Hajer Mirwali (ON EDGE READING SERIES: FALL 2025)
The On Edge Reading Series showcases the work of writers who are doing the freshest, most interesting, and relevant work, writers who are also artists, volunteers, literary award winners, social justice organizers, prison abolitionists, literary organizers, dancers, managing editors, filmmakers, creative writing instructors, and scholars.
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Contact
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FEATURING:
Hajer Mirwali
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 5:30PM PT
ONLINE ONLY:
Hajer Mirwal is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. Her first book, Revolutions (Talonbooks, 2025), is a collection of poetry on shame, pleasure, and Arab Muslim girlhood. Two poems from the collection also appear in an anthology of Palestinian poetry called Heaven Looks Like Us (Haymarket Books, 2025). Hajer’s work has been published in The Ex-Puritan, Brick Magazine, Room Magazine, and Joyland. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph
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All readings are FREE and open to the public. ASL interpretation is provided for all readings. On Edge is organized and hosted by Mercedes Eng and assisted by Eliza. Logo and posters by Sandy.
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The
series is support by the Emily Carr Writing Centre with grateful
acknowledgement to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Coast Salish
First Nations whose traditional lands we are on.