GRAHAM ROUMIEU: BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES

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Graham Roumieu donated this piece, Nothing Pleases You, to ARTATTACK!, an annual art fundraiser in support of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

For 40 years, Buddies in Bad Times has been Toronto’s leading destination for alternative theatre and a world leader in developing queer voices and stories for the stage.

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DINARA MIRTALIPOVA: PUBLISHING NEWS

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Great news from Dinara Mirtalipova – Salaam Reads, a Muslim children’s book imprint from Simon & Schuster, has purchased the rights to Rukhsanna Guidroz's Leila in Saffron, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova. 

From Publisher's Weekly: "Zareen Jaffery at S&S/Salaam Reads has acquired world rights to Rukhsanna Guidroz's (l.) Leila in Saffron, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova. The picture book follows a Pakistani-American girl named Leila who uses her senses of sight, smell, taste, and touch to cook a family meal with her grandmother and delight in the various items in her grandmother's home that speak to Leila's unique identity. Publication is slated for summer 2019; Wendi Gu at Janklow & Nesbit represented the author while at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and Chrystal Falcioni at Magnet Arts Collective represented the illustrator."

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