Manahil Bandukwala

is a writer, visual artist, and editor.

Manahil was born and raised in Karachi and is currently a settler on unceded Algonquin and Anishinaabe territory (Ottawa).

She holds a BA in English from Carleton University and an MA in English at the University of Waterloo.

In 2024, Manahil was a finalist for the Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction for "The Shopkeeper's Remedy." In 2023, she was selected as a Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Star by Shani Mootoo.

She is currently a columnist with Open Book and Digital Content Editor for Canthius. She was the former Coordinating Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine.

Editorial & Illustration Services
My goal as an editor is to help you develop a manuscript that speaks to your lived experience and enchants your audience.

​By working with me, you will develop your own unique voice as you find a home for your writing. ​

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