{"id":21,"date":"2019-12-30T21:58:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T21:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shashibhat.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-12-01T02:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:25:50","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shashibhat.com\/index.php\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"Selected Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meet the winners of the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Canadian authors shortlisted for $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Globe 100: The best books of 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books: 12 Canadian Books Make 2024 Longlist for $100K Giller Prize<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“A sensitive feminist, Bhat creates characters through careful analysis overlaid with irony and wit. …A formidable presence in the expanding worlds of Canadian literature.”
–David Staines, Literary Review of Canada<\/strong>
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CBC Books: All the Canadian Books We’re Excited About This Spring (Top Pick for Fiction: Death by a Thousand Cuts)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literary Review of Canada: Sharp Insights: A Debut Collection From Shashi Bhat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickle Me This: Review of Death By a Thousand Cuts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“The craft that went into the moulding of each individual story in Death by a Thousand Cuts is fully evident on the page, as is the author\u2019s facility with a literary form that is among the most difficult to master.”
–Steven W. Beattie, That Shakespearean Rag<\/strong>

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Girls on the Page: An Interview With Shashi Bhat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

49th Shelf: The Chat with Shashi Bhat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books, First Look: Shashi Bhat’s New Book of Short Stories Finds Humour in the Everyday Trials of Being a Woman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books, First Look: Shashi Bhat’s New Book of Short Stories Finds Humour in the Everyday Trials of Being a Woman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books: The Finalists for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheila Heti, Anne Carson Among Finalists for the Governor General\u2019s Literary Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirkus Reviews: The Most Precious Substance on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“An empowering and liberatory coming-of-age novel for ‘the girls who stay quiet.'”
–Kirkus<\/strong>

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Shelf Awareness Review: The Most Precious Substance on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Walrus: Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shakespearean Rag: Shashi Bhat Blurs the Line Between Novels and Short Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books: Book Lovers Name Their Must-Reads for Fall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton Review of Books: Editors’ Picks, Fall 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickle Me This: Review of The Most Precious Substance on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“All I knew was that ‘Mute,’ which would go on to win the prize, was utterly distinct in terms of its narrative voice, and its clarity, and its point of view. So smart, and wise, and funny, and sad, and I don\u2019t know that I\u2019d ever read anything else quite like it. ”
–Kerry Clare, Pickle Me This<\/strong>

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CBC Books: 65 Canadian Works of Fiction to Watch for in Fall 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

49th Shelf Most Anticipated: 2021 Fall Fiction Preview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quill & Quire’s Summer Reading Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBC Books: 29 Canadian Books We Can’t Wait to Read in August<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 New Books Perfect for Your Summer Beach Reads, Chatelaine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcoming Award-Winning Author Shashi Bhat, Translatlantic Agency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Hay, Shashi Bhat Among Winners at Writers’ Trust Ceremony, The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“In Shashi Bhat\u2019s ‘Mute,’ rooms open into other rooms, and each one is furnished with an inventory of meticulous detail, right down to the roaches scuttling across the floor and the narrator who puts on heels to rise above them. It is a story about fear and loneliness, failed connections and existential questions, as well as a darkly funny take on academia, literary snobbery, and popular culture. This is a story where sentences sparkle, each one laying down the path toward a perfect and most unsettling conclusion.”
–Journey Prize Jury Citation<\/strong>

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How We Limn the Body: John Barton in Conversation with Shashi Bhat, The Malahat Review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shashi Bhat’s Debut Novel a Refreshing Break from\nConvention, The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Review: The Family Took Shape, National Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“The Family Took Shape<\/em> has a strange and very beautiful ending, proof of Bhat\u2019s tremendous promise.”
–Donna Bailey Nurse, National Post<\/strong>

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Review of The Family Took Shape, Quill & Quire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shashi Bhat, Writers’ Trust of Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New & Notable, Belletrista: Celebrating Women Writers from Around the World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


“Humour and horror combine in startlingly authentic ways in ‘Indian Cooking,’ a moving story that makes brave choices in its characterizations and avoids sentimentality in its depiction of family tragedy.”
–Bronwen Wallace Award Jury Remarks<\/strong>

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PRISM Contributor Shashi Bhat in 2012 Journey Prize Anthology, PRISM international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review: “The Threepenny Review” Spring 2011 Fiction, Rio Lang<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers’ Trust prize finalists announced, CBC News Arts\n& Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet the winners of the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes 5 Canadian authors shortlisted for $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award The Globe 100: The best books of 2024 CBC Books: 12 Canadian Books Make 2024 Longlist for $100K Giller Prize “A sensitive feminist, Bhat creates characters through careful analysis overlaid with irony and wit. …A … <\/p>\n

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