The Blurred Divide: Can We Draw a Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction?
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- In-person event
- 290 Lisgar St , Ottawa , ON , K2P 0E2
- Cost: This is a FREE public event. All are welcome. Registration required.
- Contact
- english@carleton.ca
Please join us for The Blurred Divide: Can We Draw a Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction?, a conversation between Ottawa authors Monia Mazigh and Jamie Chai Yun Liew.
It will take place at 6pm on February 4 at the Carleton-Dominion Chalmers Centre. Please register below.
Monia Mazigh is an academic, award-winning Canadian author, and human rights activist. She writes in French and English and to date has authored a memoir, three novels, an essay, and a critically acclaimed collection of short stories. Monia Mazigh is an Adjunct and Research Professor at Carleton University in the Department of English Language and Literature, where she is the Writer in Residence for the Winter 2026 term.
Jamie Chai Yun Liew is a writer, lawyer, professor and podcaster. Her national bestselling debut novel Dandelion was the runner up in CBC’s Canada Reads 2025. Her non-fiction book Ghost Citizens: Decolonial Apparitions of Stateless, Foreign and Wayward Figures in Law looks at how statelessness is created and maintained in post-colonial settings. Jamie also hosts an award winning podcast, Migration Conversations.