David Chariandy

David Chariandy

David Chariandy grew up in Toronto. His debut novel, Soucouyant received stunning reviews and nominations from 11 literary awards juries, including a Governor General’s Literary Award shortlisting, a Gold Independent Publisher Award for Best Novel, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. He lives and teaches in Vancouver.

Brother

Coming of age in The Park, a cluster of town houses and leaning concrete towers in the disparaged outskirts of a sprawling city, Michael and Francis battle against the careless prejudices and low expectations that confront them as young men of black and brown ancestry. Propelled by the pulsing beats and styles of hip hop, Francis, the older of the two brothers, dreams of a future in music. Michael’s dreams are of Aisha, the smartest girl in their high school, whose own eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But the bright hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably thwarted by a tragic shooting, and the police crackdown and suffocating suspicion that follow.

Chariandy’s long-awaited second novel, Brother, explores questions of masculinity, family, race and identity as they are played out in a Scarborough housing complex during the sweltering heat and simmering violence of the summer of 1991.

Events & Tickets

Thur, Oct. 12 @ 7pm: The Enthusiast’s Guide to the Governor General’s Literary Awards

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Fri, Oct. 13 @ 12pm: Tasty Bites: David Chariandy & Zoey Whittall

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Sun, Oct. 15 @ 1pm: Family Ties

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