Danila Botha
@danilabotha.bsky.social
Author of Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness (Guernica 2024) A Place for People Like Us (Guernica 2025) Vidal, At Bay Press, 2026 For All the Men... reissue (Guernica 2028) Fiction and art enthusiast. Humber School for Writers faculty.
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of our Summer 2026 Editor's Prize Contest! We would like to thank everyone who submitted their beautiful work!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ EDITORIAL REVIEW From Tiberias to France and the horrors of the Holocaust, 'Vidal' by Danila Botha is an ambitious and deeply personal story of memory, identity, family and survival. 📖 Read the full review: maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/08/edit... @danilabotha.bsky.social 💙📚
"Sometimes we could hear the distant lapping of Lake Kinneret against the rocks on the shore." #SundaySentence from @danilabotha.bsky.social's VIDAL. www.erikadreifus.com/2026/08/sund...
#SundaySentence - Erika Dreifus
The best sentence I've read during the past week, "out of context and without commentary."
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I’m incredibly excited for the official launch of Vidal this September 🧡🧡 Thanks so much to my wonderful publisher At Bay Press, Heather Wood Koffler Arts , Ben McNally Books and the amazing Gary Barwin for sharing the stage with me Join us Sept 9th TV at 6:00pm www.kofflerarts.org/more/public-...
Check out an excerpt from @danilabotha.bsky.social novel, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US, which explores friendship and identity, Judaism and cults, and hypocrisy and family. —David Michael, Judith Magazine on Substack. 🙏 judithmagazine.substack.com/p/a-place-fo...
A Place For People Like Us
“Make for yourself a friend.” — Pirkei Avot
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For our third Shortlist Saturday, we offer you this intriguing story, Everything is Temporary by Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social, now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/everyth...
Everything is Temporary by Danila Botha
Alice was always asking Paul to scratch her back. She’d ask reflexively almost immediately after he sat down beside her on the couch. [...]
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: One Day, Hard and Clear by Anne Baldo, @dundurnpress.bsky.social & Vidal by @danilabotha.bsky.social, @atbaypress.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
Thank you CBC Books for including "A Place For People Like Us," by @danilabotha.bsky.social on your list of 15 Canadian Books to Read for Jewish Book Month! #JewishHistoryMonth
Danila Botha@danilabotha.bsky.social · 4mo agoAlso so excited to see A Place For People Like Us on CBC Books’s list of Fifteen Canadian Books to Read For Jewish Book month. An honour to be there with Cary Fagan, Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, Elise Levine and more 💗 www.cbc.ca/books/15-can... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
Bravo @danilabotha.bsky.social!!!! Thrilled to see "A Place For People Like Us," is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award!!!! Congrats to all the incredible finalists! 🙏✨🤸♂️
Danila Botha@danilabotha.bsky.social · 4mo agoEmotional and grateful to find out this morning that A Place For People Like Us is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer award 🧡🧡💗Thank you so much to my incredible publisher, congrats to the amazing finalists www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
Also so excited to see A Place For People Like Us on CBC Books’s list of Fifteen Canadian Books to Read For Jewish Book month. An honour to be there with Cary Fagan, Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, Elise Levine and more 💗 www.cbc.ca/books/15-can... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
15 Canadian books to read for Jewish Heritage Month | CBC Books
From poetry to children's books and nonfiction, we've compiled a list of books by Jewish Canadians.
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Emotional and grateful to find out this morning that A Place For People Like Us is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer award 🧡🧡💗Thank you so much to my incredible publisher, congrats to the amazing finalists www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalists
independent book award for the small press, academic press & independent press, including self-published books
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Thank you from us too, Asher! 🙏
Danila Botha@danilabotha.bsky.social · 5mo agoGrateful for this beautiful review of A Place For People Like Us in Reader’s Favourite 💗🎉📚 thank you so much Asher Syed “beautifully written and fully immersive, this is women’s fiction at its finest.” 🥹 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
Bravo @danilabotha.bsky.social! "A Place For People Like Us," won an Independent Press Award, for Contemporary Novel.
Danila Botha@danilabotha.bsky.social · 5mo agoA few more photos from the Independent Press Awards, where A Place For People Like Us won for Contemporary Novel 💗💗📚🎉🥹 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
AMAZING! @danilabotha.bsky.social and @rollwithheather.bsky.social🙏✨❤️👏🔥
Danila Botha@danilabotha.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat an incredible night. Thank you so much to the Independent Press Awards for creating such a special event. It was so much fun to celebrate with these amazing authors! thank you to Heather for best photos and company 🧡🧡🧡📚 🥳 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
Grateful for this beautiful review of A Place For People Like Us in Reader’s Favourite 💗🎉📚 thank you so much Asher Syed “beautifully written and fully immersive, this is women’s fiction at its finest.” 🥹 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
A few more photos from the Independent Press Awards, where A Place For People Like Us won for Contemporary Novel 💗💗📚🎉🥹 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
What an incredible night. Thank you so much to the Independent Press Awards for creating such a special event. It was so much fun to celebrate with these amazing authors! thank you to Heather for best photos and company 🧡🧡🧡📚 🥳 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social
"A compelling look at the comforts and controls of religious devotion." Kirkus Reviews Bravo @danilabotha.bsky.social 🤩😍👏
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US | Kirkus Reviews
Botha’s literary novel follows a young woman’s bumpy spiritual journey.
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Hey #WritingCommunity! With all the chaotic world events dominating headlines, you may have missed the recent releases by these authors. Check ‘em out! @fionawriter.bsky.social @glawackus.bsky.social @coreypoetry.bsky.social @danilabotha.bsky.social @smcconnaha.bsky.social @mquigley1963.bsky.social
very surprised and grateful to see this little story win the 2025 new flash fiction review prize! the whole @nffr.bsky.social issue is phenomenal and i’m so glad to be in such good company 🥰 newflashfiction.com/body-as-a-si...
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I really can’t say enough about how wonderful this experience was. If you’re in DC, the 804 Literary Salon is fantastic, and so is the writing community 📚🧡
A few more 804 Literary Salon, what an amazing experience 🧡📚🎉
I had the best time reading at 804 Literary Salon in Washington DC! Look at this incredible company. Thank you so much to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social and Lauren Woods for having me 🩷📚🎉
