a writer; Danzy Senna opens up about her novel and GMA Book Club pick Colored Television; Nashlyn Lloyd on taking inspiration from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin; how not to be a bad husband with Ravi Singh; and the one book Jean Mills loves to re-read on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Aurat Durbar: Writings by Women of South Asian Origin edited by Fauzia RafiqueGod Loves Hair by Vivek ShrayaMullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah BlankThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineInfinite Audition by Charlie PetchThe Creative Act by Rick RubenThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherAutopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renee LavoieThree by DA MishaniSee Now Then by Jamaica Kinkaid

This week, we're sitting down with psychotherapist, activist and author, Farzana Doctor.  We're discussing her recent novel, The Beauty of Us.  It's a stunning book about two girls and a teacher in a boarding school in the 80s all trying to find their way and solve a mystery. We've both read the book and loved it. Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill. Farzana can be found in the following placesHer Website: https://farzanadoctor.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farzanadoctor/Twitter: https://x.com/farzanadoctorHer Linktree: https://linktr.ee/farzanadoctorThe article Frank was talking about: https://americankahani.com/lifestyle/a-conversation-with-feminist-author-farzana-doctor-who-weaves-activism-into-her-literary-work/ 

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. Since 1993, Farzana has been a social worker at community based agencies and a mental health hospital. She is now in private practice where she provides psychotherapy to individuals and couples and clinical consultation to other therapists. She is a founding member of the End FGM Canada Network and WeSpeakOut, two organizations that focus on ending female genital cutting/mutilation. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection. Her self- and community care workbook for activists and helpers, 52 Weeks To A Sweeter Life, has just been released. Her new YA novel, The Beauty of Us, will be released in September.  www.Linktr.ee/farzanadoctor @farzanadoctor (on FB, insta, X, LinkedIn)  @farzanadoctorauthor (TikTok)

Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada in 1971

In this month's episode, we sit down with writer, activist, and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor about the importance of community care, the challenges of burnout, and her experience writing her practical workbook 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life for Caregivers, Activists and Helping Professionals. Listeners will learn about the balance between self-care and community care, and how small, consistent practices can combat exhaustion and support personal well-being.

On this episode, I speak with Farzana Doctor about her first poetry collection You Still Look the Same, published by Freehand Books in 2022*. We talk about the how she learned to market herself, how publishing a collection of poetry was a surprisingly relaxing experience (at least compared to publishing her four previous novels), and how the messes of her forties have broadened her ambitions as a writer.   Listen for a chance to win a copy of You Still Look the Same, courtesy of Freehand Books.   * In the introduction, I say 2021 by mistake.   Farzana Doctor: farzanadoctor.com Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Contact Nathan Whitlock at nathanwhitlock.ca/contact

Meet Farzana!! She is here to chat about all the things!!! I am sooooooo intrested in the healing techniques she talks about.  Some I have been using for years already in my own personal healing journey.  I LOVE bringing you the things I am learning and implementing into my own life - in real time!!! I also LOVEEEEE bringing it to you through people who can really speak to the behind-the-scenes info about these modalities, and explain them better.  Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection.  (AMAZING NOVELS, by the way!). Find her on IG at : @farzanadoctor Find Audrey on IG at: @helloaudreyrose Episode Quote: "Sometimes we don't know we've gone into a state of stress…so just tuning in [to yourself]" Self Care Tip:

Farzana Doctor and Kelly Kaur talk about what goes into writing that first novel, and what comes next.

How do you begin to process trauma? How do you know if you need to process past trauma? Is it ever too late to process trauma? What are some ways to process trauma beyond psychotherapy? Why do we sometimes become “evangelical” about going to therapy? How can writing be therapeutic? Author and psychotherapist; Farzana Doctor - shares her personal story of breaking up, falling in love & exploring polyamory — all while going through peri-menopause. She shares insights on processing trauma later in life, rethinking self-disclosure in therapy, and writing as a form of healing. She also shares a reading from her new book of poetry, You Still Look The Same. Stay up to date with Farzana; by following her on social media - Twitter and Instagram. Special thanks to our new sponsor this week. Wherever you get listen to your podcasts, take a listen to Hot Money with hosts Patricia Nilsson (reporter) and Alex Barker (global media editor) from Financial Times.   Don't forget to check out www.HappierCouples.com and Dr. Jess' Mindful Sex, Mindblowing Oral (Penis and Clit Editions), Last Longer in Bed and other courses to liven up your sex life. Get 25% OFF when you use code PODCAST. Have fun and explore your body (and your partner's) in the bedroom with We-Vibe and Womanizer!  Use code DRJESS to save at WeVibe.com and be sure to check out their sale section this week. If you have questions for the podcast, submit them here. And please be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music & Stitcher!   Rough Transcript: This is a computer-generated rough transcript, so please excuse any typos. This podcast is an informational conversation and is not a substitute for medical, health, or other professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the services of an appropriate professional should you have individual questions or concerns. Trauma & Therapy & Writing As A form of Healing Participant #1: You're listening to the Sex with Dr. Jess Podcast. Sex and relationship advice you can use tonight. Welcome to the Sex with Dr. Jess Podcast. I'm your co co host, Brandon Ware here with my lovely other half, Dr. Jess. I like hearing your voice through the mic. It's a different Brandon. Is it sultry and raspy? It's better than real life Brandon. No. Yeah, it is. Well, it's a little deep right now because you're sick. But we'll get to that. This week. We have a brand new sponsor, and it is a new podcast altogether, the Hot Money Podcast. So this is a new series all about the porn industry and the money that fuels it. It's hosted in research by two Financial Times reporters who kind of started digging into the porn industry. And they found that even though porn obviously relies on performers to literally bear it, all the information about the people and the businesses and the money running the industry is hidden away like some sort of a state secret. So on the Hot Money Podcast, their hosts, Patricia Nielsen and Alex Barker, they're taking listeners inside the porn industry to uncover who is really pulling the strings. So their reporting reveals a story that goes way beyond a single person. It's really a story that includes billionaires and tech geniuses and some of the most powerful finance companies in the world. So this is the Hot Money Podcast. And you can listen to the Hot Money Podcast wherever you get your podcast. And hopefully you're already subscribing to this one. So you can go ahead and check out Hot Money. Now, Brandon and I, you may be able to hear are under the weather. And actually we're feeling really good, but our voices and throats are not. So we're lucky that not too long ago we actually sat down with our friend and a former guest, Farzana Doctor, to talk about her experience with dating with trauma, with her new book, Writing as Therapy. As far as on a doctor,

How do you begin to process trauma? How do you know if you need to process past trauma? Is it ever too late to process trauma? What are some ways to process trauma beyond psychotherapy? Why do we sometimes become “evangelical” about going to therapy? How can writing be therapeutic? Author and psychotherapist; Farzana Doctor - shares her personal story of breaking up, falling in love & exploring polyamory — all while going through peri-menopause. She shares insights on processing trauma later in life, rethinking self-disclosure in therapy, and writing as a form of healing. She also shares a reading from her new book of poetry, You Still Look The Same. Stay up to date with Farzana; by following her on social media - Twitter and Instagram. Special thanks to our new sponsor this week. Wherever you get listen to your podcasts, take a listen to Hot Money with hosts Patricia Nilsson (reporter) and Alex Barker (global media editor) from Financial Times. And some onderful news, WeVibe has extended my code for the rest of this week until June 10th. Check our their website and use code DRJESS to get 15% off all toys, including the We-Vibe TouchX, Nova 2 & the beautiful Melt. If you've got podcast questions, submit them here. And please be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music & Stitcher! Rough Transcript: This is a computer-generated rough transcript, so please excuse any typos. This podcast is an informational conversation and is not a substitute for medical, health, or other professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the services of an appropriate professional should you have individual questions or concerns. Trauma & Therapy & Writing As A form of Healing Participant #1: You're listening to the Sex with Dr. Jess Podcast. Sex and relationship advice you can use tonight. Welcome to the Sex with Dr. Jess Podcast. I'm your co co host, Brandon Ware here with my lovely other half, Dr. Jess. I like hearing your voice through the mic. It's a different Brandon. Is it sultry and raspy? It's better than real life Brandon. No. Yeah, it is. Well, it's a little deep right now because you're sick. But we'll get to that. This week. We have a brand new sponsor, and it is a new podcast altogether, the Hot Money Podcast. So this is a new series all about the porn industry and the money that fuels it. It's hosted in research by two Financial Times reporters who kind of started digging into the porn industry. And they found that even though porn obviously relies on performers to literally bear it, all the information about the people and the businesses and the money running the industry is hidden away like some sort of a state secret. So on the Hot Money Podcast, their hosts, Patricia Nielsen and Alex Barker, they're taking listeners inside the porn industry to uncover who is really pulling the strings. So their reporting reveals a story that goes way beyond a single person. It's really a story that includes billionaires and tech geniuses and some of the most powerful finance companies in the world. So this is the Hot Money Podcast. And you can listen to the Hot Money Podcast wherever you get your podcast. And hopefully you're already subscribing to this one. So you can go ahead and check out Hot Money. Now, Brandon and I, you may be able to hear are under the weather. And actually we're feeling really good, but our voices and throats are not. So we're lucky that not too long ago we actually sat down with our friend and a former guest, Farzana Doctor, to talk about her experience with dating with trauma, with her new book, Writing as Therapy. As far as on a doctor, if you don't know her, is a Canadian. She's a celebrated author, activist, and psychotherapist. And we know you're going to enjoy this conversation with her. So without further Ado, here it is. Thank you so much for joining us,

Today on the show, I am sharing my interview with Farzana Doctor where we talk about non-monogamy, what sexuality looks like in your 40s, and what it means to be a quote unquote “good woman.” We also discuss her new book that is a collection of poetry, You Still Look the Same. I particularly resonated with her poem Boundaries and I know it's a topic a lot of folks have asked me about. Resources from the Show! Farzana Doctor: https://farzanadoctor.com/ You Still Look The Same Discount Code: use DOCTOR20 at check-out at https://freehand-books.com/ (https://freehand-books.com) Audiobook link: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781778520648 Seven Link: https://farzanadoctor.com/seven/ Interview with Farzana in Season 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-love-doctor/id1519672109?i=1000536137699 Burnout by Nagoski sisters: https://www.burnoutbook.net/ Internal Family Systems therapy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy Polysecure by Jessica Fern: ​​https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52569124-polysecure Metamour definition: https://www.polydictionary.org/metamour/

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels. Her latest, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, was chosen for multiple 2020 Best Book lists and shortlisted for the Trillium and Evergreen Awards. Her poetry collection, You Still Look The Same (Freehand Books), will be released in May 2022 with an audiobook following soon after. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. In this interview, Doctor discusses her process and craft in the context of her personal journey and her work as a psychotherapist. She shares some poetry from her new collection and discusses the power of storytelling when it comes to reckoning with the past, healing, and moving forward. Her work is both deeply personal and incredibly resonant for all of us living in these challenging times. Find our more about Ms. Doctor at https://farzanadoctor.com/. Jori Krulder is an English teacher in rural Northern California where she writes frequently about engaging students in the study of what it means to be human - literature. She can be found sharing lessons and ideas with the brilliant, generous community of writers and educators on Twitter at @jorikrulder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels. Her latest, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, was chosen for multiple 2020 Best Book lists and shortlisted for the Trillium and Evergreen Awards. Her poetry collection, You Still Look The Same (Freehand Books), will be released in May 2022 with an audiobook following soon after. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. In this interview, Doctor discusses her process and craft in the context of her personal journey and her work as a psychotherapist. She shares some poetry from her new collection and discusses the power of storytelling when it comes to reckoning with the past, healing, and moving forward. Her work is both deeply personal and incredibly resonant for all of us living in these challenging times. Find our more about Ms. Doctor at https://farzanadoctor.com/. Jori Krulder is an English teacher in rural Northern California where she writes frequently about engaging students in the study of what it means to be human - literature. She can be found sharing lessons and ideas with the brilliant, generous community of writers and educators on Twitter at @jorikrulder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels. Her latest, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, was chosen for multiple 2020 Best Book lists and shortlisted for the Trillium and Evergreen Awards. Her poetry collection, You Still Look The Same (Freehand Books), will be released in May 2022 with an audiobook following soon after. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. In this interview, Doctor discusses her process and craft in the context of her personal journey and her work as a psychotherapist. She shares some poetry from her new collection and discusses the power of storytelling when it comes to reckoning with the past, healing, and moving forward. Her work is both deeply personal and incredibly resonant for all of us living in these challenging times. Find our more about Ms. Doctor at https://farzanadoctor.com/. Jori Krulder is an English teacher in rural Northern California where she writes frequently about engaging students in the study of what it means to be human - literature. She can be found sharing lessons and ideas with the brilliant, generous community of writers and educators on Twitter at @jorikrulder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

Today on the show, I'm answering your questions about whether folks with vulvas mature more quickly than folks with penises and how what we're watching on Netflix is impacting how we behave in the bedroom. I also share my interview with author, activist, and therapist, Farzana Doctor. Farzana and I talk about her new book Seven and how fiction is a powerful tool to address taboo topics in a pleasurable yet impactful way. In particular, we discuss khatna, a form of female genital mutilation (FGM) and what we can do to raise the profile to end its practice. Resources from the Show! Farzana Doctor: https://linktr.ee/farzanadoctor (https://linktr.ee/farzanadoctor) Instagram: @farzanadoctor  Seven promo code for Canadians at http://www.dundurn.com (www.dundurn.com) with code DOCTOR25 End FGM Canada Network: https://www.endfgm.ca/ (https://www.endfgm.ca/) Dear Maasi: https://sahiyo.com/2020/09/13/dear-maasi-a-new-sex-and-relationship-column-for-survivors-of-female-genital-cutting/ (https://sahiyo.com/2020/09/13/dear-maasi-a-new-sex-and-relationship-column-for-survivors-of-female-genital-cutting/) The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation Amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community: https://sahiyo.com/2016/01/19/the-practice-of-khatna-or-female-genital-mutilation-amongst-the-dawoodi-daudi-bohra-shia-muslim-community-part-1/ World Health Organization Key Facts about FGM: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation The Lost and Lonely Clitoris: Why Can So Few People Find It?: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/31/the-lost-and-lonely-clitoris-why-can-so-few-people-find-it (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/31/the-lost-and-lonely-clitoris-why-can-so-few-people-find-it) Labia Liberation: The Movement to End Vulva Anxiety for Good: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/13/labia-liberation-the-movement-to-end-vulva-anxiety-for-good The Vulva Gallery: https://www.thevulvagallery.com/the-vulva-gallery (https://www.thevulvagallery.com/the-vulva-gallery) Ida Applebroog Monalisa (vulva drawings) ​​https://www.hauserwirth.com/publications/9351-ida-applebroog-monalisa (https://www.hauserwirth.com/publications/9351-ida-applebroog-monalisa) How TikTok is Reclaiming Outer Labia in a Humorous and Non-Judgemental Way: ​​https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2021/08/10638396/tiktok-female-body-confidence-labia (https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2021/08/10638396/tiktok-female-body-confidence-labia) Meat Curtains by @ella.watkins on TikTok S.E.X. The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna  Science Explains Why Women Are Faster To Mature Than Men: https://www.mic.com/articles/111226/science-explains-why-women-are-faster-to-mature-than-men

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based award-winning writer, activist, and psychotherapist working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. In her latest book, Seven, Farzana blends beautiful storytelling with social justice, using the pages of Seven to tell the story of female genital mutilation and its impact on the communities where it is practiced. Internationally recognized as a violation of human rights, Farzana is a tireless volunteer and activist using her creative abilities to help build a movement that protects vulnerable women and girls across the globe.   In This Episode:  The heartbreaking facts about female genital cutting  How storytelling can be a catalyst for changing communities The hard truth is that sometimes women are the instruments for oppression other women Listener Perks:  ---> Enter Our Giveaways! - Go to www.Thatswhatshedidpodcast.com to enter to win our season giveaways. Each season we pick listeners at random to win cool FREE stuff like books and show merch. Don't miss out!   ---> FreeBodySociety.com - On a mission to make sure all women feel powerful and free in their bodies. The Free Body Society has you covered with the super-soft hoodies and t-shirts you can't wait to rock. Use Code: SheDid at check to get 15% off your first purchase.  ---> Our listeners get 10% off at The Feminist Shop! Use code SheDid at checkout.  Follow Farzana: linktr.ee/farzanadoctor Follow The Show:  Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com

Taylor is joined by Farzana Doctor, a writer, psychotherapist, and activist who is fighting against female genital mutilation.  As a student at the Modern Sex Therapy Institue Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology program, Taylor was struck by Farzana Doctor's presentation on FGM.  In this episode, learn what FGM is, where it happens, who does it, and how to be an ally to survivors. Let’s Talk About It Podcast Instagram Farzana’s Instagram Sahiyo Instagram Dear Massi Column Seven Book Get 25% off Seven at dundurn.com by using promo code: DOCTOR25 Farzana Doctor's Linktree Get 15% off all sex toys at bboutique.co & free US shipping with code: TAYLOR15 More podcasts at WAVE!

TW: Female Genital Mutilation, Sexual Kicking off S3 with an insightful, eye-opening and inspiring episode with Farzana Doctor, who is a Toronto-based author of four novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. She is also an activist, part-time psychotherapist and amateur tarot card reader We chat about Farzana's latest book Seven and how it explores and teaches the reader about the practice of Khatna in a real way in a fictional setting and how it relates to broader patriarchal issues meant to control women's bodies and sexuality. In honor of season 3 and the book's release, we will be hosting a North America based giveaway for Seven on Thurs, May 13. Keep an eye out for this @caffeinatedbrowngirl on instagram Please subscribe to the podcast & leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed the episode. Connect with the Caffeinated Brown Girl Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffeinatedbrowngirl/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caffeinatedbrowngirl Connect with Farzana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farzanadoctor/ Website: https://farzanadoctor.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/farzanadoctor/

SPOILER ALERT and ADULT CONTENT WARNING for this episode Today we discuss the book Seven by Farzana Doctor. We discussed for about 30 minutes and then Farzana joined us to field some questions and join in our conversation about her book and the issues surrounding the book and her community. Farzana Doctor is an award-winning writer, activist, and psychotherapist. She is the author of four novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven. Seven has been chosen for 2020 Best Book lists including: Indigo/Chapters, Apple Books, Amnesty International, CBC Books and more. Her poetry collection, You Still Look The Same, will be released in fall 2022. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. linktr.ee/farzanadoctor You can purchase the book directly from her publisher who is offering a 25% discount on orders through their website (www.Dundurn.com) Use Promo code DOCTOR25. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Thank me later. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts. I thank you for it. My website is being worked on. I'm getting help. YAY. So, watch out for that. Please follow me on a new app called Swell. I'm @bookishpodcast. You can interact with me there also. I would like to introduce each of our members in attendance briefly with their instagram tags. Please follow them all. Thank you. Erin - @erin_eatsbooks and Amy - @amyvoltaireauthor. Jen does not have an instagram account. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingalifethroughbooks/message

In this episode, we speak to Farzana doctor, an author, activist & psychotherapist about the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is internationally recognized as human rights violation for girls and women yet an ignored topic in the community discussion. Farzana shares her experiences working with FGM survivors and activist groups that are challenging toxic patriarchy in debunking the myths around FGM. www.maitri.org | 1-888-8MAITRI Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn _____________ This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention. www.sccendviolence.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/maitribayarea/message

In this episode, we talk with author Farzana Doctor how she employed social media initiatives for her book launch, managed virtual book events and spearheaded her own marketing. We also discuss how authors can approach social media, best practices and pitfalls to avoid.

Today, February 6th, is International Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Day. In The Cut, we are learning more about female genital mutilation and cutting (FGMC). Farzana Doctor, a FGMC activist, is joining us to share more about what exactly is FGMC, the history behind it, and potential after effects of FGMC. Farzana recently released a top in 2020 book, Seven. In this fiction book, she shares stories and experiences of women who have had FGMC. This bonus episode will not disappoint.  Follow Farzana Doctor on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Check out her latest book, Seven. Use the promo code DOCTOR25 to save 25%. Get my Top Foreplay Tips HERE! Get your Vaginas, Vulvas, and Vibrators Apparel and Pure Romance by Jordan Jones products here. Follow Jordan D'Nelle on Facebook and Instagram Email: JordanDnelle@VaginasVulvasandVibrators.com Support the Vaginas, Vulvas, and Vibrators podcast! Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews help this podcast impact more lives Subscribe to Vaginas, Vulvas, and Vibrators on iTunes if you haven't already! *Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and/or entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Psychotherapist, Farzana Doctor, joins us to discuss her latest novel, Seven. She shares her own story as a survivor and an activist and discusses the role the body can play in healing. She also sheds light on the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting, which occurs in all corners of the globe, including North America. We discuss somatic therapy, labiaplasty, and the perils of white saviorism as well as her journey of healing post trauma. Follow Farzana on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Use code DOCTOR25 for 25% off Seven at Dundurn Publishers! This podcast has been sponsored by Let'sGetChecked. Use code DRJESS to save at checkout!       If you've got questions or topic suggestions for the podcast, submit them here. As well, you can now record your messages for us! Please record your message/question in a quiet room and use your phone's headphones with a built-in mic if possible. And be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music & Stitcher! Rough Transcript: This is a computer-generated rough transcript, so please excuse any typos. This podcast is an informational conversation and is not a substitute for medical, health or other professional advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the services of an appropriate professional should you have individual questions or concerns. EPISODE 197: Somatic Therapy, Sexual Healing & FGMC (00:05): You're listening to the Sex with Dr. Jess podcast. Sex and relationship advice you can use tonight. Dr. Jess (0:18): Hey hey. Brandon how you doing today? Brandon (0:20): I'm doing pretty good. How are you? Dr. Jess (0:22): I'm good. I saw that you had a big day today. Brandon (0:26): I did, big morning. Dr. Jess (0:28): You had your first friend date since like, their first virtual friend date, since the onset of COVID. We're like ten months in and you told me you were going to have coffee with a friend online and I was like, “Oh my god. That's so exciting.” And I mean I know we talk about relationships. But I wonder if we should spend some more time talking about friendships. Brandon (0:52): Yeah I had a great, I mean just caught up with a friend over coffee. And like you said it was the first time since this began that I haven't kind of jumped in on your group of friends to have some connection. So there's this friend of mine who we would meet once every week or two, have coffee, catch up, and honestly just talk. And not like surface, superficial conversations but deeper conversations. We've shed some tears together. When our dog passed away he was one of the few people that I shared the story with. And it was really hard for me and honestly I hope he doesn't mind me saying this but we were both like in tears, at this coffee shop which was a little different. Dr. Jess (01:37): So that was a few years ago. Darkhorse, in the Canary District district right? Brandon (01:43): Yeah coming up on about two years ago that happened. And since then we've shared in other things that have been going on in my life, and things that were going on in his life, and it doesn't always get deep, but it's nice to have a friend where you can dig a little bit deeper and you can open up because it's not something that I felt like I grew up with. I had a lot of friends that we that we really shared, I guess intimately about, like things of it. Dr. Jess (02:09): Yeah and I bring it up because you know, I'm super social and you tend to kind of pop in and pop out. And I think sometimes and correct me if I'm wrong, my friend group fills your social cup right? Like you kinda just come and hang with us for a little bit. Then you pull a Brandon and leave us. But I guess during these different times where I'm not seeing any of my friends right now, we are with two of my cousins here, that's who we're living with actually. They're moving out though tomorrow,

Psychotherapist, Farzana Doctor, joins us to discuss her latest novel, Seven. She shares her own story as a survivor and an activist and discusses the role the body can play in healing. She also sheds light on the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting, which occurs in all corners of the globe, including North America. We discuss somatic therapy, labiaplasty, and the perils of white saviorism as well as her journey of healing post trauma. Follow Farzana on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Use code DOCTOR25 for 25% off Seven at Dundurn Publishers! This podcast has been sponsored by Let’sGetChecked. Use code DRJESS to save at checkout!    

Sharifa and her husband Murtuza are spending his sabbatical year in Mumbai with their seven-year-old daughter, Zeenat. While Murtuza teaches, Shari is planning to homeschool Zee, reconnect with her family, and research her great-great grandfather with hopes of creating a family history. But Sharifa’s cousins, with whom she was once close, are at odds. Fatema is involved in a campaign to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) while Zainab sees it as a time-honored tradition that must be respected. Sharifa thinks it’s a cruel and harmful injustice, but isn’t at all sure it is still practiced in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim sect they all belong to – and if it is, she wonders who is insisting on such an outdated practice? Today I talked to writer, activist, and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor, author of Seven (Dundurn Press, 2020). She was born in Zambia to Indian parents, lived there for five years and then in 1971, immigrated with her family to Canada. As a teenager, Doctor because interested in community organizing around issues of gender violence, gender rights, and environmental protection. She currently volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a global group that is working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. Her first novel was Stealing Nasreen 2007, and her second, Six Metres of Pavement 2012, won a Lambda Literary Award and was short-listed for the 2012 Toronto Book Award. Her third novel, All Inclusive, was a Kobo 2015 and National Post Best Book of the Year. Named one of CBC Books’ “100 Writers in Canada You Need To Know Now,” she has also recently published a poetry collection. In her spare time, Farzana Doctor poses Maggie, her dog, with books she loves under the hashtag #MaggieWithBooks. And in previous times, she loved going to restaurants and travelling. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com) if you wish to recommend an author (of a beautifully-written new novel) to interview, to listen to her previous podcast interviews, to read her mystery book reviews, or to check out some of her awesome recipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifa and her husband Murtuza are spending his sabbatical year in Mumbai with their seven-year-old daughter, Zeenat. While Murtuza teaches, Shari is planning to homeschool Zee, reconnect with her family, and research her great-great grandfather with hopes of creating a family history. But Sharifa’s cousins, with whom she was once close, are at odds. Fatema is involved in a campaign to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) while Zainab sees it as a time-honored tradition that must be respected. Sharifa thinks it’s a cruel and harmful injustice, but isn’t at all sure it is still practiced in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim sect they all belong to – and if it is, she wonders who is insisting on such an outdated practice? Today I talked to writer, activist, and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor, author of Seven (Dundurn Press, 2020). She was born in Zambia to Indian parents, lived there for five years and then in 1971, immigrated with her family to Canada. As a teenager, Doctor because interested in community organizing around issues of gender violence, gender rights, and environmental protection. She currently volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a global group that is working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. Her first novel was Stealing Nasreen 2007, and her second, Six Metres of Pavement 2012, won a Lambda Literary Award and was short-listed for the 2012 Toronto Book Award. Her third novel, All Inclusive, was a Kobo 2015 and National Post Best Book of the Year. Named one of CBC Books’ “100 Writers in Canada You Need To Know Now,” she has also recently published a poetry collection. In her spare time, Farzana Doctor poses Maggie, her dog, with books she loves under the hashtag #MaggieWithBooks. And in previous times, she loved going to restaurants and travelling. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com) if you wish to recommend an author (of a beautifully-written new novel) to interview, to listen to her previous podcast interviews, to read her mystery book reviews, or to check out some of her awesome recipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

P is for Patriarchal Abuse: Female Genital Mutilation. Joining me this week to talk about this topic is Farzana Doctor. Farzana Doctor is the Toronto-based author of four novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven. Seven was just named an Indigo/Chapters Best Book of the Year, and Amnesty International Readers 2020 Choice. Farzana is also the Maasi behind Dear Maasi, a new sex and relationships column for FGM/C survivors. She is also an activist, part-time psychotherapist and amateur tarot card reader.  http://www.farzanadoctor.com/ (http://www.farzanadoctor.com)    In this episode we discussed female genital mutilation and how important it is to be educated on the subject, be willing to listen in a non-judgemental fashion, and understand this in terms of consent violations as well. The WHO says: Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice has no health benefits for girls and women. FGM can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths. More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated (1). FGM is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15. FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women. WHO is opposed to all forms of FGM, and is opposed to health care providers performing FGM (medicalization of FGM). Treatment of health complications of FGM in 27 high prevalence countries costs 1.4 billion USD per year. Female genital mutilation is classified into 4 major types. Type 1: this is the partial or total removal of the clitoral glans (the external and visible part of the clitoris, which is a sensitive part of the female genitals), and/or the prepuce/ clitoral hood (the fold of skin surrounding the clitoral glans). Type 2: this is the partial or total removal of the clitoral glans and the labia minora (the inner folds of the vulva), with or without removal of the labia majora (the outer folds of skin of the vulva ). Type 3: Also known as infibulation, this is the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the labia minora, or labia majora, sometimes through stitching, with or without removal of the clitoral prepuce/clitoral hood and glans (Type I FGM). Type 4: This includes all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, e.g. pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterizing the genital area. Often people are only aware of type 1 or 2. Type 4 is also frequently practised without consent. Most of these are an effort to control female sexuality and control female pleasure.

Female Genital Mutilation is a subject often too taboo to discuss. Novelist, psychotherapist, speaker and activist Farzana Doctor joins me to talk about this subject and her new novel, Seven which deals with FGM, relationships and sexual healing.

Can you imagine a seven year old girl, and her being cut so deeply in an unsterile environment? Female Genital Mutilation is a problem in societies all over the world and in her latest novel, author Farzana Doctor speaks about the lasting physical and mental damage. Some links to follow podcast page: farheenraza.com authors page farzanadoctor.com Sahiyo - united against female genital cutting sahiyo.com follow Freeni on instagram @authentic.unfiltered and email at authentic.unfiltered@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a term that makes my skin crawl to even say it. However, it's practiced in over 92 countries, and even until the 1970s, health insurance in the United States covered female circumcision. These are facts I learned from Farzana Doctor, an FGM survivor and now Activist, Psychotherapist, and Writer. Her latest book, Seven, is a rich, soulfully written novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between modern and traditional customs. This episode is full of learning about FGM, the Dawoodi Bohra community, and how patriarchy continues to be propagated by women. This is a nuanced conversation and I invite you to take a keen listen to this one.

Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, psychotherapist, and the co-founder of End FGM Canada. She was recently mentioned in CBC Books' “100 Writers in Canada You Need To Know Now", and currently volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a global group working to ban Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra community, which she herself hails from. Farzana's recent novel Seven (August 2020, Dundurn), is an evocative, inter-generational family tale that brings visibility to the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in India, known in India as “Khatna”. Seven is the first Canadian novel to address and bring visibility to female genital cutting/mutilation. In this episode, we talk about activism, the End FGC movement and Farzana's new novel- Seven.

Do we ever really tell the truth, even to ourselves? This episode features three novels that examine the lies and truths at the heart of our most intimate relationships: Seductive and tension-filled, Polar Vortex by Giller Prize nominee Shani Mootoo is a story of secrets, deceptions, and revenge. It asks if we ever free from our pasts? Do we deserve to be? A spellbinding, down-the-rabbit-hole tale about loneliness and belonging, creativity and agency, and female friendship and desire, Mona Awad's acclaimed novel Bunny explores what happens when an outsider is suddenly invited into a clique of unbearably twee rich girls. Seven, by Lambda Literary Award-winner Farzana Doctor is about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between kinship and the fight against customs that harm us. When Sharifa accompanies her husband on a marriage-saving trip to India in 2016, she finds her family on opposite sides of the debate on khatna, an age-old ritual of female genital cutting.

Author Farzana Doctor sits down with Tristan Taormino to discuss her latest novel Seven which revolves around the practice of khatna, a ritual female genital cutting in Dawoodi Bohra communities. According to the World Health Organization, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where female genital mutilation (also called female genital mutilation or female circumcision) is concentrated. They discuss what it means when religion attempts to control women’s bodies and sexuality, and the devastating effects of silence, secrecy, and trauma. Her novel explores themes of family, loyalty, generational trauma, and the shame that persists for women to talk openly about their own sexuality. Throughout this riveting story, she offers models for resistance, activism, hope, and healing. Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist and psychotherapist. She is the author of four novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement (which won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award), All Inclusive (a Kobo 2015 and National Post Best Book of the Year) and Seven which Ms. Magazine says “is fully feminist and ambitiously bold; this is an important book for our changing times.” Farzana volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a group that is working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. This episode is sponsored by Intensity by Pour Moi and Trivia Star.

Farzana Doctor's new novel, Seven, juggles family, history, culture, and the incredible weight of those forces on women today. It's a detective story and travel novel, and a powerful insight into a woman struggling with sex, identity, her past, and her vast network of relatives. But the overarching issue throughout the book is female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice still common around the world. Farzana joins Ben to talk about the book, FGM, her writing process, and much more. About the Guest Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada in 1971. She became interested in community organizing as a teen (primarily environmental issues, gender violence and LGBTTTIQ rights). From 2009-18, she curated the Brockton Writers Series and has been a volunteer with The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Writers’ Trust. She currently volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a global group that is working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. She studied social work in the early nineties and has been a social worker ever since. She worked in a variety of community agencies and a hospital before starting part-time private practice, where she sees individuals and couples. She has been writing all of her life but it became a more regular practice around 2000, when she began writing her first novel, Stealing Nasreen, which was published by Inanna in 2007. Her second novel, Six Metres of Pavement, won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award and was short-listed for the 2012 Toronto Book Award. In 2017 it was voted the One Book One Brampton 2017 winner. Her third novel, All Inclusive was a Kobo 2015 and National Post Best Book of the Year. While all her books are distinct from one another, some common themes include loss, relationships, community, healing, racism, LGBT rights, diasporic identity and feminism. She seamlessly blends strong stories with social justice issues. Her genre so far has been contemporary literary fiction, but here is usually a hint of magic realism in her stories. She's just completed a novel, Seven (August 2020, Dundurn), and a poetry collection. You Still Look the Same. She is currently at work on a YA novel. Farzana was recently named one of CBC Books’ “100 Writers in Canada You Need To Know Now". She is represented by Rachel Letofsky of CookeMcDermid. She’s an amateur Tarot card reader and has a love of spirituality, energy psychology, hypnosis and neuroscience. She lives with her partner and dog near the lake in Etobicoke, the traditional territory of the Haudenosauneega, Anishinabek and Huron-Wendat peoples. Mentioned in this Episode Female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female genital mutilation. Read this WHO fact sheet about the practice that affects millions of women and girls worldwide. The Dawoodi Bohra community Farzana's advice column, Dear Maasi Hussonally Abdoolally Nasirudin Dholkawalla, an Indian entrepreneur on whom a key character in the book is based The book, Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah Blank The 2020 Vice documentary, Meghan Markle Escaping the Crown The Quote of the Week We are human beings. We make the traditions so we should have the right to change those traditions. - Malala Yousafzai

Author & activist Farzana Doctor plus Ebonnie Rowe, Founder of Honey Jam.  Guest host:  Reporter and writer, Meghan Collie. #ontheradar: Honouring Chadwick Boseman, Breonna Taylor on September mag covers, John Boyega on Star Wars, Mulan reviews and more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It would be fair say that we’re fascinated by audiobooks and learning about their production, distribution, and everything else involved in the process. Last month we interviewed Jamie Dupras and Jeff Guillot from Deyan Audio in Los Angeles, but for this month’s podcast episode, we brought the conversation to Canada. Ann Jansen, Director of Audiobook Production at Penguin Random House Canada, and David Caron, Co-Publisher at ECW Press, joined BookNet Canada Research Associate Shimona Hirchberg for a conversation about the state of the audiobook industry in Canada and what’s on the horizon for this rapidly evolving chapter of publishing. Links: -BookNet Canada's Press Play: Audiobook Use in Canada 2020: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/press-play-audiobook-use-in-canada-2020 -ECW Press' office land acknowledgment: https://ecwpress.com/pages/about-us -Longest audiobook Ann has ever worked on, First Snow, Last Light by Wayne Johnston: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/549668/first-snow-last-light-by-wayne-johnston/9780735272576 -Longest audiobook David has ever worked on, Membering by Austin Clarke: https://ecwpress.com/products/membering -Audiobook on about diversity and inclusion that PRHC licensed, The Authenticity Principle by Ritu Bhasin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605932/the-authenticity-principle-by-written-and-read-by-ritu-bhasin/9780771009747 -Audiobook PRHC is about to co-publish with Dundurn Press, Seven by Farzana Doctor: https://www.dundurn.com/books/Seven -Audiobook Ann was recently directing remotely, Dearly by Margaret Atwood: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/647306/dearly-by-margaret-atwood/9780771012969 -Backlist books PRHC has worked on or is currently working on: Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/163908/funny-boy-by-shyam-selvadurai/9780771001758 Halfbreed by Maria Campbell: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/610927/halfbreed-by-maria-campbell/9780771024092 Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/113915/fugitive-pieces-by-anne-michaels/9780771058820 Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/153652/lives-of-the-saints-by-nino-ricci/9780385696050 Richard Wagamese’s books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/32220/richard-wagamese -Titles part of ECW’s Bespeak list: Policing Black Lives by Robin Maynard, narrated by Marcia Johnson: https://ecwpress.com/products/policing-black-lives Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom, narrated by Adri Almeida: https://ecwpress.com/products/fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier, narrated by Michaela Washburn: https://ecwpress.com/products/in-search-of-april-raintree Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead: https://ecwpress.com/products/jonny-appleseed Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, narrated by Tantoo Cardinal: https://ecwpress.com/products/islands-of-decolonial-love

Hybla Reads is here! This show features writers of books and lyrics. The panel has assembled. We discuss books and music and the writing life. No rules, no losers - everyone is a winner. You'll be inspired! Christine McRae is a writer and an Algonquin Woman who has a deep commitment to this land and the Algonquin people - she is a young and important voice that is part of the movement to rebuild and relearn who her people are. Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada in 1971. Her new novel is Seven (Sept. 2020) Lisa Myers is a musician, independent curator and artist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary collaboration. Myers has a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial practice. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (formerly Faculty of Environmental Studies) at York University. Myers is a member of Beausoleil First Nation and she is based in Port Severn and Toronto, Ontario. LINKS TO CHECK OUT Christine McRae on Instagram @@waaseyaaconsulting for information about her work Farzana Doctor's Website for info about the release of her fourth novel Seven's release and tour dates and Lisa Meyer's Website for more about her art/writing/music Christine's Picks Natalie Babbit's Tuck Everlasting (1975), Lee Maracle's My Conversations with Canadians (2017), Jesse Thistle's From The Ashes (2019) Robin W. Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) Farzana's PIcs Zadie Smith's White Teeth (2000), Cherie Dimaline's Empire of the Wild (2019), Shaukat Ajmeri's Keepers of the Faith (2020) Check out the film adaption of White Teeth on Youtube! Lisa's Picks Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way Patsy Cline Greatest Hits Slints Spiderland Long Branch Facebook Get Long Branch's Music HERE ROAM Lyrics by Lisa Meyers Come for your empty ties Spent just to roam Come for your unpacked lies Finding your way home Threads they're sewn so tight Edges frayed and worn Gather them up together I watch them unravel on their own Pulling nails from the wall Dust falls to the floor Stains and wash colliding I guess I always want more Bup-ah I leave it all behind I leave it all behind Bup ah I leave it all behind I leave it all behind --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roy-mitchell5/message

The Guilty FeministPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Zainab Johnson Episode 205: Mad as Hellwith special guest Farzana Doctor Recorded 12 January 2020 at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Released 8 June 2020. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Photo by Alexander Gold http://instagram.com/agoldvisuals This episode is brought to you by Kobo.com, your local digital bookshop offering ebooks, audiobooks and ereaders. 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This week on #baaifkm we sit down with novelist and activist Farzana Doctor. We talk about; the process of writing her new book Seven, what happens in between a book being finished it being released and having to learn that it's not worth getting frustrated about the things out of your control.   Real conversations. Real artists. Pre-Order Seven here.  Find and Follow us: GALPAL Productions Instagram: @galpalprods  Facebook: GALPAL Productions This podcast wouldn't be possible without the support of our listeners. Support us here: Patreon

Author, activist, psychotherapist Farzana Doctor in conversation with Jaipur Bytes host Lakshya Datta. In this podcast-exclusive, Farzana and Lakshya talk about her life and career - both as a novelist and as a psychotherapist - as well as the work she does with WeSpeakOut, a global group that is working to ban female genital cutting in her Dawoodi Bohra community. Farzana Doctor is the award-winning author of Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement and All Inclusive. Doctor was recently named one of CBC Books’ 100 Canadian Writers You Need to Know Now. SEVEN, her fourth novel, will hit bookshelves in August 2020. She will be speaking at JLF Toronto on September 28.

Therapist and social worker Farzana Doctor talks about recovery after trauma, how to support sexual assault survivors, and counselling from a feminist perspective. Music by Lora Bidner and Jennifer Holub. Full show notes available at: www.slutornut.ca/podcast

Travel writing is a genre rife with fantasies of escape, luxury, and finding oneself through an experience in an unfamiliar place—in other words, colonial tropes. Is it possible to write about travel while decolonizing the narrative? We’re featuring several writers whose work focuses on humanizing the people who become backdrops to western tourism. Canadian writer Farzana Doctor joins us for the US launch of All Inclusive, her book written from the perspective of a worker at a Mexican resort. Reading alongside her are queer travel writer and activist Bani Amor, and writer and professor Tiphanie Yanique, whose debut novel, Land and Love of Drowning chronicles the changes in the US Virgin Islands over the 20th century. They're joined by Julia Hori, a graduate student who researches the colonial underpinnings of tourism in the Caribbean. Watch the video for the full event here on our YouTube channel. Music by Robert Rusli & Lu Yang.  http://aaww.org

Indian-Canadian queer Muslim author Farzana Doctor and I discuss her three novels, achieving diversity without sacrificing quality, and being divinely inspired. Photo by Vivek Shraya. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 A celebration of queer and trans black and brown genius...building on the groundbreaking first volume, Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives, Nia King is back with a second archive of interviews from her podcast We Want the Airwaves. She maintains her signature frankness as an interviewer while seeking advice on surviving capitalism from creative folks who often find their labor devalued. In this collection of interviews, Nia discusses biphobia in gay men's communities with Juba Kalamka, helping border-crossers find water in the desert with Micha Cardenas, trying to preserve Indigenous languages through painting with Grace Rosario Perkins, revolutionary monster stories with Elena Rose, using textiles to protest police violence with Indira Allegra, trying to respectfully reclaim one's own culture with Amir Rabiyah, taking on punk racism with Mimi Thi Nguyen, the imminent trans women of color world takeover with Lexi Adsit, queer life in WWII Japanese American incarceration camps with Tina Takemoto, hip-hop and Black Nationalism with Ajuan Mance, making music in exile with Martin Sorrondeguy, issue-based versus identity-based organizing with Trish Salah, ten years of curating and touring with the QTPOC arts organization Mangos With Chili with Cherry Galettte, raising awareness about gentrification through games with Mattie Brice, self-publishing versus working with a small press with Vivek Shreya, and the colonial nature of journalism school with Kiley May. The conversation continues. Bear witness to QTPOC brilliance. Included in the evening will be performances by:  Ryka Aoki is the author of Seasonal Velocities, He Mele a Hilo (A Hilo Song) and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. She has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression, as well as the visibility and well-being of Transgender people. Ryka was the inaugural performer for the first ever Transgender Stage at San Francisco Pride, and has performed in venues including the San Francisco Pride Main Stage, the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, the National Queer Arts Festival, and Ladyfest South. Ryka also appears in the recent documentaries “Diagnosing Difference” and “Riot Acts.” She has MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is a professor of English at Santa Monica College.Winner of the People Before Profits Poetry Prize, Meliza Bañales aka Missy Fuego is the author of Say It With Your Whole Mouth (Poems) and the Xicana-Punk-Rock-Coming-of-Age novel Life Is Wonderful, People Are Terrific which was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. She was a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area spoken-word and slam communities from 1996-2010, where she became the first Xicana to win a poetry slam championship in 2002. She is a Visiting Professor of Literature and Counter-Culture at UC San Diego and the feature film of her novel is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles.Nadia Ann Abou-Karr is an artist, writer and practitioner of holistic healing arts. She has been self publishing her own zines since middle school, with the most recent being THE ICONOCLAST Revolutionary Love series which highlights the complexities and confusion that arise from loving in the 5th dimension. Ultimately she always come back to the realization that self love is the best kind, and she uses all of her creative production to create an optimal climate for free love.Kim Tillman is an LA-based singer/songwriter, lead singer of the band Tragic Gadget and half of the music duo Kim Tillman & Silent Films. Her songs have been featured in film and television including American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky, the 2014 documentary feature Off the Floor, on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta and the ABC Family series Switched at Birth. Armed with a honey-velvet voice and precise, evocative lyrics, she aims simply to move you. Praise for Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 “Nia King’s essential project is about demystifying the artist’s life, and centering expression at the heart of radically diverse QTPOC lives. This second volume of artists’ voices is full of heart and wisdom, struggle and triumph. Another must-read for anyone dedicated to living creatively.” —Jeff Chang, author of Who We Be and We Gon’ Be Alright“With all the talk in the entertainment industry about a lack of diverse voices in our media, Nia King does the big work that is necessary to rescue the entertainment industry from itself. She is going out there to highlight these voices, not because they are diverse, but because they are absolutely necessary.” —W. Kamau Bell, host of United Shades of America“Queer and Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2 continues to amplify beautiful voices that need to be heard. Refreshingly honest and illuminating, these interviews combine to form a powerful statement on the journey of the artist, and the person behind the art, towards creating a world where we can all thrive as our true selves.” —Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym“Nia King once again provides a vital space where LGBTQ artists of color can share their unique experiences working in their creative fields. This volume, like its predecessor, will be a must-read for years to come.” —Hari Kondabolu, writer and comedian“This book shines a spotlight on QTPOC artists, activists and self-proclaimed weirdos, a group who rarely receive such attention. Through fluid and compelling conversations with King, readers learn about the creative processes, identities, organizing, and politics that inform their art. This is a beautiful archive as well as a rich source of information for creative people seeking inspiration.” —Farzana Doctor, author of All Inclusive and Six Metres of Pavement“In this new volume Nia King continues the invaluable work of amplifying the voices and interrogating the ideas of a new generation of joyous, committed creators. If you want to know who is shaping the culture of the next century, this is a book you must have: a book brimming with honesty, intelligence and heart.” —Nayland Blake, artist and professor“This book is a revolutionary literary gesture, providing both practical information to artists and also doing the work of expanding the archive. I love the way that King brings interviews to the page, disseminating artists’ knowledge while also creating a window into their language and lives. The honesty of the unscripted conversations feels both intimate and subversive.”—Virgie Tovar, author of Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion Nia King is a queer Black, Lebanese, Hungarian, and Jewish artist and activist from Canton, Massachusetts living in Oakland, California. She is the author of Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives and the host and producer of We Want the Airwaves podcast. Her writing and comics have been published in Colorlines, East Bay Express and Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. She has spoken about her work at schools and conferences such as Stanford University, Swarthmore College, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Facing Race, the Allied Media Conference, and the National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference. You can find more of her work at artactivistnia.com and contact her at NiaKing@zoho.com. Elena Rose, a Filipina-Ashkenazi trans lesbian mestiza, rode stories out of rural Oregon and hasn’t stopped telling since. As an ordained minister, writer, and organizer, she has been published in magazines including Aorta and Make/shift, co-founded the Speak! Radical Women of Color Media Collective, co-curated the acclaimed National Queer Arts Festival show Girl Talk: A Trans and Cis Women’s Dialogue, works as a nationally-recognized interfaith educator on justice issues, and serves on the boards of the Solar Cross Temple and the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. She can be contacted at takingsteps@gmail.comand on Twitter @burnlittlelight.