Author of HOME OF THE FLOATING LILY, runner-up for the 2021 Danuta Gleed Literary Award and longlisted for the 2022 Toronto Book Awards, Silmy Abdullah’s KEEPERS OF THE GLASS LAMP, a novel inspired by the author’s work as immigration lawyer which follows the life of Nur, a Bangladeshi woman who moves to Canada after marriage, only to find herself in an abusive relationship and eventually, undocumented, and on the verge of deportation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, to Meghan Macdonald at Dundurn Press (World, All) by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic Agency. Foreign Rights: rights@dundurn.com, Film/TV Rights: Rachel@transatlanticagency.com
Silmy is represented by Rachel Letofsky.
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