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Photo credit
Robin Schlaht
Iryn Tushabe
BIO
Biography
Iryn Tushabe is a Ugandan-Canadian writer and journalist. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in The Walrus, Briarpatch Magazine, Adda, and on CBC Saskatchewan. She's had short stories in The Journey Prize Stories 30 and 33, as well as in Grain Magazine and Exile Quarterly. Her debut novel, Everything is Fine Here, (Anansi, 2025) is out now.
ADDRESS
City: REGINA,
Province/Territory: Saskatchewan
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
Fiction, Nonfiction, literary journalism
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Losing My Faith and Finding Other Ways to Pray
Publisher
The Walrus
Year
2023
Title
Contributor to the anthology river in an ocean: essays on translation
Publisher
trace press
Year
2023
AWARDS
Awards
Name
The Journey Prize
Publication
The Journey Prize Stories 33
Year
2023
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
EQUITY INITIATIVE
As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
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Yes
