Vivek Shraya

We are so lucky that the multi-talented Vivek Shraya was the E-Writer in Residence for 2016. She is a writer, musician and filmmaker and shared advice and ideas for young artists on this blog during October and November. She even gave youth feedback on their stories, poems and songs.

If you haven’t heard of Vivek, here’s a bit about her:

Vivek Shraya is a Toronto-based artist whose body of work includes several albums, films, and books. Her first novel, She of the Mountains, was named one of The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2014. Her debut collection of poetry, even this page is white, was released inn 2016. Vivek has read and performed internationally, including sharing the stage with Tegan & Sara. She is one half of the music duo Too Attached.

Vivek is a 2016 Pride Toronto Grand Marshal, a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, a 2015 Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award finalist, and a 2015 recipient of the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize Honour of Distinction. Her first children’s picture book, The Boy in the Bindi, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in fall 2016.

Here are some of the posts that Vivek shared in her series, Ask Vivek. For all of her amazing bits of writing advice and wisdom check out the complete series.