Cozy Fest: Hollay Ghadery + Widow Fantasies

Hollay Ghadery writes of women’s daily lives – and how they escape them, through fantasy – in her aptly-named story collection Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill Press). Listen to her read “Purple Bears” from the collection for Cozy Fest 2024.

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Hollay Ghadery reads from Widow Fantasies
(Gordon Hill Press)

About our reader

A photo of author Hollay Ghadery. She stands outside, among a tall leafy plant, and smiles at the camera, her dark hair hanging over one shoulder.

Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian author living on Anishinaabe land in Ontario. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health (Guernica Editions, 2021) won a Canadian Bookclub Award. Her poetry collection, Rebellion Box (Radiant Press), was released in 2023 and her short fiction collection, Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill), released in fall 2024. She is the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more at hollayghadery.com

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

For more to come, or to catch up on Cozy Fest, click here.

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