Sharon Bala

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Sharon Bala

CBC.ca - Thu, 27 Dec 2018

Going into Starbucks to Order Butter Tea

Longreads - Wed, 19 Jan 2022

Review: Sharon Bala’s The Boat People reveals beautiful and uncomfortable truths

The Globe and Mail - Thu, 11 Jan 2018

Writing World: Sharon Bala

Newfoundland Herald - Wed, 28 Feb 2018

When The Boat People author Sharon Bala has a writing problem, she turns to this book

CBC.ca - Mon, 13 Jul 2020

Debut novelist's tale of Sri Lankan refugees wins 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

ABA Journal - Wed, 28 Aug 2019

Why Sharon Bala believes being a writer is about giving in

CBC.ca - Thu, 01 Mar 2018

Help select the winner of the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

ABA Journal - Tue, 14 May 2019

Novelist Sharon Bala shares stories of immigration, luck and 'the good place' with new Canadians

CBC.ca - Wed, 21 Feb 2018

Why Sharon Bala wrote about a refugee trying to make Canada their home

CBC.ca - Wed, 20 Jun 2018

3 books that inspired Canada Reads finalist Sharon Bala

CBC.ca - Tue, 06 Mar 2018

Sharon Bala's novel The Boat People wins 2019 Harper Lee Prize

CBC.ca - Wed, 24 Jul 2019

Canada Reads panellist Mozhdah Jamalzadah and The Boat People author Sharon Bala get to know each other

CBC.ca - Fri, 23 Mar 2018

The Boat People

CBC.ca - Thu, 27 Dec 2018

Strangers still email Sharon Bala about her powerful NL Reads novel

CBC.ca - Fri, 11 Jan 2019

Canada Reads panellist Mozhdah Jamalzadah defends her pick: The Boat People by Sharon Bala

CBC.ca - Thu, 15 Mar 2018

Bridgerton’s real scandal

Maclean's - Fri, 08 Jan 2021

RBC Book Club: A Conversation with Sharon Bala Discover & Learn

RBC Royal Bank - Mon, 12 Jul 2021

Debut novel about Tamil asylum-seekers reveals Canada's 'split personality' about refugees

CBC.ca - Sun, 14 Jan 2018

How a news headline inspired Sharon Bala's debut novel, The Boat People

CBC.ca - Mon, 26 Feb 2018

Sharon Bala wins 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for novel The Boat People

CBC.ca - Tue, 06 Oct 2020

Mozhdah Jamalzadah on the humanity of The Boat People

CBC.ca - Fri, 06 Apr 2018

Sharon Bala, Omar El Akkad among finalists for $40K Amazon.ca First Novel Award

CBC.ca - Sat, 28 Apr 2018

Canadian stories offer vivid variety

Winnipeg Free Press - Sat, 09 Dec 2023

Sharon Bala on why research was essential to writing The Boat People

CBC.ca - Wed, 07 Mar 2018

Author Sharon Bala wins Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for ‘The Boat People’

SaltWire NS - Wed, 30 Sep 2020

Why Eritrean-Canadian Daniel Tseghay says The Boat People hit close to home

CBC.ca - Sat, 24 Mar 2018

Books for solace, perspective and connection during self-isolation

CBC.ca - Fri, 20 Mar 2020

Fiction about complicated families to help you navigate holiday dysfunction

CBC.ca - Fri, 14 Dec 2018

Meet the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize readers

CBC.ca - Tue, 17 Apr 2018

Two Recent Novels Offer Differing Insights into the Sri Lankan Refugee Experience

PopMatters - Tue, 22 May 2018

Mozhdah Jamalzadah

CBC.ca - Tue, 10 Apr 2018

Ian Williams to chair 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

CBC.ca - Tue, 24 Jan 2023

6 books Canada Reads panellist Mozhdah Jamalzadah can't live without

CBC.ca - Thu, 01 Mar 2018

The top 10 bestselling Canadian books of 2018

CBC.ca - Wed, 16 Jan 2019

David Chariandy, James Maskalyk, Louise Bernice Halfe among 2017 Writers' Trust Award winners

CBC.ca - Mon, 25 Jun 2018

7 Canadian books to read on World Refugee Day

CBC.ca - Wed, 20 Jun 2018

Meet the Canada Reads 2018 contenders

CBC.ca - Fri, 23 Mar 2018

15 Canadian books to read for World Refugee Day

CBC.ca - Tue, 20 Jun 2023

The best Canadian fiction of 2018

CBC.ca - Wed, 02 Jan 2019

Lisa Moore, Elisabeth de Mariaffi & Sharon Bala shortlisted for $25K prize for Atlantic Canadian fiction

CBC.ca - Thu, 02 May 2019

Why Susan Currie's life and novel are defined by her cultural roots

CBC.ca - Mon, 26 Feb 2018

Here is the Canada Reads 2018 longlist

CBC.ca - Tue, 30 Jan 2018

Why Jully Black thinks The Marrow Thieves should win Canada Reads

CBC.ca - Wed, 07 Feb 2018

Shannon Graham on the optimism hidden in 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

CBC.ca - Mon, 26 Feb 2018

15 Canadian high schools win classroom sets of Canada Reads 2018 books

CBC.ca - Fri, 28 Sep 2018

Canada Reads spoiler alert: Who won Canada Reads 2018?

CBC.ca - Thu, 29 Mar 2018

Another Reckoning, Another Reading List: Books by Canadian authors of Asian and Pacific Islander Descent

Shedoesthecity - Fri, 14 May 2021

How Quebec City made Canada Reads its own

CBC.ca - Thu, 22 Mar 2018

18 Canadian women writers to read in 2018

CBC.ca - Fri, 13 Apr 2018

Sharon Bala - Penguin Random House

Sharon Bala’s bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2020 Newfoundland & Labrador Book Award and the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.

Sharon Bala: The Boat People shines a hopeful light on the life of …

Sharon Bala, author of The Boat People, McClelland and Stewart. In October 2009, a rusted-out ship called the Ocean Lady landed in Vancouver, smuggling a group of Sri …

Sharon Bala - WritersNL

Sharon Bala’s bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. It was a finalist for Canada Reads 2018, the 2018 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, …

Sharon Bala - Literary Hub

Sharon Bala's bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, was a finalist for Canada Reads 2018 and the 2018 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Published in January 2018, it is …

Author Blog - SHARON BALA

Between Tuesday, October 22 and Wednesday, November 20th, I’ll be running four workshops, hosting group writing sessions, and reading/ offering feedback on your prose during twice …

When The Boat People author Sharon Bala has a writing …

Sharon Bala is the author of The Boat People. (CBC, University of Chicago Press) This interview originally aired on Sept. 28, 2019. Sharon Bala was born in Dubai and currently …

Seeking Asylum but Finding Heartbreak - The New York Times

Two pieces of Canadian history lie behind Sharon Bala’s debut novel, “The Boat People.” The first involves the arrival — in August 2010 — of the merchant vessel Sun Sea at …

The Boat People by Sharon Bala | Goodreads

The Boat People is Sharon Bala's debut novel. Mahindan fled Sri Lanka with his son Sellian when there was nothing left. The Tamil Tigers had been fighting for their rights under …

The Boat People by Sharon Bala: 9780525432463 - Penguin …

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to …

Sharon Bala - Legal Talk Network

Sharon Bala talks about her fictional novel and the true stories behind it, as well as what "To Kill a Mockingbird" means to her.

In Print — SHARON BALA

“In episode six, 'Bridgerton' drops the facade of fluffy rom-com and reveals itself as a horror.” - essay in Maclean’s, February 2021 print issue. “Half a century on, Gen X remains undefined, …

The Boat People - Sharon Bala - Google Books

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive...