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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, is forthcoming with House of Anansi in winter 2025.

ADDRESS
City: REGINA, Province/Territory: Saskatchewan
EMAIL
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
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
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