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Arjun Basu | |
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| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | writer |
| Genre | novelist, short stories |
| Notable works | Squishy, Waiting for the Man |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Arjun Basu is a Canadian writer.[1] He has published three award-nominated books, and was also known for his Twitter feed, on which he posted flash fiction branded as "Twisters".[1][2]
Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from India, Basu published his debut short story collection Squishy in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards in 2009.[1] His novel Waiting for the Man was published in 2014,[3] and was a longlisted nominee for that year's Scotiabank Giller Prize.[4] In 2025, he published his second novel, The Reeds,[5] nominated for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction by the Quebec Writers Federation.[6]
He is also the host of The Full Bleed Podcast,[7] a show about the "future of magazines and the magazines of the future," a part of Magazeum,[8] a network devoted to magazines and magazine professionals.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Catching up with "Squishy" Author Arjun Basu in 140 Characters or More" Archived 2011-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, April 11, 2011.
- ↑ "You May Have Noticed… » Arjun Basu". arjunbasu.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "Arjun Basu on his novel Waiting for the Man". The Next Chapter, October 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers" Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine. Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2014.
- ↑ "The Reeds: A Novel". ECW Press. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ Wickham, John (2025-10-15). "The 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists". Quebec Writers' Federation. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "The Full-Bleed Podcast". Magazeum. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "Magazeum". Magazeum. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
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