2023 Writer’s Trust Speech, Anosh Irani

Anosh Irani is a novelist and playwright whose works include The Song of Kahunsha (shortlisted for Canada Reads), The Parcel (Governor General’s Literary Award finalist, Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winner), Bombay Black (winner of five Dora Mavor Moore Awards). In 2023, he was awarded the Writer’s Trust Engel Findley award in recognition of a remarkable body of work, and in anticipation of future contributions to Canadian literature. Hear his acceptance speech.