Fiction at the Phoenix is back on September 26h at WEP Central (3 Bartlett Ave) with Danila Botha and Tasneem Jamal

Danila Botha is the author of three short story collections, Got No Secrets and For All the Men (and Some of the Women I’ve Known). Her new collection, Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness was published in April by Guernica Editions. Her novels include Too Much on the Inside and A Place for People Like Us (2025)

TASNEEM JAMAL was born in Mbarara, Uganda, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Her debut novel Where the Air Is Sweet was published to critical acclaim in 2014. That same year she was named one of 12 rising CanLit stars on CBC's annual list of Writers to Watch. Her writing has appeared in Chatelaine, Saturday Night magazine, and the Literary Review of Canada. She is the writing coach of The X Page Storytelling Workshop and an editor at The New Quarterly literary magazine. She lives in Kitchener.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with readings starting at 7:30

Entry is cash only, by donation at the door!

RSVP to let us know you’re coming! hello@westendphoenix.com