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Arjun Basu
View on WikipediaArjun 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]
Key Information
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]- ^ a b c "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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