Events

Upcoming:

  • Irish Novel Fair, February 16-17, 2024, virtual
  • Book Launch: “The Uncaged Voice,” Anthology published by Cormorant Books, Toronto, October 24, 2023
  • “Rastegan”, the winner of 2023 Joy Kogawa Fiction Award
  • “There You Are” shortlisted for Exeter Novel Prize, UK, 2023
  • “There You Are” long listed for the Joy Kogawa Fiction Award, 2022
  • Berton House Writer-in-Residence, 2023
  • “Uncaged Voices,” Anthology, Cormorant Books, Toronto, 2023
  • Sage Hill Writing, St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan, 2022
  • Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, USA, 2022
  • “There You Are,” Reading at the Wallace Stegner House, Eastend, Saskatchewan, September 16, 2021
  • “The Secret of Names,” Reading at the Joy Kogawa House, Vancouver, June 24, 2021
  • “Dear Reader: A Letter Writing Workshop”, The Joy Kogawa House, Vancouver, May 27, 2021,
  • Creative Writing Workshop in celebration of Culture Days, September 26, 2020 https://culturedays.ca/en/events/b81bcf73-0170-47e1-a2c3-1e09307e1820
  • “The Wise, Old Woman” by Attar, Morning Owl Coffee, November 20, 2019
  • “Stories from around the World”, Royal Oak, November 12, 2019
  • “Kings and Ordinary People”
    Storytelling by Maria Saba on Saturday, November 2, 2019
    Time: 2:00 to 2:25 (please arrive 5 minutes before the start time)
    Location: Nepean Centrepointe Library, 101 Centrepointe Drive,
    Ottawa
    Room: Council Chamber (Atrium)
    Language: English
    Cost: Free of Charge
  • Persian Dance Workshop as part of Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW), Nepean Creative Arts Centre, June 23, 2019
  • Persian Dance performance, Hazeldean Library, June 22, 2019
  • Persian dance workshop at L’Arche Ottawa Community Retreat Day, May 11, 2019

  • Storytelling at “Tales from the Silk Road Festival” at the National Arts Centre, Peter Herrndof Place, May 4 and 5, 2019
  • Storytelling at Children Storytelling Festival, Centrepointe Library, Ottawa, November 3, 2018

  • Reading at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland, July 20, 2018
  • Author reading, Picton Public Library, June 21, 2018 
  • Integrated Persian Dance, Doug Fluhrer Park, Kingston, June 10, 2018
  • Al Purdy A-Frame Residency, Ameliasburg, 2018
  • http://mariasabaye.blogspot.com/2018/05/al-purdy-frame-residency.html
  • “Letters & Diaries”, Reading at Ottawa Independent Writers, February 20, 2018
  • “Our Lives are Mysteriously Intertwined, Personal Stories,” at Stories & Tea, February 13, 2018, 7:00-7:30 pm, Tea Party Cafe, 119 York Street, Ottawa
  • Storytelling, “The Boy Who Loved Sweets Too Much”, Nov. 4, 2017, Children’s Storytelling Festival 2017, Nepean Centrepointe Library, Ottawa
  • Writing Workshop, October 1, 2017, 11:00-12:00, Nepean Creative Arts Centre
  • Reading at Sweny, Dublin, Ireland, August 17, 2017
  • Reading, Ottawa Independent Writers, June 20, 2017
  • Storytelling at Trophy, Ottawa Byward Market, June 17, 2017 (http://mariasabaye.blogspot.ca/2017/06/a-visit-to-trophy-pop-up-city-of-tents.html)

  • Dance performance and workshop, Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival, May 27, 2017
Maria and Liz – Girls & Dolls Photo by David Sims
  • Stories & Tea, February 14, 2017, 7:00-7:30 pm, Tea Party Cafe, 119 York Street, Ottawa

    Stories & Tea – Ottawa
  • Creative Writing workshop, October 1, 2016, 11:30-12:30, Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa
  • Persian Dance workshop for women, October 2, 2016, Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa
  • https://www.facebook.com/events/186086911818967/
  • Children’s Festival, Ottawa Story Tellers, Saturday, November 5, 2016, 12:00-12:50, Children’s Room, Lower level, Nepean Centrepointe Library, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa K2G 5K7

Past Events:

  • “The Dead”, Writers’ Studio Reading Series, May 4, 2016, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
  • “Vis o Ramin and Zar”, Iranian Student Association at the University of Ottawa, July 27, 2012
  • Book Launch, Vis and Ramin, October 23, 2011, Sina Cultural Centre, Montreal
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Book Launch – Sina Cultural Centre – Montreal

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