Two local organizations have teamed up to bring an award-winning author and storyteller to Chatham.
The Chatham-Kent Public Library and Chatham-Kent Local Immigration Partnership are bringing Rukhsana Khan to the community.
Khan will be speaking at the Chatham Cultural Centre on Nov. 18, with two presentation times, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend.
Khan has published 15 books, including two children’s books, “Rabia’s Eid” and “Honk Honk Beep Beep Putter Putt,” that came out this year. In 2013, her book “Big Red Lollipop” was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of the 100 greatest children’s books in the last 100 years.
She also wrote a short story that is included in the 2020 anthology “Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices.”
Many of Khan’s titles are available in CKPL’s catalogue, search.ckpl.ca.
She was born in Lahore, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada at the age of three. She grew up bullied in a small town and read books to survive.
Khan has appeared on television, radio and been featured at festivals around the world. She lives in Toronto with her husband and family.
The Canada Council for the Arts was also involved in helping for Khan’s visit to Chatham to occur.
