Anita Rau Badami
Anita Rau Badami (c) Richard-Max Tremblay

Anita Rau Badami

Anita Rau Badami (Canada/India) is the author of the bestselling novels Tamarind Mem and The Hero’s Walk, which won the Regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and Italy’s Premio Berto. Her third novel, Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?, was long listed for the IMPAC Award. The recipient of the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career, she is also a visual artist. Badami presents Tell it to the Trees, an intense mystery and heart-rending story of an Indian family in small town British Columbia.

Upcoming Events

  • Saturday October 29, 2011

    • IFOA Port Hope

      Cost: $10

      Readings by Anita Rau Badami, Rana Dasgupta,Helen Oyeyemi and Emma Ruby-Sachs, followed by a book signing.

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