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Cozy Fest: Manahil Bandukwala + Heliotropia

Manahil Bandukwala’s Heliotropia (Brick Books) is a collection of poems that uses the botanic and the cosmic to explore the power of love in its many forms.

Get cozy with Manahil as she reads a few immersive poems encompassing how it feels to love and be loved.

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Manahil Bandukwala reads from
Heliotropia (Brick Books)

About our reader

Author photo of Manahil Bandukwala
Author photo of Manahil Bandukwala

Manahil Bandukwala is a writer and visual artist. She is the author of Heliotropia (Brick Books 2024; winner of the Archibald Lampman Award, and shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award, the Raymond Souster Award, and the Ottawa Book Award) and MONUMENT (Brick Books 2022; shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award). She has been twice longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, and was selected as a Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Star in 2023. See her work at manahilbandukwala.com. 

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Thanks to Manahil for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s fourth-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about Heliotropia and order from ALU or your fave local bookstore (via the Shop Local button), right here.

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