Shashi Bhat is a Canadian writer, whose 2021 novel ''The Most Precious Substance on Earth'' was a shortlisted finalist for the
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the
2022 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022,Adina Bresge"Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards" ''Toronto Star'', October 12, ...
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Her debut novel, ''The Family Took Shape'', was published in 2013.
[Sunil Rao]
"Family values theme of novelist Shashi Bhat’s debut offering"
''Brampton Guardian
The ''Brampton Guardian'' is a locally distributed, free, weekly community newspaper in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
History
In the late 1950s, the Bramalea development began, under the oversight of Bayton Holdings Ltd., then Bramalea Consolidat ...
'', May 15, 2013. She was a finalist for the
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
The RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer who has not yet published his or her first book. Formerly restricted to writers under age 35, the age li ...
in 2010,
[ and won the Journey Prize in 2018 for her short story "Mute".
Originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario, she is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and is currently a professor of creative writing at Douglas College."Shashi Bhat's The Most Precious Substance on Earth is a coming-of-age novel about the pain & silence of trauma"]
'' The Next Chapter'' ( CBC Radio One), November 5, 2021.
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21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women short story writers
Canadian writers of Asian descent
Canadian people of Indian descent
Johns Hopkins University alumni
People from Richmond Hill, Ontario
Writers from Ontario
Writers from British Columbia
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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