Sumaiya MatinTag

September 14, 2021

Read an Excerpt from The Shaytan Bride, Sumaiya Matin's Powerful True Story of Escaping Forced Marriage

As a small child, Sumaiya Matin had heard about the Shaytan Bride. A woman with something wrong with her. Maybe she was crazy, or defiant. Or maybe she was possessed, trapped or seduced by an evil spirit ...

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Upcoming events

November 22

An Archive of Care

November 22, 2024 - November 24, 2024 @ 7:00pm - 7:00pm

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November 26, 2024 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) 12th Anniversary

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night), Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series, is celebrating our 12th anniversary

December 01, 2024 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Bright Lit Big City

Reading Series

Ad from ECW Press reads "Bad Weather Mammals: Poems by Ashley Elizabeth Pest" and features a sepia image of a pile of bones in the foreground with a woman in the background