Sonia Saikaley

I am so grateful that my poem “Soldier” from my poetry collection “Turkish Delight, Montreal Winter” (http://mawenzihouse.com/Mawenzi_TurkishDelightMontrealWinter.htm) is reprinted in the powerful “Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology” (https://www.amazon.ca/Another-Dysfunctional-Cancer-Poem-Anthology/dp/177126196X). My appreciation to the wonderful editors the late Priscila Uppal and Meaghan Strimas.

Thanks so much to all those who made it out in the rain to the Tree Reading Series! I am so grateful for your support. Thank you to Tree for inviting me. It was a real honour reading with the wonderful Brecken Hancock and the amazing open mic readers. Thank you!

Photo Courtesy: Tree Reading Series

Wonderful to see "The Lebanese Dishwasher" on this list! Thanks so much to Invisible Publishing.

https://invisiblepublishing.com/2018/08/21/a-long-list-of-short-reads/

Many thanks to the wonderful people at Rigorous for publishing my story "The Arabian Jasmine". Thank you for stopping by and for supporting my work!

http://www.rigorous-mag.com/v2i3/sonia-saikaley.html

So honoured to have my story "Basil, Not the Spice" published in the latest issue of the Maple Tree Literary Supplement. Many thanks to the wonderful Amatoritsero Ede and thank you all for entering this story!

http://www.mtls.ca/issue23/sonia-saikaley/

Huge thanks to the wonderful Christal Ann Rice Cooper for featuring my poetry collection "A Samurai’s Pink House" on her insightful blog. Check it out:

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.ca/2018/04/crc-blog-analysis-on-sonia-saikaley.html

Thanks so much to the wonderful Christal Ann Rice Cooper for interviewing me on her blog! Check it out:

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.ca/2018/01/the-fourth-installment-of-new-crc-blog.html

A real honour to have been interviewed by the wonderful Mo Duffy Cobb. Check out the interview and the amazing work in this issue. Many thanks to Mo and Cargo Literary!

https://cargoliterary.com/article/samurais-pink-house-author-interview/

"A Samurai's Pink House" featured in Vistas! "These poems read like tales that capture the essence of the human heart and reveal a unique perception of modern existence. At times, the poems are fierce and sharply-focused and other times are soft as the silk of a kimono. The reader peers into the lives of people rising above traumas relating to gender identity, sexism, grief and loneliness. But underlying these situations, there are threads of hope for healing and happiness."

If you live in the Alta Vista/Elmvale Acres area in Ottawa, grab a copy and check out the new issue. Thanks to everyone at VISTAS for this lovely feature!

http:vistas-news.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/VISTAS-September-2017.pdf