An Evening with Author Zalika Reid-Benta

Address

William Doo Auditorium, New College at 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto

Dates

Event start date : 02/27/2025

Event end date : 02/27/2025

Event start time : 06:00 PM

Event end time : 08:00 PM

Event Description

Explore the debut novel River Mumma and award-winning story collection Frying Plantain through an engaging discussion with author Zalika Reid-Benta


Join author Zalika Reid-Benta, alumna of Victoria College and Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto, for an engaging evening as she discusses her debut novel River Mumma and award-winning story collection Frying Plantain, followed by a moderated discussion on Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 6 – 8 p.m. at the William Doo Auditorium, New College.

ASL provided
Refreshments provided

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Meet the author, Zalika Reid-Benta:

Zalika Reid-Benta is a Canadian author. Her debut novel River Mumma was shortlisted for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and was listed as one of the best fiction books of 2023 on numerous platforms, including CBC Books, Kobo Books, and The Walrus. River Mumma received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist Magazine and Foreword Reviews. It is an Amazon Books Editors’ Pick for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy and was the October 2023 pick for the CityLine book club. Reid-Benta’s debut story collection, Frying Plantain, won the 2020 Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the 2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction. Frying Plantain was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award, the Trillium Book Award, the White Pine Award and the Evergreen Award. Zalika was the 2023 and 2019 winner of the ByBlacks People’s Choice Award for Best Author, and her picture book, The Twelve Days of Jamaican Christmas will be published in 2026.

Event Details:

Thursday, February 27, 2025
6 - 8 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM)
William Doo Auditorium, New College (45 Willcocks Street, Toronto)

Books are available to purchase at your local bookstore such as A Different Booklist or your public library.

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We would like to thank New College; Victoria College; Centre of Caribbean Studies; Women and Gender Studies and PEN Canada for their collaboration on this event and with A Different Booklist.