The most important opportunity offered by increased exposure is the chance to focus with greater faith and intensity upon the hard work of writing. On the inspiration for his novel Brother in “Interviews: David Chariandy” in BookPage (2018 Aug 1). I wanted to capture this ordinary beauty in its variations and intensity. I’m often inspired by the everyday beauty and resilience of black and brown families caught up in deeply challenging circumstances. 
On Black Canadians relationship with their home country in “David Chariandy: ‘Black Canadians Do Not Come From Space.’” in LitHub (2018 Jul 27).
Canada, in fact, has had its own legacies of slavery, segregation, state violence, and systemic impoverishment and Canada, no less than any other site of the African diaspora, boasts brilliant affirmations of Black life and creativity, powerfully “here,” but in complex intercultural and diasporic dialogue with the world. On the past and prejudices in “David Chariandy: ‘To make sense of prejudice, tell the story of the past’” in The Guardian (2019 Apr 14). And the point would be not only to spin a story about racial violence but to tell how our ancestors have bravely and creatively overcome these things. When things happen, the only way we can make sense of it is by telling the story about the past – realising where prejudices come from. 
He lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. He has written two works of fiction and one nonfiction. David Chariandy (born 1969 in Scarborough, Metropolitan Toronto) is a Canadian writer. About the Author Awards & Accolades David Chariandy is an author and educator from Scarborough, Ontario.
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