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Reading at VPL on February 6th

Feb 1, 2024

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Ace Baker

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On February 6th, I’ll be doing a reading and chat with three other writers in the Writers Showcase at the downtown Vancouver Library (Central, the one that looks like the Roman Coliseum). I’ll be reading from my short story collection, How to Make a Killing Jar, but I was thrilled to find out that one…
POWER POSITIONS IN PROSE: Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s ZULAIKHA

Nov 20, 2023

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Ace Baker

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I met Lily Soltani at the Robson Indigo bookstore this past weekend, where she was doing a book signing. In fact, I was the first to get a signed copy… I cracked open the cover, began to read, and quickly discovered what the publisher, Inanna, must have noticed when they selected this book for publication;…