Shani Mootoo

Fiction Writing/Painting/Photography shani_mootoo

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

Thanks, BookHug! Really pleased to have done this book together.

[Book*hug Press @bookhugpress]

Happy Publication Day to Polar Vortex by @shanimootoo, the book that @madeleinethien calls, "a powerfully unsettling work from a brilliant artist.” Available now: https://t.co/BsNPf4lBes

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@TransLitAgency @bookhugpress @globebooks @49thShelf @cbcbooks Thank you, Transatlantic! Very much for your part in this, too.

[Book*hug Press @bookhugpress]

Read an early excerpt from Polar Vortex by @shanimootoo at @RunghCulture. Look for it everywhere on March 3. #SneakPeek https://t.co/HuAws8lBkX

[POETRY magazine @poetrymagazine]

the sleep that restores
weakens to strengthen
to rattle first

–Shani Mootoo (@shanimootoo) https://t.co/4PAtj5gokZ

[POETRY magazine @poetrymagazine]

cocos nucifera’s trunk bends and sings
coquettish, it curtsies and flirts

–Shani Mootoo (@shanimootoo) https://t.co/4PAtj5gokZ

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

Amitava Kumar in Conversation with Shani Mootoo | Wednesday, April 3, 2019 @ The Great Hall, Toronto: https://t.co/E5l0EXaDWd

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

Trump is cornered, with violence on his mind. We must be on red alert | Robert Reich https://t.co/CKZicpy5lq

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@Kfergie7 @s_haywood Thank you, Keri!

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

I'm very pleased, of course! Thanks @s_haywood and Translantic Agency, Bitter Boy Productions and Book *Hug!

[Transatlantic Agency @TransLitAgency]

DEAL NEWS: Film/TV rights to @shanimootoo's haunting debut CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT, now a contemporary classic, optioned by Aaron Barnett at Bitter Boy Productions in a deal by @s_haywood. Click for more: https://t.co/AEdntDBwaA

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@sheks3 @TransLitAgency Great. All kinds of things to celebrate. Soon!

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

DEAL NEWS X 2: SHANI MOOTOO’S CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT AND POLAR VORTEX
Posted @TransLitAgency Double the deal news for author Shani Mootoo!

Film/TV rights to Shani Mootoo’s CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT optioned by Aaron Barnett at Bitter Boy Productions in a deal by Samantha Haywood.

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@vivekshraya @s_haywood Thanks Vivek!

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@JakePyne @vivekshraya @s_haywood Thank you, Jake!

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

Congrats on the new book, Larissa, @haamyue Looking forward to the launches Saturday November 10th, 5:15pm at @GDBooks @nakedheartfest! and to participating with @farzanadoctor and Shyam Selvadurai. https://t.co/DFugeSyuTj … #nkdhrt18 @twuc @Arsenalpulp @dundurnpress

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

DEAL NEWS X 2: SHANI MOOTOO’S CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT AND POLAR VORTEX Posted @TransLitAgency
Canadian English rights to Shani Mootoo’s POLAR VORTEX, sold to Jay and Hazel Millar at Book*hug Press for publication in early 2020 in a deal by Samantha Haywood.

[Transatlantic Agency @TransLitAgency]

DEAL NEWS: Canadian English rights to one of Canada's most widely acclaimed literary fiction authors, @shanimootoos POLAR VORTEX, sold to Jay and Hazel Millar at Book*hug Press for publication in early 2020. Deal by @s_haywood. Click for more: https://t.co/AEdntDBwaA

[Tom Moore @tom_moore_104]

"it's horrible when you're guilty until proven innocent" - says the guy who took out full page ads calling for capital punishment for the Central Park Five (who WERE innocent but maybe not rich white prep school kids up for the Supreme Court). #kavanaugh #trump #hypocrite #unga

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

@oddleigh_enough Thanks for your message. There have been papers published, but I don't keep track of them, seldom read them myself ( son't want to be influenced or discouraged!). How about doing a search online.

[Shani Mootoo @shanimootoo]

And so am I, thank you. It's been a terrific start!

[PanamaFruitFeederCam @PanamaFeederCam]

It seems like everyone stops for a look whenever the male Green Honeycreeper hops by, even this Chestnut-headed Oropendola!