Sonia Saikaley

Check out my review of "Sankofa" by Chibundu Onuzo at the New York Journal of Books:

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/sankofa-novel

Many thanks!

It is wonderful to have been nominated under the category of Music & Art (Author) in the 2023 Ottawa FACES Magazine Awards. Thank you to Faces Magazine for this amazing opportunity and to my family, friends, publishers and readers for making this possible. If you would like to vote, please click on the photo for the Music & Art category, find the sub-category Author, then vote and add your email address. Voting ends February 15th. I appreciate your support. With love and thanks.

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by my book table at the Fall Art Show. It was wonderful to meet new readers. Special thanks to Barbara and the rest of the crew at Art in the Neighbourhood. I am very grateful for the support.

I was fortunate to spend a lovely afternoon at Indigo South Keys in Ottawa. This is a charming store filled with books, book lovers and staff members who truly care about their customers and authors. Thank you so much to everyone who came to see me at the book signing! It was wonderful to meet new readers and to catch up with family and friends. I very much appreciate the support. Special thanks to Tamara, Allana and the rest of the team at Indigo South Keys. With love and gratitude.

Congratulations to Ian Colford whose manuscript “The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard” won the Guernica Prize! Well-deserved. It was an honour to have my manuscript "Butterflies of the Rice Fields" shortlisted. Gratitude to the wonderful jury members Angie Abdou, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe and Joseph Dandurand for all their hard work and time. Many thanks to Guernica for having this excellent literary award. Thanks so much to everyone who cheered me along. I appreciate the support. Congr...

I had a wonderful time at CBC Radio and I am so grateful to the delightful host Robyn Bresnahan, the Ottawa Morning team and Denise Fung for the amazing opportunity and warm welcome. This interview took place on the 19th anniversary of my dad’s death and I like to think he was listening to me speak about his charming yellow grocery store that he operated with my mom. They both worked hard to support our family. If the spirit moves you, check out the interview:

In the seventies and eighties, I was a student at Elgin Street Public School in Ottawa, Ontario and it was there my love of reading and writing began with the support of the amazing teachers I had, so I dropped off some copies of Samantha’s Sandwich Stand at my old school. It was wonderful to step in the hallways again and remember the hardworking and kind teachers who inspired me many years ago. I struggled with reading as a child and it was through the compassion...

Many thanks to the amazing Suzy and the wonderful bloggers for taking "Samantha's Sandwich Stand" on tour in the New Year. So grateful. 

http://suzyapprovedbooktours.com/2021/11/04/on-tour-01-05-22-02-27-22-samanthas-sandwich-stand-by-sonia-saikaley/?fbclid=IwAR2GQuN8pSZ9R2eU-...

Happy weekend everyone! Check out the trailer of my forthcoming children’s picture book Samantha’s Sandwich Stand: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKpqqfX81U

Thanks so much for watching!

I am thrilled to announce that my first children’s picture book “Samantha’s Sandwich Stand” will be published by Renaissance Press this fall. I am grateful to everyone at Renaissance for making this happen. Huge thanks to Nathan Caro Fréchette for bringing the book alive with his amazing illustrations! Love and thanks to you all for supporting me on this incredible journey. Please join us for an online pre-launch party taking place Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 7:00 p...