Doyali Islam
DOYALI ISLAM was a Griffin Poetry Prize finalist, Trillium Book Award for Poetry finalist, and Pat Lowther Memorial Award finalist for her second poetry book, HEFT (M&S, 2019). Her first poetry book was YUSUF AND THE LOTUS FLOWER (BuschekBooks, 2011). Doyali is the niece of Bangladeshi filmmaker Syed Salahuddin Zaki, and the granddaughter of Bangladeshi poet/translator/artist Nurun Nahar. Doyali has been interviewed by Shelagh Rogers (CBC The Next Chapter), Michael Enright (CBC Sunday Edition), and Anne Michaels (CV2 Magazine). Doyali learned to write by reading, listening to author interviews, and writing. Her message to you: keep writing! We need you.
Books by Doyali Islam
Yusuf and the Lotus Flower
