Kathy Friedman

Kathy Friedman is a South African-born Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection All the Shining People was published in 2022.[1] The stories in All the Shining People centre on characters in the Jewish community in Toronto, principally the South African Jewish community.[2]

The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award,[3] and the 2023 Trillium Book Award for English Prose.[4]

An MFA graduate of the University of Guelph,[5] she was previously shortlisted for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 2011 for her short story "Under the 'I'".[6]

  1. ^ ""Our Stories Will Still Be There" Kathy Friedman on Processing Complex Personal & Political History in Her Debut Short Story Collection". Open Book, March 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Hannah Srour, "The CJN’s new book columnist looks at ‘All the Shining People’ by Kathy Friedman and Jonathan Papernick’s ‘I Am My Beloveds’". Canadian Jewish News, March 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Rawi Hage, Kim Fu among 2022 Danuta Gleed Literary Award finalists". Quill & Quire, April 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "MP Charlie Angus, poet Cliff Cardinal among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Ziya Jones, "Kathy Friedman and InkWell Workshops offer struggling writers a chance to turn the page". Toronto Star, July 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Jen Neale wins RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers" Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today. National Post, May 3, 2012.