Booktopia 2020 - Sabina Khan (Grade 8+)
Channel: West Vancouver Memorial Library
Date: 2020-05-07

Recorded on May 5, 2020 as part of the West Vancouver Memorial Library's Virtual Booktopia Festival.

Sabina speaks about looking for representations of herself and her culture in books, how social media played an integral role in her journey to publication and the inspiration behind her debut YA novel, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali. A short Q&A is included at the end.

More information the Vancouver Writer’s Festival Youth Writing Contest can be found here (deadline for submissions is May 29, 2020): https://writersfest.bc.ca/programs/education/youth-programs/spreading-the-word-youth-contest/

Find more information on Sabina at sabina-khan.com or on twitter @Sabina_Writer

Booktopia is a partnership between the WVML, the Library Foundation and West Vancouver Schools. For more information, visit wvml.ca/booktopia.