Cozy Fest: Sivan Slapak + Here is Still Here

With an assist from her adorable kitty Seymour, Sivan Slapak reads part of the story “People Like to Tell Me What I Need” from her linked collection Here Is Still Here (Linda Leith Publishing) for Cozy Fest.

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Sivan Slapak reads from Here Is Still Here
(Linda Leith Publishing)

About our reader

A photo of writer Sivan Slapak. She has long, dark curly hair and wears a black shirt, looking over her shoulder.

Sivan Slapak lived in Jerusalem for twenty years before returning to Canada in 2013. Since then, her short fiction and essays have been published by The New Quarterly, Montreal Serai, and carte blanche and in collections published by Véhicule Press and Guernica Editions. She was selected as a finalist for the CBC Quebec Writing Competition, won the Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award once and was shortlisted twice. She lives in Montreal, where she works in the arts and culture sector. Here Is Still Here is her first book.

Photo of Sivan credit Lea Grahova.

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Thanks to Sivan for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s third-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about Here Is Still Here, 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.