Vivek Shraya
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion.
A three-time Canadian Screen Award winner, Vivek is the creator and writer of the CBC Gem Original Series How to Fail as a Popstar, which had its international premiere at Cannes. She was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize and has collaborated with musical icons Jann Arden, Peaches, and Jully Black. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.”
Vivek has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, a guest host on The Social and CBC’s q, and she is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. Most recently, Vivek released an alter ego visual album entitled VIVICA and her 13th book, is the speculative novel, The Hystericals,.
Writer's Festival Appearances
- Cause and Effect (2026)
- National Launch for Burning Sugar (2020)
- Day Two (2020)
- On Short Stories, Comics and Mentorship (2019)
- I’m Afraid of Men (2018)
- Respect <br> with Vivek Shraya, <br>Zoe Whitall <br>and Ivan Coyote (2016)
- Own Self Be True<br> with Gwen Benaway, <br>Vivek Shraya<br> and Ivan Coyote (2016)