Shyam Selvadurai

CBC Books | | Posted: June 27, 2018 8:23 PM | Last Updated: March 6, 2019

Image | Shyam Selvadurai

Caption: Shyam Selvadurai is the author of the novel The Hungry Ghosts. (Kevin Kelly)

Shyam Selvadurai is a Toronto-based novelist. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. He won the 1995 Books in Canada First Novel Award, now known as the Amazon.ca First Novel Award for Funny Boy. The Hungry Ghosts is his most recent novel.

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Interviews with Shyam Selvadurai

Media Video | CBC Books : Why I Write: Shyam Selvadurai

Caption: In this CBC Books video series, author Shyam Selvadurai speaks about the need for authentic and diverse perspectives in Canadian literature.

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Media Audio | Writers and Company : Love in the Afternoon panel (2001)

Caption: Eleanor speaks with six writers on stage at the International Literary Arts Festival in Victoria: Ian McEwan, A.L. Kennedy, Clare Boylan, Rosemary Sullivan, Shyam Selvadurai and Esta Spalding.

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