Kimia Eslah is a feminist writer and a queer woman of colour. Her work has been featured on Watershed Writers, CBC Books, Ms. Magazine and The Miramichi Reader.
Kimia is the author of Enough (2023), Sister Seen, Sister Heard (2022) and The Daughter Who Walked Away (2019). Her novels explore the effects of bigotry, rape culture, mental illness, and queerphobia on Canadian women of colour.
What people are saying about Enough (2023), a gripping corporate drama featuring three brazen women of colour who take on the old boys' club at Toronto City Hall:
Carrie Snyder, author of Girl Runner and Francie’s Got A Gun“An entertaining, nuanced, multi-layered workplace drama. I was completely drawn in by Eslah’s characters and could not put this thought-provoking book down. Eslah’s characters have weight, depth, and ambition. The paths they chart in the workplace offer actionable responses to systemic barriers — and the drama is soapy and highly entertaining to boot. Ambitious women supporting each other in the workplace— more books like this, please.”
Tanis MacDonald, author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female“Trying to change the system from within? You’re gonna have to fight City Hall, and Kimia Eslah shows how it’s done in this no-bullshit novel as she yanks the lid off a workplace of endless meetings and deeply gendered racism. I cheered as her characters parse the shifting meanings of ambition, loyalty, and solidarity played out across generations. This book shows us a slice of the municipal government we’ve got and tantalizes with the municipal government we want. Enough is more than enough!”
Catch Kimia Eslah on The Feminist Podcast (Season 2: Episode 5), YouTube, and Instagram @kimiaeslah.
Email her at author@kimiaeslah.com. Meet her at local events in Ontario, Canada.
Introduction (5 minutes): I introduce the themes addressed in my novels (sexism, feminism, queerphobia, racism, intersectionality, patriarchy) to set the scene for the type of challenges faced by the characters in the most current novel.
Reading (30-45 minutes): I read for 30-45 minutes from one to three scenes that depict a depth of issues facing queer women of colour.
Discussion (15-20 minutes) For 15-20 minutes, I pose and take questions about the challenges and issues presented in the reading.
I especially enjoying working with youth and young adults to uncover and examine the systemic discrimination they face daily.
