Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Gurjinder BasranTag

  • Book Therapy: Help! I’m Alive
    Book Therapy: Help! I’m Alive
    August 05, 2022

    Book Therapy: Help! I’m Alive

    “Usually the isolation is a result of some life trauma. Does your brother have trauma?”“Fuck, I don’t know. Who doesn’t have trauma?”—Gurjinder Basran, Help! I’m Alive Lately I can’t ...

  • "We Make Our Own Meaning" Gurjinder Basran on Her Novel of Loss, Community, and Navigating the Unknown
    "We Make Our Own Meaning" Gurjinder Basran on Her Novel of Loss, Community, and Navigating the Unknown
    July 28, 2022

    "We Make Our Own Meaning" Gurjinder Basran on Her Novel of Loss, Community, and Navigating the Unknown

    A brief video nearly tears a small community outside Vancouver apart in award-winning author Gurjinder Basran's new novel, Help! I'm Alive (ECW Press). After footage of teenager Jay's death is posted ...

  • “I think suffering shows us who we truly are.” - Q&A with Gurjinder Basran
    “I think suffering shows us who we truly are.” - Q&A with Gurjinder Basran
    August 30, 2017

    “I think suffering shows us who we truly are.” - Q&A with Gurjinder Basran

    A Q&A with Gurjinder Basran, author of Someone You Love is GoneIn 2010, debut novelist Gurjinder Basran won the Search for the Great BC Novel Contest, and the following year took home the Ethel Wilson ...

Related tags

  • Book Therapy (1)
  • Canadian Authors (1)
  • ECW Press (1)
  • Interviews (1)
  • Long Story Novel Interview (1)
  • Mental Health (1)
  • Novel (1)
  • Novels (1)
  • Stacey May Fowles (1)
  • Women Writers (1)
Copywell

Upcoming events

November 26

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) Thirteenth Anniversary

November 26, 2025 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
View all

More events

November 27, 2025 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm

SMU Reading Series: Kate Cayley

The SMU Reading Series presents: An evening with Kate Cayley, winner of the Trillium Award, the O Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry.

Copywell
Book cover for "The Solitary Friend" by Gail Bowen with a fish illustration; text reads, "The penultimate instalment in the beloved Joanne Kilbourn Mystery series.
Book cover for "A Place of Secrets" by Shane Peacock, shown alongside promotional text highlighting its awards and reviews for this northern gothic mystery novel.
Book cover and endorsement for "The Taking of Vimy Ridge," featuring a historical wartime photo of soldiers advancing and a quote praising its value for understanding WWI photography.
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2025 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us