Find out why I wrote a short story collection about growing up South Asian in Canadian suburbia :)
Thanks so much to Ryan B. Patrick, Oliver Thompson, and CBC Books for this interview:
Coconut Dreams on The Writer's Trust Summer Reading List!
Thanks so much @beckyblake_, @Literati167, and @nancyjocullen for recommending Coconut Dreams , and @writerstrust for this lovely summer reading list (and super cute dog, too!)
https://www.writerstrust.com/recommended-reading/
Globe and Mail Review!
Was touched to read this generous review from Jade Colbert in the Globe and Mail:
93 Postmedia outlets share glowing praise
Such an honor to see so many publications share this wonderful review!
CBC: 9 Canadian short story collections to read during Short Story Month!
CBC included Coconut Dreams in “9 Canadian short story collections to read during Short Story Month.” Check out all of the great books included below:
Rabble publishes excerpt of Coconut Dreams
Thank you rabble.ca for publishing an excerpt from Coconut Dreams:
http://rabble.ca/news/2019/05/read-excerpt-derek-mascarenhass-new-short-story-collection
The Unpublishables publishes "So Far Away"
Check out The Unpublishables to read the short story So Far Away, which is included in Coconut Dreams.
Getting to Know Coconut Dreams Author Derek Mascarenhas: Bloody Noses, Scars & Cozy Sweaters
Find out what I'm allergic to, why I started growing a beard, and other little-known facts in the Dirty Dozen challenge. Thanks so much to Open Book for featuring me, and such high praise:
"Mascarenhas' voice is an exciting addition to CanLit as he moves effortlessly from ghost stories to suburban parking lots, and from complex questions of identity to loving depictions of family ties."
http://open-book.ca/…/Getting-to-Know-Coconut-Dreams-Author…
Coconut Dreams goes to Goa - featured in The Navhind Times!
Never would I have expected Coconut Dreams to be featured in the largest English newspaper in Goa, The Navhind Times, and hear that relatives and family friends in the village were reading about it.
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Thanks so much to @chris_inwonderland!! 🥥🌴
Read the full story here:
http://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=4990&date=2019-04-28&pageid=1
(One small note lost in translation - I'm not an immigrant myself - my parents are, and I was born in Canada)
Interview in SAD Magazine
Thanks so much to Sarah Amormino for interviewing me, and featuring Coconut Dreams in SAD Magazine.
Click HERE to read.
Picking Trilliums published in Rungh
Toronto Star Article
Thank you Sarah Murdoch for your write up in The Toronto Star! Coconut Dreams was included in “Take five books: Short form writing that’ll stick with you for a long time to come.”
Hamilton Magazine features Coconut Dreams
Thanks so much to Jessica Rose for the wonderful interview in Hamilton Magazine. (Photo also by Jessica)
Poem in Town Crier - Pulao with Peas
The amazing Simone Dalton took over The Puritan’s Town Crier as guest editor for November 2018. She asked me to write about nostalgia, and here’s what came out. Check out the other excellent pieces Simone has curated as well!
Interview with Diaspora Dialogues
I’m very grateful to have participated in Diaspora Dialogue's long-form mentorship program, working with Cynthia Holz on my collection, Coconut Dreams.
I was recently interviewed by Rebecca Fisseha from Diaspora Dialogues on the process and my writing, which can be found here.
Dalhousie Review
Thanks to the Dalhousie Review for publishing my story Fallen Leaves in the Autumn 2013 issue.
This is my first piece of writing actually in the Bookstore!
The University of Toronto/Random House Award
Thrilled that my first publication is in The University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies chapbook Three. My story, So Far Away was the runner up in the School’s Student Award in Writing.