Hollay Ghadery

TONIGHT CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm host Alison Gadsby welcomes @hollay.bsky.social for her novel “The Unravelling Of Ou” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social & @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social on her novella appearing in the collection “Dead Writers” (Invisible Publishing) TUNE IN TONIGHT!

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“Beautifully told with her trademark use of evocative and poetic language, Ghadery challenges readers to ponder the complexity of recognition and what it means to be seen.”

—Lucy E.M. Black, The Miramichi Reader

Read the full review:

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In this NBN episode, I speak with Toronto poet Guy Elston about his delightful debut poetry collection, The Character Actor Convention (Gordon Hill Press/Porcupine’s Quill, 2025).

This is persona poetry at its finest. To listen in, click the link below:

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TOMORROW NIGHT CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm host Alison Gadsby welcomes @hollay.bsky.social for her novel “The Unravelling Of Ou” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social & @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social on her novella appearing in the collection “Dead Writers” (Invisible Publishing) TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!

This book examines the roots and influence of the ‘Aryan myth’ which holds that Iranians are Aryans—and therefore white—against the lived experience of Iranians in America, where they are treated as distinctly not-white.

“The Limits of Whiteness” is inspired by Neda Maghbouleh’s book, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (Stanford University Press, 2017).

“The Limits of Whitness” is a poem from Rebellion Box, my second book and debut collection of poetry, published in 2023 by Radiant Press.

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Our Under Review series returns with Allison Snelgrove reviewing @hollay.bsky.social latest “The Unravelling of Ou”.

Read the full review: tnq.ca/under-review...

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I am swooning with gratitude for this incredible review of my novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which was just released by Palimpsest Press. You can read the full review at TNQ.ca.

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Mary Bibb, wife of publisher Henry Bibb, also had an important role in publishing the historic Voice of the Fugitive newspaper. More here and on the @allwriteinsincity episode, Celebrating Windsor's Earliest Black Women Writers: buff.ly/I5z8gpd 💙 📚

Thank you, @thenewquarterly.bsky.social, Selena, & Alison! Ahhhhhhhhhh!

The Unravelling of Ou—the novel by award-winning Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery—was featured in Foreword Reviews Writers of Color column!

“The Unraveling of Ou is an insightful novel about personhood, emotional well-being, and the often fraught relationships between mothers and daughters.”

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How lucky am I? In this NBN episode, award-winning and celebrated novelist Farzana Doctor interviews me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which was released by Palimpsest Press on February 15, 2026.

Listen to the conversation:

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NBCC member Hollay Ghadery’s forthcoming novel, "The Unravelling of Ou," was reviewed at Quill & Quire:

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Thank you to @hollay.bsky.social for sending me a signed copy of her new novel, The Unravelling of Ou! So looking forward to reading. This book is receiving lots of attention!

In this NBN episode, I interview the most excellent Michael Mirolla about his fascinating novel, How About This…? (At Bay Press, 2025). It’s such a fun conversation!

Listen in:

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ICYMI: In a recent NBN episode, I spoke with Sunny Dhillon about his powerful collection of epistolary essays, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).

Tune in:

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“One of the novel’s most powerful aspects is that it rejects the idea that survival must end in triumph, suggesting instead that it’s about identity shaped by life’s struggles.”
—Olivia Zimberoff, The Independent Book Review

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In this NBN episode, I speak with poet Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi about their new poetry collection, The Book of Interruptions. I also babble on about Kess being the Doctor Strange of poetry. And I mean that in the best possible way.

Listen to the conversation:

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If I could see Cora now
I’d see the winding sky has shrunk her,
but we would watch the damp
vectors of mountains.

—from “Sun Gone” by Mallory Tater

Read the full excerpt on our blog at www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/12....

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One of the underrated pleasures of being a writer is when writers you admire casually name drop you and your novel in their interviews. 😍 See, for instance, @hollay.bsky.social in an interview with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social, talking about her debut novel: alllitup.ca/i-became-enc...

Honestly, it’s amazing what you did in Anomia! Such a fascinating read!