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David Chariandy is a Canadian writer and one of the co-founders of Commodore Books.

His debut novel Soucouyant was nominated for ten literary prizes and awards, including the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (longlisted), the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize (longlisted), the 2007 Governor General's Award for Fiction (finalist), the 2007 ForeWord Book of the Year Award for literary fiction from an independent press ("gold" winner), the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book of Canada and the Caribbean (shortlisted), the 2008 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the British Columbia Book Prizes (shortlisted), the 2008 City of Toronto Book Award (shortlisted), the 2008 "One Book, One Vancouver" of the Vancouver Public Library ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 16,469 ratings · 2,032 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Brother 3.97 avg rating — 12,500 ratings — published 2017 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter 4.23 avg rating — 2,325 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soucouyant 3.80 avg rating — 1,457 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Pain Like This Body by Harold Sonny Ladoo, David Chariandy (Introduction) 3.63 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 33: The Best of Canada's New Black Writers by David Chariandy (Compiler), Esi Edugyan (Compiler), Canisia Lubrin (Compiler) 4.06 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NISHGA: Kanata Classics Edition by Jordan Abel (Goodreads Author), David Chariandy (Introduction) 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules by Jared Bland, Heather O'Neill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Richard Poplak (Contributor) 3.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brick: A Literary Journal, Summer 2025 (Brick #115) by Laurie D. Graham (Goodreads Author) (Publisher), Dionne Brand (Editor), David Chariandy (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brick: A Literary Journal, Winter 2026 (Brick, #116) by Laurie D. Graham (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dionne Brand (Editor), David Chariandy (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 33: The Best of Canada's New Black Writers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Memory’s the muscle sting of now.”
― David Chariandy, Brother

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“But of course, you can’t ever really flee. You’ll forever run the risk of being spotted, if only for a second.”
― David Chariandy, Brother: A Novel

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“Doesn’t matter how poor you are. You can always turn up the edge of a collar to style a bit, little things like that. You can always do things to let the world know you’re not nobody. You never know when your break is coming.”
― David Chariandy, Brother: A Novel

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