Hasan Namir – Surrey Muse

Hasan Namir is an Iraqi-Canadian author and poet who has published five books of poetry and fiction. His title God in Pink (2015) won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction and was chosen as one of the Top 100 Books of 2015 by The Globe and Mail. He is also the author of poetry book War/Torn (2019, Book*Hug Press), children’s book The Name I Call Myself (2020, Arsenal Pulp Press), Umbilical Cord (Book*Hug Press) and Banana Dream (2023, Neal Porter Books). His work has been featured on Huffington Post, Shaw TV, Airbnb, in the film ‘God in Pink: A Documentary’, Breakfast Television Toronto, CTV Morning Live Saskatoon. He was recently named a writer to watch by CBC books, and he was the 2021 LGBTQ2s+ guest curator for Word Vancouver. Hasan graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English where he received the Ying Chen Creative Writing Student Award. He now lives on the unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations, with his husband and their child.

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At the May 27, 2023 gathering of Surrey Muse, Hasan will be the Featured Author. More about the event is here: saturday-may-27

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Surrey Muse Gathering – Saturday May 27 / 2023

125th Gathering

5-27-2023

Featured Artists

Author Hasan Namir
Poet Wayde Compton
Artist Janel Rae
Emerging Poet Eimear Laffan
Emerging Artist Elyse Longair
Featured Art by Diego Rivera
Host Mariam Zohra D

Saturday, May 27, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 PM (PT)
Room 418, City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
10350 University Drive, Surrey BC V3T 4B8
Phone: (604) 598-7426

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Masks Recommended
Donations welcome

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Surrey Muse gatherings take place
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Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Surrey Muse Program – January-May 2023

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Featured art by Shehan Madawela, Surrey Muse, April 2022

  Session 23
January-May 2023

January 28
Author Marian Dodds
Poet Kevin Spenst
Artist Omokanye Adetona
Emerging Musician Hayley Verrall
Emerging Writer Veronika Gorlova
Host Mariam Zohra D

February 25
Author Dorothy Palmer
Poet Manolis Aligizakis
Artist Kenzie Housego
Emerging Writer Diary Marif
Emerging Poet Hya Sheikh
Host Michael Stark

March 25
Author Cynthia Sharp
Poet Daniela Elza
Musician Tamar Haytayan
Emerging Poet Carol Neuman
Emerging Writer K.R. Byggdin
Host Sana Janjua

April 22
Author Anne Murphy
Poet Franz Seachel
Musician Myrtle Thomas
Emerging Writer Lucy E.M. Black
Emeging Poet Samantha Krilow
Host Michael Stark

May 27
Author Hasan Namir
Poet Wayde Compton
Musician Janel Rae
Emerging Poet Eimear Laffan
Emerging Artist Elyse Longair
Host Mariam Zohra D

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Surrey Muse program is put together twice a year, in Nov/Dec for January-May session, and in May/June for June-November session. Dates are chosen by the participants through an invitation. Participants are invited from a recommendations list that stays open throughout the year. To recommend authors, poets and artist/performers to be featured at Surrey Muse, please use the online recommendations form.

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Surrey Muse gatherings take place
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Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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