Danila Botha

" One the strengths of the opening story in Danila Botha's debut collection is its stripping away of the reassurances of the imaginary... The staying power in the tales lie in Botha's carefully inflected first person narration... (her character's) accounts of domestic atrocities are chilling in their dry simplicity and candour" Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail

"Botha is an emerging literary lioness on Canada's literary landscape... Got No Secrets packs an emotional wallop...powerful and poignant... an honest and freshly forthright debut that is filled with the headaches and heartburns of youth gone awry" - Stephen Patrick Clare, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax

Upcoming Readings and Events

May 2015- Quattro Books launch of Too Much on the Inside (more info to come)

Jan 20th, 2015, 7pm- Reading as part of the Tightrope Books launch on Janette Platana's book, 'A Token of My Affection', at Handlebar in Kensington

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March 14th, 2013 at 7:30- Reading with Kenneth Bonert (author of the Lion Seeker)

Sun Oct 21st 2013- Reading at the Plasticine Reading series, at Pauper's Pub, in the Annex, Toronto

July 7th- Speaking as part of a panel of writers, called Success Stories at Humber College for Writers, Lakeshore Campus , at 1:45

June 24th- Reading at No One Writes to the Colonel, at 460 College St (at Bathurst) With Lisa de Nikolits, Kateri Lanthier, Samantha Bernstein, at 5:30

May 3rd-tv interview with Daniel Katz, for his show on That Channel (http://www.thatchannel.com/) with Liz Worth

April 29th- Reading as part of the Tightrope author's readings to Save the High Park Zoo. With Heather Wood, Myna Wallin, Samantha Bernstein, Liz Worth and more. At Cafe Novo, all readings from 11am -4pm

April 10, 2012- Reading with Lisa de Nikolits and Liz Worth from 7-8 pm at the Annette Street Public Library, in the Junction, Toronto

Feb 28th 2012- Reading at University of Toronto as part of the incredible poet/professor Lynn Crosbie's Modern Poetry class, with Liz Worth

Jan 8th, 2012- Reading at Casa Del Popolo in Montreal, QC with the fabulous poet and author of Treat Me Like Dirt, a punk memoir, Liz Worth . Also featuring local punk band The American Devices

Nov 5th- Reading at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, on Harbord Street, from 3:30-5:30, with Lisa de Nikolits and Dawn Promislow

Oct 23rd- Reading as part of Canzine's Radical Reading Series, 6 pm, 918 Bathurst St, Toronto. With Ethan Rilley and Jonah Campbell

Oct 1st-Tightrope Author's Reading, with Sandra Kasturi, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, and more. At the Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave, near Keele St. 2-4 pm

July 27th- reading as part of Joel Thomas Hyne's book launch (for God Help Thee: a Manifesto) Brass Taps, College St, Toronto

July 7th- reading with Dawn Promislow at Willow Books, 333 Bloor St, Toronto (with music by Deborah Linden)

June 27th- Niagara Literary Arts Festival, with Dawn Promislow 7:00 pm, at Dani's Bistro, St Catherine's Ontario

May 22nd- 1:00-2:30 Reading and Q&A Panel for Long Live the Queen Festival, in Halifax. With Laura Penney, Chris Benjamin and Ryan Turner http://www.longlivethequeen.ca/

Jan 2011- Halifax Literary Lunch at the Halifax Club

Dec 11th 2010-Tightrope Author reading at Another Story (11:30-1:30) and at Nicholas Hoare (3:00-5:00) in Toronto.

Nov 17, 2010- at 12:15 Reading at Mount St Vincent at part of writing week, with Sheree Fitch, and others

Nov 2010- Reading from Got No Secrets at poet/professor Lorri Neilsen Glenn's writing class, at Mount St Vincent University

Sept 26th 2010- Reading at Word on the Street in Halifax in Victoria Park at 1:30

Oct 5th^st 2010- Halifax Public Library- Spring Garden branch 7pm He Said/She said reading with author Ryan Turner

Sept 7th, 2010 -Radio interview with Stephen Clare of the Chronicle Herald, live to air on CKDU at Dalhousie - it is also syndicated across Canada. Article in the Herald to follow that weekend.

July 2010 -Two articles on Salty Ink, a website, about Canadian and Atlantic Canadian writing. www.saltyink.com

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