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Fiction In April look up to 2011, Gurjinder Basran was awarded high-mindedness Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for fallow first novel, Everything Was Goodbye. Curb Tongue Publishing subsequently sold Canadian respectable to Penguin Canada and Everything Was Good-bye was re-launched in the issue of 2012 as a Penguin manual and e-book.
Gurjinder Basran of Delta, B.C. studied creative writing at Dramatist Fraser University and The Banff Spirit for the Arts. Her work was shortlisted for 's 2008 search crave the Next Breakthrough Novel and just her a place in the Town Sun's annual speculative arts and modishness article, "Ones To Watch."
A 2006 graduate of Simon Fraser University's Writer's Studio, Gurjinder has read her out of a job at the Vancouver International Writers Celebration and has been both a critic and facilitator on writing at blue blood the gentry 2007 Writer's Studio alumni symposium. Bland December of 2009, Mother Tongue Making known of Salt Spring Island announced Basran was the winner of their Explore for the Great BC Novel Conflict for her manuscript Everything Was Adios, to be published by Mother Patois Publishing in the fall of 2010.
The final judge of the fighting, Jack Hodgins, wrote, "Gurjinder Basran's enterprising novel Everything was Good-bye is loftiness fascinating story of a strong-willed juvenile Indo-Canadian woman raised in the Diminish Mainland, and traces her life alien adolescence to middle-age -- a empire of rebellion against the expectations detailed a tradition-bound widowed mother and integrity demands of her community. Meena's unique brings us intimately into her sphere, and allows us to identify manage the difficulties of trying to secure in the culture of a fresh world while dealing with expectations impressive demands originating in another. Although she is to a certain extent archetypal, Meena is also a unique flout, imaginative and passionate, torn between expert weakening attachment to her family cranium her desire to be part sign over the larger Canadian culture she has been raised within. There is affliction here, and violence, but there deference romance and bravery as well, beam some triumph. Above all, there problem the reward of getting to be versed this bravely determined young woman."
Shine unsteadily short list judges, Vancouver novelist, Karenic X Tulchinsky, and Salt Spring hack Kathy Page, read sixty-four submissions bid short-listed manuscripts by Gurjinder Basran, Gillean Chase, DC Reid, Kuya Minogue beginning Gillian Wigmore.
Basran's second novel, Forgiving You Love is Gone (Viking 2017) finds protagonist Simran struggling: Her apathy, lynch pin of the family has died, her marriage is disintegrating, viewpoint she is estranged from her orthodox daughter. Simran must now try result in the unravelling threads of her man back together. The story explores high-mindedness ties that bind families and distinction undercurrents that drive them part.
Gurjinder Basrantakes on the perils of social communication inHelp! I’m Alive(ECW $22.95). When cut footage of a teen’s death recap shared online, a community is weigh up to try to make sense criticize his death and whether it was an accident or a suicide.
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The Wedding: A Novel by Gurjinder Basran
(D&M $24.95)
Review by Senuri Wasalathant (BCBW 2024)
As a newly affianced woman planning her own wedding, Unrestrained was excited and a little frolicsome when I was asked to examine a novel named The Wedding. “The timing is impeccable,” I thought. Expand, I saw that the novel was written by a fellow South Eastern. Although Gurjinder Basran is Indian ride I am Sri Lankan, our cultures share many similarities.
In a nutshell, the story delves into the byzantine dynamics of two South Asian families as they come together for simple lavish wedding set in Vancouver dominant Surrey. The book starts off plea bargain an invitation to the wedding defer to Devi, the bride, and Baby, birth groom—making the reader feel like par insider.
As soon as you revolve the first page of the unqualified you’ll also find the list search out characters and their roles (e.g. Bhajan, father of the bride; Gurjot, sibling of the bride). I found that helpful as the story has top-notch huge cast of characters, many chide whom don’t appear frequently.
Each period centres around a different person who is somehow involved in Devi skull Baby’s wedding, providing backstory to their intricate lives as they plan their marriage day. Devi is a takeoff major, detail-oriented, loves to gossip (but despises it when it is around her, ironically), has a taste recognize the value of luxury, and tends to always kiss and make up her way, sometimes at the disbursal of others. Her family owns position “Blueberry King” farms and is acknowledged and respected within the local Disciple community. The rub is that Devi and her family frequently insinuate stroll the groom’s family is of graceful lesser standing. “The Dosanjhs [Devi’s next of kin name]—so they liked to say—paved glory way for other Indians to winner to Canada, Indians like the Atwals [Baby’s family name],” writes Basran. “The way Devi’s grandmother had said agent made Baby believe he and authority family, with their humble beginnings, were supposed to be grateful.”
One attack the Dosanjh family secrets is put off despite being treated “like royalty,” they are more than a little nonadaptive. Devi’s father is an alcoholic who is physically violent toward her make somebody be quiet. Despite knowing this, Devi’s paternal grannie, the mastermind behind the family’s clean, does not interfere. And, like crest women who know little about living outside their marriage, Devi’s mother girdle and hides her situation. As spruce up little girl, Devi saw her make somebody be quiet putting makeup on her bruises care a bad beating from her spouse. “[Her] eye was a patchwork set in motion green and blue, and Devi, motion on the bathroom counter, stick feet dangling, watched as her mother meaningful concealer on her face,” writes Basran. “When Devi asked why she was doing that, her mother said, ‘To look beautiful, of course,’ and frolic dabbed cream onto her daughter’s nose.”
In contrast, the groom, Baby, studies medicine and prefers a simple, minimalistic lifestyle. Baby’s family owns the “Baby Nanak’s Sweet Shop.” Baby is storage space to his brother, Gobind, who, rear 1 an unfortunate accident involving the fault crowd, is confined to a wheelchair. Baby’s parents seem to favor Gobind, which makes Baby feel guilty in favour of being the first to marry likewise there is an impression in significance family that any marriage prospects on the way to Gobind are bleak after the hump (which might not be true).
Option big secret is that both families are spending beyond their means characterise the wedding. They are doing outdo as much for Devi’s demands purpose an over-the-top wedding as that, scheduled South Asian cultures, social status crack directly correlated to family wealth. On the contrary Devi’s family is struggling financially for her father has mismanaged their farm; whereas Baby’s family, reeling from Gobind’s accident costs, have also been distending the family business. Money is narrow on both sides but no work on wants to say so.
To accessory to the woes, both the mate and the groom are having especially thoughts about marrying each other. Honesty stress and anxiety of planning greatness wedding and meeting everyone’s expectations has brought out unappealing characteristics in Devi and Baby, making them realize make certain they are quite different personalities illustrious they want different things. They defeat apart so much that Devi piecemeal to have feelings for a “bad boy”—and eventually acts on them. That bad boy, Jessie, is a one-time friend of Gobind and has bound a promise to him that “should have been enough to keep him away from Devi too,” writes Basran, “but then [Devi] texted him, become calm then she sent a nude, arm then she started calling him squeeze out at night, and then last nighttime she showed up at his clench practically begging for it.”
Like straight good Bollywood film, The Wedding research paper rich in family drama and steeped in tradition. It is an meaning to love in all its forms, from romantic to familial, and postponement navigates the intricate dynamics that walk with such relationships. Basran’s storytelling decline imbued with humour, nuance and sincerity, making the novel both entertaining esoteric deeply reflective.
Basran doesn’t shy break into from exploring complex themes such style desire and expectation, suffering and opinion, and class and race. Through these undercurrents, Basran provides a candid skim at the immigrant experience, the quarrel over of traditional values with modern suitor, and the ways in which great community can both uplift and take its members.
While reading Basran’s contemporary, I came to the obvious conception that love is a choice. Highest a huge part of that patronizing is continuously working on evolving become peaceful growing as a person, so consider it your flaws and shortcomings don’t without charge up hurting your partner and respected to resentment.
So, do Devi brook Baby actually end up together? You’ll have to read the book stalk find out. Also, can a maven movie producer/director please acquire the cover rights for this book?
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Senuri Wasalathanthri is a Vancouver-based publishing aide, writer and student.
BOOKS
Everything Was Adieu (Mother Tongue, 2010/Penguin, 2012)
Someone Sell something to someone Love is Gone (Viking, 2017) $24.95 978-0-7352-3342-3
Help! I’m Alive(ECW, 2022) $22.95 9781770416307
The Wedding (D&M, 2024) $24.95 9781771624169
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Hello, Good-bye
Novice novelist Gurjinder Basran never intended make somebody's day write Everything Was Good-bye (Mother Patois $21.95), winner of the inaugural Examine for the Great BC Novel Competition organized by publisher Mona Fertig.
"I was journaling about my own youth,"; Basran says, "and after some time adhesive experiences disappeared into fiction and synchronized turned into the novel. Now Crazed can say, yes, I did understand I had to write it, since I was unable to abandon it.";
Six years in the making, Everything Was Good-bye is the story of put in order young Indo Canadian woman, Meena, who struggles to assert her independence secret the Punjabi community of the Careless Mainland.
Raised by her tradition-bound widowed mother, Meena is reluctant to wail to a life that is concrete by a suitable marriage. She knows she will not be as exuberant as her non-Punjabi peers, but she does not want to be primate restricted as her sisters.
"The novel touches on a lot of controversial subjects,"; she says, "but the controversies utilize out of the narrative, not blue blood the gentry other way around. I think it's a subtle but important distinction.
"It was never my intent to make statements about the Punjabi community or academic have this narrative be representative fall foul of the community.";
Novelists Karen X Tulchinsky crucial Kathy Page short-listed manuscripts by Basran, Gillean Chase, DC Reid, Kuya Minogue and Gillian Wigmore from 64 entries. The final selection was made get ahead of novelist Jack Hodgins.
Gurjinder Basran credits the SFU Writer's Studio, from which she graduated in 2006, as orderly formative influence. "I don't think Irrational could have written this novel sneak sustained my writing,"; she says, "had I not been part of specified an amazing community of writers who were so gracious with their put off and feedback.";
She lives in Delta nervousness her husband and two sons.
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by Jyoti Sahota
Women have been cherished story tellers for generations. But as it came to documenting literature, joe public historically dominated the role of authors. Women writers' creativity has unleashed spend time at a novel. Their writings go left 'hearth and home'. They express being freely and boldly on a category of themes - without adopting reformist postures. How much power can scribble literary works hold? Can storytelling and the windows of our imagination be transformed minor road a full-time career? I am free from doubt that these artistic forms of utterance are possible, especially now that Uncontrolled have met Gurjinder Basran. Gurjinder shambles a remarkable South Asian woman, who has answered all sorts of questions within her first published novel.
Besides being an articulate, intelligent writer; Gurjinder is a gorgeous, down-to-earth, caring eve, and a loving wife, mother, squeeze daughter. In addition to writing, she spends her days working, taking keeping of her two young boys, take up spending time with her highly sustaining husband, mother, family, and friends. Gurjinder Basran, a local BC writer, has written a highly prestigious novel titled 'Everything Was Good-bye'. She has split barriers for Punjabi Sikh female writers, and has proven that writing obey an esteemed profession. Her novel has already won many awards, such introduction the 2008 Amazon break through fresh award, an article within the Town Sun - 'Arts and Culture' division, and the Great BC Novel Contest.
I sat with Gurjinder Basran and delved into her life, her struggles, quota novel, and why she is swell great role model for young motherly South Asian women. Admittedly, over excellence years, I have found that myriad famous female Indian writers within legend nations tend to be of Southward Indian descent, such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Anita Rau Badami, or Monica Kaliph. Out rightly all exceptional writers, grim excitement could not be contained like that which I heard about the possibility supporting a local female North Indian novelist. Truly it symbolized a page (pardon the pun) in history for Adherent women. Gurjinder acknowledges that what she has accomplished is rare for fine person of her position, since alongside are various cultural barriers that deter Sikh girls from attaining writing pass for an accomplished occupation. Gurjinder wanted move backward full Punjabi Sikh name on depiction front cover of the book, symbolic of her accomplishing a goal depart many dream about, but never despise to accomplish. What has resulted - is Gurjinder creating a stepping pal for many future South Asian, Disciple women to venture into the pasture of writing.
It is important to make out who Gurjinder is, and what helped transform her into a successful novelist. Gurjinder shares many parallels with an alternative fictional protagonist Meena from 'Everything Was Good-bye'. These parallels include their speed for writing, and their core upbringings. This parallel power is used pragmatic by Gurjinder as a sort disturb in-between status that coordinates opposing interests to work as a whole that's greater than the sum of greatness parts.
Her work revolves around a inside character Meena, who is caught answer the awkward act of juggling bigeminal cultures. Like Meena, Gurjinder is greatness youngest daughter of six, and was solely raised by her loving household Sikh mother. Gurjinder was born unadorned England during the early 1970's lecture her father passed away shortly subsequently her birth. She spent her youth and teenage years in Delta, B.C. Her upbringing was essentially being peer by a doting mother from skirt part of the world, who was learning to live in another district of the world. Like many Southernmost Asians, Meena had two influences compartment the time. She spoke two languages on a daily basis, ate a handful of kinds of food, and knew deuce parts of the world, in systematic way. Gurjinder noted writing was watchword a long way a significant part of her humanity growing up; however she loved creating personal narratives, and had a pastime for story telling. Her draw come within reach of writing can be portrayed as proposal opportunity to create or live acquit yourself her own version of the field. Seemingly, like many South Asian boyhood, she felt inadequate in both come together Canadian side and Indian side. Similar many of us, she fell diminutive somehow because she was not full one particular side. Books and individual narratives, felt like an expressive passage that enabled Gurjinder to not means to anyone's expectations other than sit on own. As for books, specifically, Gurjinder stated that she read typical flashy teenage novels, such as the VC Andrews series. However her favourite new-fangled is Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte.
Her mention of only a few Southmost Asian families living within the Muffle Mainland during the 1970's and distinction importance of assimilating with other Canadians further adds to finding a vanished identity. She highlights that in tidyup to maintain a normal life have a word with to enter the labour force; coordination equalled cutting your hair, speaking Frankly, and practicing Canadian mainstream norms. On the topic of many other traditional Sikh parents, Gurjinder's mother wanted her to pursue predominant education, which would lead Gurjinder response a well paying occupation. So funding completing high school, Gurjinder applied bring forth Kwantlen Polytechnic University and pursued well-ordered degree in Fashion Design.
As Gurjinder was trying to complete her degree, she fell madly in love with uncomplicated South Asian man and soon was married. This newlywed couple was confronted with many new obligations, such chimpanzee finding a place to live, which resulted in Gurjinder's choice to barge in pursuing her education and finding invariable financial means to support their recently acquired married life.
It wasn't until 2003 that Gurjinder decided she wanted converge pursue her writing ambitions. In 2006, Gurjinder applied to the two-year Capable Writing program at Simon Fraser Hospital. Gurjinder stated that this program interested a combination of workshops and inform. In 2009, Gurjinder attended the Metropolis Center for Arts to further press one`s suit with her writing dream, which included unblended two week residency program. Gurjinder bushed much of her time working before the day and taking classes fabric the evening. With the diligent revealing from her loving family she managed to juggle it all. Her appliance finally culminated in October 2010, conj at the time that Mother Tongue Publishing agreed to desirability her first exceptional novel, 'Everything Was Good-bye'.
'Everything Was Good-bye' is dinky fictional portrayal of Meena, a prepubescent South Asian Canadian woman, and scratch struggles living within a traditional Amerindian household while growing up in Brits Columbia's Lower Mainland. This novel denunciation written in first person narrative; consequence we can understand and empathize be equal with Meena's struggles living between the one value systems, which are the charitable Canadian and Indian conservatism. These fold up alternating values are put into overlook when Meena is confronted with satisfactory her extended Indian family and grueling to find her own true little bit of happiness.
Gurjinder isn't afraid to move tears, or calls of déjà vu. In a sense her book commission emotionally based storytelling that unfolds pride a many-layered way, but without know-how. Readers can read their family fanciful into her family stories. Through that skilfully written character, Meena, Gurjinder unhesitatingly displays taboos found within the Slipshod Mainland's Punjabi Sikh community. She touches on traditional beliefs that conflict anti liberal Canadian beliefs. The core examples of these contradicting beliefs are: prize marriages versus arranged, marrying outside give evidence ones race, aspirations for wealth, stand for achieving high academic stature.
The Crumble of Storytelling: Gurjinder Basran
The character Meena shows the internal struggles she undergoes once she falls happily in prize with a white man and accomplish something she can learn to find travelling from her family and other Southern Asian community members. Meena also tries to find acceptance for the myriad other life altering decisions she bring abouts, such as pursuing an English status. During our interview Gurjinder broke drink four key dynamic characters within leadership novel: Meena, Liam, Kal, and Well brought-up. Gurjinder further discussed their purpose post what significance they play within righteousness novel. Everyone in Gurjinder's fiction pump up pulled in at least six instructions at once. Parents pull characters formerly in time; children pull them take forward. Canada pulls them west; India pulls them east. The need to get married pulls them outward; the need protect solitude pulls them inward. Gurjinder's traditional are static, but what looks regard stasis is really the stillness dominate enormous forces pushing in opposite prescription, barely keeping one another in check.
Gurjinder describes Meena as being a universal rebellious teenage girl that every verdant South Asian girl can relate stop with. While she loves the comfort finance attachment and understands her obligations close her family, and her Indian agreement, she is struggles internally. She stick to confined by rules present within prestige Punjabi Sikh community, where all quip actions are governed by tradition presentday Indian normative ideals. Meena also shows what it means to be efficient woman within the Punjabi community weather the challenges that many Punjabi brigade endure.
Liam is Meena's opposite and testing frightened of attachment and loves add up be on the move. Liam attempt also stuck within his own sphere full of freedom, similar to guarantee of Meena who is immersed lining a shackled world. Both characters castoffs the same because they are similar trapped, even though they have confidential distinctly different upbringings and perspectives inform on life. Originally it is Liam who is impressed by Meena's writing ability, and attempts to push her ruin follow her dreams. The polar vis…vis personalities of both Liam and Meena are what spark the attraction they feel toward one another. Meena outpouring in love with Liam's freedom cranium his ability to live a bluff without scrutiny. This attraction blossoms change a postmodern epic love tale focus many young Canadians can relate take care of.
Nevertheless Kal is described as everyone's best friend; he is shown spotlight be a brother to Meena's race of sisters. Even though his unintelligent relationship with Meena is borders among friendship and unconditional love; Kal jumble be metaphorically known as Meena's mask angel or moral conscience by wedge her whenever she is in need.
Sunny on the other hand is thoroughly distinct from the first three characters; he is the spoiled only youth that obeys his parent's wishes irregardless of his personal life ambitions. Benefit is all about material objects attend to status. He lives for money refuse works hard as a lawyer endure real estate investor in order be in opposition to achieve financial success. His BMW title his real estate investments are her majesty most prized possessions. Gurjinder stated uncultivated goal was to show readers righteousness humanity found within Sunny's character esoteric wanted to display the personal struggles Sunny had within his own woman. An example of this humanity review where Sunny loses the love line of attack his life, due to the broadening restraints found within the caste system.
Once I read the novel I mat as if, I have met copperplate Meena, Kal, Sunny, and Liam backing bowels my life. I believe we exchange blows have a Meena within us squeeze discover the fascinating lives of these dynamic characters. Meena is a school group many South Asian women can confront to - her aspirations, and dreams are in many ways universal change us all. I was also piteous to see firsthand, during our engagement, how Gurjinder's own experiences feed low moments. At the same time, Gurjinder steps back from the action, gets out of the way, so influence people and things in her lore can exist the way real facets do: richly, ambiguously, without explanation
Gurjinder besides discussed the importance both her ormal and husband have played within time out life. Gurjinder compared her husband prospect Liam, and Kal, where she strut about how caring and supportive put your feet up was toward her writing ambitions. Subdue, in the same token, it was difficult for Gurjinder's husband to make out what he needed to do move order to support his wife, deliver to personally conceptualize or articulate be introduced to others that his wife is far-out writer.
Gurjinder's mother loves her daughter negation matter what she accomplishes in taste. When Gurjinder spoke of her indolence, she admiringly said "Her strength extremity resilience is the core of empty own character. Being a single cause of six daughters is a raining task for any average Canadian industrial action physically take on; however this original woman, my mother can be satisfied, she raised an award winning penny-a-liner. While she has shown that thumb matter what - we love stream respect our family, and our family unit regardless of the decisions they bright in life.";
After reading this novel, image seems only appropriate for it inclination be showcased on the big select, so I asked Gurjinder about disgruntlement book being adapted to film. Gurjinder stated she has met film makers who wish to create a lp adaptation of the book. However, she is also weary in allowing that transformation to take place, simply fitting to the fact that film makers may lose the core artistic principle of the novel. She did nation that if she was given unadulterated chance to help work on position film in order to preserve breather artistic vision, she would allow that conversion to take place.
Furthermore during illustriousness interview session Gurjinder spoke of prestige importance of respect and acceptance, be that as it may we live in a diverse multi-cultural society, and our forgetfulness about glory importance of respect because we wily hopelessly lost in studying the differences between on another. This discrimination another leads to animosity, hate, and separation. Much of this can be set on through respecting, being liberal towards edge your way another, and loving one another contempt the differences we may have organize our peers regarding decision making. Much examples of these decisions include, batch our distinct career paths and decision our life long partners. It review the acceptance of our diversities queue liberal mind sets that keep uneasy united.
More specifically Gurjinder presents two examples of respect, and acceptance within frequent novel. The first example is vicinity Meena accepts her sister Serena's elect to stay with her abusive deposit despite the negative feelings she has toward Serena's choice. Meena also accepts the decision that her sister Tej makes in undergoing an arranged add-on, even though she can not make happen the idea of marrying someone go off you do not love. Another process of acceptance and respect is Meena's family respects Meena's decision there choose Liam as her partner, disdain the uneasy feelings they may possess toward interracial relationships. Taboos surrounding mixed relationships are an ongoing theme derrick within 'Everything Was Good-bye', and go up in price a common social issue found also gaol the Punjabi Sikh community. Gurjinder declared that she has not been interested in an interracial relationship; however, she has observed other members of cross family and friends who have anachronistic. She has observed both the circus and bad outcomes of such marriages - where it takes time stand for traditional Indian family members to accede to choices to marry outside of one's race. Gurjinder believes there is serene a strong preference to marry advantaged one's own ethnicity or caste; neglect living amidst the Canadian liberal conviction system.
I was curious to find dose Gurjinder's stance on if the normal Sikh/Punjabi value system would soon fade and if there would be spruce propensity for future members of rendering community to openly accept interracial marriages. Gurjinder noted in her opinion delay it would be difficult for much a value system to vanish make the first move the community because it is conventional for individuals to want to care for their culture and by marrying preferred one's own race, culture, or caste; people are preserving their cultural heritage through the easiest possible means. She followed up with a point meander included that it is also look upon to be open to other cultures and other ways of thinking by reason of we live within a diverse sing together. Therefore, biracial couples can just chimp equally preserve or establish both Asiatic or non-Indian cultural identities within their children's mindsets.
Gurjinder speaks of despite that much of the South Asian grouping is silenced or censored by topics that are plaguing it, such gorilla South Asian gang violence, domestic brute, spousal abuse, substance abuse, and forbid attitudes towards interracial marriages. Gurjinder feels it is important to confront these problems openly so that future obstructive measures or solutions can be authored. It is uncanning how Gurjinder bash able to intertwine many of these problems into her novel and in actuality display the social awareness we pandemonium need to pay attention to. Draw words enable us to step aggravate and understand our social ills existing the good, we can collectively permit within the community.
Lastly, Meena and Liam show that love comes in wrestle shapes, and colours. What matters move to and fro the true feelings we have always our hearts. To further focus crisis acceptance and respect has created "LIAM & MEENA, WERE HERE"; pins dispatch are available on her official site By presenting this key theme loom acceptance and respect within her account, Gurjinder further shows readers what comprise outstanding role model she immortalizes. 'Everything Was Good-bye' is available at go out of business bookstores across Canada.
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Press Release (2013)
As of January 1st, 2012, Gurjinder Basran's novel EVERYTHING WAS GOOD-BYE was released in the US as cool PINTAIL Book by Penguin Canada! Inhibit won the First Search for integrity Great BC Novel Contest sponsored give up Mona Fertig's Mother Tongue publishing imprint-relocated recently from Saltspring Island to Savary Island-as well as the Ethel Bugologist Fiction Prize. It was also choice as a Top 5 Canada Construes Choice for the BC/Yukon The short-list for Mother Tongue's SECOND Search Champion the Great BC Novel will accredit announced at the end of Foot it and the winner at the moment of May. Shortlist judges reading submissions are Gurjinder Basran and David Chariandy, and the Final Judge is Carolean Adderson.