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Social columnist, pop culture buff, novelist. Weekly: Toronto Star. Tatler, Town & Country, Air Mail, Hello!, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair. Former Blue Check.

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How Do You Bring a Canadian Modern Literary Classic to the Stage?

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By Shinan Govani Verified
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If ever there was a novel that seeps into your skin, one that has always felt not so much like reading but having characters come and sit beside you, A Fine Balance is one of the great contenders. From the moment it dropped into the world in 1995 – courtesy of bank clerk-turned-academic Rohinton Mistry, an unassuming Indian-Canadian in wire-rimmed glasses – the book was a sensation. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize as well as the Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker.
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Sylvia Plath meets Heated Rivalry - as stars eat butter chicken, wear bucket hats, and give out Birkins!

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By Shinan Govani Verified
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Billie Eilish in Toronto shooting Sarah Polley’s adaptation of The Bell Jar Whatever happened to the “dog days of summer”? There’s been so much boldface action in Toronto over the last week, it’s almost like TIFF arrived a month early.
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NO "SITUATIONSHIPS," PLEASE. WE'RE AT AN OLIVIA DEAN CONCERT.

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By Shinan Govani Verified
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Part therapy sesh, part Motown resurrection, part throwback R&B. Part, also, Amy Winehouse ouija board activation. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. That is what Olivia Dean was giving as she love-bombed Toronto (in a good way) during the first of two sold-out nights at Scotiabank Arena, Tuesday night.
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