A doctor, a lawyer, and a journalist walk into a literary festival. Elamin Abdelmahmoud asks, “So what brings you here?” The result is a fascinating conversation between three authors who live dual lives as professionals in other fields. Kyle Edwards has won two National Magazine Awards for his journalism, and joins the Festival with his debut novel, Small Ceremonies. Full-time pediatrician Bindu Suresh is also the author of the strikingly poetic The Road Between Us. A lawyer by day, Saeed Teebi shares You Will Not Kill Our Imagination, a vital memoir on being a member of the Palestinian diaspora. Together, they’ll discuss how their professions inform and inspire their writing, and what compels them to do both.
Saeed Teebi’s appearance presented thanks to the generous support of Catherine Ross and David Ewart.
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ELAMIN ABDELMAHMOUD is the host of CBC Radio show Commotion. He was a founding co-host of the CBC Politics podcast Party Lines, and he is a contributor to The National’s At Issue panel. His work has appeared in Buzzfeed News, Rolling Stone, the Globe and Mail, and others.
KYLE EDWARDS is an Anishinaabe journalist and writer from the Lake Manitoba First Nation and a member of the Ebb and Flow First Nation. He has won two National Magazine Awards in Canada and was named Emerging Indigenous Journalist by the Canadian Association of Journalists. His work has appeared in CBC, Toronto Star, and Global News, among others.
A former journalist and current pediatrician, BINDU SURESH studied literature at Columbia University and medicine at McGill University. Born in Wales, she grew up in Canada and has spent equal parts of her life in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. She currently lives in Montreal.
SAEED TEEBI is an award-winning writer and lawyer. His debut short story collection, Her First Palestinian, was a finalist for several awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize. His nonfiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly. Born in Kuwait, he resettled in the United States, then Canada. He now lives in Toronto.
