Arjun Basu

Arjun Basu
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	writer
Genre	novelist, short stories
Notable works	Squishy, Waiting for the Man
Website
Official website

Arjun Basu is a Canadian writer. ^[1] He has published three award-nominated books, and was also known for his Twitter feed, on which he posted flash fiction branded as "Twisters". ^{[1] [2]}

Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from India, Basu published his debut short story collection Squishy in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards in 2009. ^[1] His novel Waiting for the Man was published in 2014, ^[3] and was a longlisted nominee for that year's Scotiabank Giller Prize. ^[4] In 2025, he published his second novel, The Reeds, ^[5] nominated for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction by the Quebec Writers Federation. ^[6]

He is also the host of The Full Bleed Podcast, ^[7] a show about the "future of magazines and the magazines of the future," a part of Magazeum, ^[8] a network devoted to magazines and magazine professionals.

References

1. "Catching up with "Squishy" Author Arjun Basu in 140 Characters or More" Archived 2011-04-15 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, April 11, 2011.
2. "You May Have Noticed… » Arjun Basu". arjunbasu.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
3. "Arjun Basu on his novel Waiting for the Man". The Next Chapter , October 15, 2014.
4. "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers" Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine . Montreal Gazette , September 15, 2014.
5. "The Reeds: A Novel". ECW Press. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
6. Wickham, John (2025-10-15). "The 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists". Quebec Writers' Federation. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
7. "The Full-Bleed Podcast". Magazeum. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
8. "Magazeum". Magazeum. Retrieved 2026-02-26.