MyThievery

Interview: Junction Reads

I spoke with the lovely Alison Gadsby of the Toronto-based reading series, Junction Reads. This was part of their First Thirty theme: reading the first thirty lines of a book within a 30-minute interview setting. It was Instagram Live, which was a first for me. I feel I act goofy and laugh too much, but I guess that goes with the story I read: Blink Twice. Here's the link to the IG post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYVnmbrjbqm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ

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FINALIST: Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Short Fiction

My Thievery of the People is one of five books shortlisted for this year's Writers' Trust Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Here are the jury's remarks: A fierce and dazzling debut, My Thievery of the People scrutinizes the legacies of colonialism and patriarchy with an unflinching eye to the damage wreaked on both oppressed and oppressor. Travelling between the Middle East and North America, and assuming a breath-taking array of fictional modes, from naturalism to surrealism to m

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Interview: BTCH Media

12 March 2026 by Yara Jamal Read here and below. Publishing Against Erasure Baraka Books is a Quebec-based independent publisher that has positioned itself as a space for unfiltered political writing that challenges the status quo. At the centre of that work is Leila Marshy, a Montreal writer and editor of Palestinian-Newfoundland parentage. Marshy is the author of The Philistine and the short story collection My Thievery of the People. Her work, path and life are deeply sh

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