Farzana Doctor

Photo of the author, Alison Gadsby, holding a copy of BREATHING IS HOW SOME PEOPLE STAY ALIVE, seated with a bookstore in the foreground.

Five photos of people hugging. You can't see faces. Text: Every hug is worth a thousand words.

Five photos, centre, a book being signed. Photos with authors in blue shirt with various friends.

Five photos, centre photo is photo of the book, BREATHING IS HOW SOME PEOPLE STAY ALIVE. Four other photos with various friends, smiling.

SIGNED COPIES available at TYPE Books Junction!

I am so darn lucky! I feared crickets, I feared an empty store, but friends and family showed up and wow, what a day.

It was truly special and I am grateful!

Condemn Canadian support for US/Israeli war on Iran Mark Carney has endorsed the US/Israeli war on Iran. Tell the Prime Minister to condemn this effort to balkanize Iran in service of US imperialism and genocidal Jewish supremacy.

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How lucky am I? In this NBN episode, award-winning and celebrated novelist Farzana Doctor interviews me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which was released by Palimpsest Press on February 15, 2026.

Listen to the conversation:

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A powerful decentralized campaign forced Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach A major bank sells its shares in Elbit Systems, in one of Canada’s biggest BDS victories to date

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Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure “I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to in this way.”

Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure

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Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure “I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to in this way.”

Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure

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🤝As Sahiyo’s male allyship program, Bhaiyo supports the education of male allies in their support of FGM/C survivors and to prevent this form of gender based violence. 

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Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026 A new CCPA report found Canada is increasingly a country of exorbitant wealth alongside persistent poverty.

NEW: Canada’s Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026

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By the Lake Book Club Join leading Canadian authors as they dive into conversation about their latest books with Humber Polytechnic alumni at Assembly Hall. The 2026 lineup features Maggie Helwig, Patty Krawec, Matha Bátiz...

This is tonight!
7:00pm
Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling)

@farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.

Register below, or pay at the door.

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We’re thrilled to share that Farzana Doctor has been shortlisted for the Feminist Creator Prize 2026.

Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.

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Late Bloomer - Inanna Publications Born in the shadow of World War II, Mary Lou Dickinson came of age in an era that expected women to conform—but she never did. This powerful memoir traces her path as a feminist writer of the Silent G...

88-year-old author Mary Lou Dickinson's memoir Late Bloomer is now available for preorders. Mary Lou's first book was published when she was 70. #CanLit #NonFiction
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UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...

ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics

UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...

ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics

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Feminist Creator Prize 2026 Shortlisted Nominees - Canadian Women's Foundation Highlighting the 25 nominees shortlisted for the 2026 Feminist Creator Prize

I’m honoured to be shortlisted for this prize, alongside some truly inspiring people!

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📝 Dear Maasi answers everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! Read the full column at https://f.mtr.cool/cghwdhgbfl

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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.

Watch before it disappears. www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...

Thanks for reading!

Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor

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Pro-Palestine activists return Indigo books en masse at Eaton Centre in economic protest The protest called for Torontonians to boycott the bookstore chain over its CEO’s ties to a charity that provides scholarships to former soldiers of the Israeli military

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Pro-Palestine activists return Indigo books en masse at Eaton Centre in economic protest The protest called for Torontonians to boycott the bookstore chain over its CEO’s ties to a charity that provides scholarships to former soldiers of the Israeli military

www.torontotoday.ca/local/busine...

No one is working today. Some might be pretending.

Thank you for introducing me to this poem!

Tuesday!!!

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