BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Faculty of Arts//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Faculty of Arts - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210206T1842Z-1612636926.7175-EO-47299-24@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T025119Z CREATED:20210206T184141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210401T213657Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210430 SUMMARY: Diversity Reads – a podcast book club to broaden your mind DESCRIPTION: Join our host Afro-Latina writer\, producer\, activist\, and U BC film studies student Coral Santana on Spotify as she takes you through t he depths of captivating books\, alongside writers and other creatives who are out to disrupt and deepen our world view. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Want to read and learn about stories we w eren't taught in school? Join Afro-Latina writer\, producer\, activist and UBC Film Studies student Coral Santana on Spotify as she takes you through the depths of some captivating books\, alongside writers and other creative s who are out to disrupt and deepen our world view.
This themed bi-mo nthly podcast series\, hosted on Spotify\, runs during February (Black Hist ory Month Reads)\, March (International Women’s Day Reads) and April (Indig enous Reads). You can also join the conversation through the D iversity Reads book club\, hosted on Goodreads.
Ep. 1: Feb 6 | The Return
First up in February\, Dany Dany Laferrière's most celebrated boo k since How to Make Love to a Negro is a new bestseller. The R eturn is the winner of many awards\, including the Prix Medicis and th e Grand Prix du livre de Montreal.
How does one return from exile?
E p. 2: Feb 20 | Clap When You Land
February's second offering is Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. In a novel-i n-verse that brims with grief and love\, award-winning author Elizabeth Ace vedo writes about the devastation of loss\, the difficulty of forgiveness a nd the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
Ep. 3: March 6 | Ho w To Pronounce Knife
Join us as we investigate How T o Pronounce Knife\, the debut novel by Giller Prize winning author Souvankham Thammavongsa\, along with special guest UBC Sociology alumna In dra Hayre. A Vancouver local\, Indra is a freelance diversity and inclusion consultant\, as well as a model and full-time employee at the Vancouver co mpany Arc'teryx. She advocates for diversity and inclusion in all aspects o f life. Passionate about diversity and inclusion in the outdoors\, h er initial motivation for becoming a model was to show people of colour tha t they too belonged outside. Driven by the ethos that people won't feel as though they belong somewhere until they see themselves there\, Indra most o ften works with apparel companies who share the same values of inclusivity as her.
Ep. 4: April 3 | Akata Witch
In episode 4\, tune in to hear Coral Santana and special guest Hope Lauterbach explore Akata Witch\, by Nnedi Okorafor. Lauterbach is a poet and writer with Zambian roots and i s currently enrolled in The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University. She is a member of the Growing Room collective\, which produces Room Magaz ine\, the oldest feminist literary journal in Canada\, and is the host of Unbound Reading Series\, a quarterly reading and conversation that high lights Black creative voices.
Ep. 5: April 17 | Five Little Indians
Inspired by author Michelle Good's experiences\, Five Little Indians tells the story o f five former residential school students as they struggle to survive in 19 60s Vancouver — one finding her way into the dangerous world of the America n Indian movement\; one finding unexpected strength in motherhood\; and one unable to escape his demons — and the bonds of friendship that sustain the m. Host Coral Santana will be joined in discussion by Dr. Daniel Justice (C herokee Nation)\, an author and widely published scholar in Indigenous lite rary studies and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Exp ressive Culture at UBC.
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Ep. 6: April 29 |
In the final episode of the Di versity Reads series\, don't miss a discussion of the book Girl\, Woman\, Other by Bernardine Evaristo\, which explores themes of relationsh ips\, race\, identity and ancestry\, as well as the structures of storytell ing and LGBTQA+ representation. This discussion will feature special guests Cicely Belle Blain\, activist and founder of Black Lives Matter Vancouver\ , and Stephanie Bokenfohr\, Public Programs Coordinator at the Vancouver Ar t Gallery.
This episode is presented in partnership with the Vancouve r Art Gallery with the support of UBC Wellbeing and the UBC Centre for Acce ssibility. Live ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be available and a recording of this conversation will be uploaded to Spotify after the event.
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