

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Brockton Writers Series: March 11, 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: An evening of reading with Pratap Red’dy, Tiffany Morris, Danila Botha, and Ryad Assani-Razaki.About this EventThe Brockton Writers Series (#BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series, hosted on the second Wednesday of every second month, funded by the Ontario Arts Council. The reading is PWYC (suggested $3-$5) and features a Q&amp;A with the writers afterward. Books are available for sale. Join us for an exciting hybrid event: in person at Glad Day Lit on Lisgar St in Toronto, ON, Canada, or virtual over  livestream. This is a must-attend gathering for all literature enthusiasts!Guest Speaker: Derek Mascarenhas, "Writing (and Reading) for Children vs. Adults"Readers: Pratap Red’dy, Tiffany Morris, Danila Botha, and Ryad Assani-RazakiDerek Mascarenhas is a graduate and Instructor at the University of Toronto SCS Creative Writing Program. His adult short story collection, Coconut Dreams, and the children’s picture books 100 Chapatis and The Mango Monster have been praised widely by The Globe and Mail, Kirkus Reviews, and CBC Kids Reads.Pratap Reddy immigrated to Canada from India in 2002. Writing mostly about the angst and the agonies (sometimes the ecstasies) of immigration, he is the author of Weather Permitting &amp; Other Stories (2016), Ramya’s Treasure (2018), Shards of Verse (2024) and Remaindered People &amp; Other Stories (2025). He is currently working on a novel tentatively titled Praful’s Errands set in India. He serves on the boards of “Bootmakers – The Sherlock Holmes Society of Canada” and “Diaspora Dialogues” – a nonprofit which supports new writing and encourages emerging writers. He lives in Mississauga with his wife and son.Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the award-winning novellas Green Fuse Burning and poetry collection Elegies of Rotting Stars. Her work has appeared in the Indigenous horror anthology Never Whistle At Night, as well as in Nightmare Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, and Apex Magazine, among others.Danila Botha is the author of three critically acclaimed short story collections, Got No Secrets, For All the Men (and Some of the Women I’ve Known) and Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness. Her novels include the award winning Too Much on the Inside and A Place for People Like Us. Her first graphic novel, Vidal, will be published in 2026.Ryad Assani-Razaki (born November 4, 1981) is a Beninese-Canadian writer. His debut short story collection “Deux cercles” won the Trillium Book Award for French-language fiction in 2010, and his novel La main d’Iman won the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for French-language fiction in 2012. Born in Cotonou, Benin, Assani-Razaki first moved to North America in 1999, to study computer science at the University of North Carolina. After graduating in 2002, he struggled to find a job until registering for a master’s in computer science at the Université de Montréal in 2004. He wrote his first short story in 2006, after witnessing an Asian man struggle to order food in a fast food restaurant because of his difficulties with the language. “Deux cercles” was published in 2009. The Hand of Iman, an English translation of “La main d’Iman,” was published in 2025.
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- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Kids, Nonprofit, virtual
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Glad Day Lit
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- **full address**: Glad Day Lit, 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Glad Day Lit, 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, Canada
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Glad Day Bookshop
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, Kids, Nonprofit, virtual
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