EP 14 :: Myriam Chancy On Edge Reading

Myriam Chancy was reading at 7 pm on Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Emily Carr Institute for Art + Design + Media in Vancouver Myriam Chancy is a novelist and a researcher. Her first novel, Spirit of Haiti (Mango Publications 2003) was shortlisted in the Best First Book Category, Canada/Caribbean Region, of the Commonwealth Prize 2004, and her second novel The Scorpion’s Claw, was published by Peepul Tree Press, in 2004. Her critical works include: Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (Temple UP, 1997), which was awarded an Outstanding Academic Book Award from the American Library Association); and Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women (Rutgers UP, 1997). Myriam was born in Haiti, raised in Quebec and Winnipeg, She is currently Visiting Associate Researcher, Center for Black Studies & Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of Black Studies, UC, Santa Barbara, 2006-2007. Her webside is www.myriamchancy.com The On Edge series gratefully acknowledges the support of the Emily Carr Institute and the Canada Council.