Sahar Golshan

Sahar Golshan is the author of the picture book So Loud! (Annick Press, 2024)

So Loud! is illustrated by Shiva Delsooz. It is now available in Canada and the United States.

Get your copy of SO LOUD! today: https://www.annickpress.com/Books/S/S...

Sahar is a writer, a language learner, and the director of the short documentary KAR (2019). She is a winner of the Marina Nemat Award for Creative Writing in Non-Fiction and the Air Canada Short Film Award. Her writing has appeared in Room, Taclanese, Shameless, The Ex-Puritan, and Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language. She enjoys teaching and facilitating workshops in academic and community spaces like the University of Guelph and the Toronto Public Library.

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