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Farah Ghafoor

Farah Ghafoor

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Farah Ghafoor is the author of Shadow Price (House of Anansi, 2025), which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry and longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards. Her poems were awarded the E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, and recognized by the CBC Poetry Prize and the Far Horizons Award. Her work appears in magazines such as The Walrus, The Offing, and Brick Magazine, art exhibitions, anthologies and post-secondary course curriculums.

Shadow Price

Borrowing its title from a finance term—“the estimated price of a good or service for which no market price exists”—Shadow Price examines the idea of value in a world that burns under our capitalist lens. Employing both surreal and documentary imagery, Farah Ghafoor's arresting collection articulates how narrative is used to revise the past and manipulate the future, ultimately forming our present-day climate crisis. Shadow Price captures the complexities of living and writing as a young poet born in the year that “climate change denial” first appeared in print. Mourning the loss of Earth’s biodiversity, from insects to mammoths to trees, these introspective poems invite us to consider the risks and rewards of loving what may vanish in our lifetime. Shadow Price charges readers to contemplate their power and purpose in the world today, recognizing that there is hope even in the belly of the beast.
01
May 2026

FRYE Jam

Discover literature at its most thrilling and engaging: readings by our guest authors, accompanied by musical improvisations from Umläb and captivating projections by Carole Deveau.

02
May 2026

Beyond the Book

Join us as four writers share what we don’t always see on the page. From a day in the life of troubled residents, hope amidst capitalism and climate change denial, and the failures of medical paternalism, these are some of the many themes that inform these four astounding works.