Kamal Parmar shines in Scattered Snowdrops (Self Published $25), a contemplative journey through consciousness. Filled with health tips, humour, and insight, Parmar aims for an innate sense of alignment with life, successfully achieved in this captivating collection. From famous figures like Nelson Mandela to the beauty of tulips and snowy mountains, the book echoes nuances of peace and permission. A beautiful addition to your coffee table, it serves as a call to blossom, breathe, and appreciate the wisdom of presence.

Kamal has been passionately involved in writing since high school and University years. Her genre is poetry and creative non-fiction. Her poems are simple, though poised and evocative enough to set the reader thinking. She has a few books published in UK, Canada and India and many publications in reputed US and Canadian literary journals and anthologies. Her writings have won many honorable mentions and prizes.

Kamal has been a member of several writers̛ organizations and Writers̛ Guilds. She was an active member of Saskatchewan Writers Guild, for many years and also a voluntary peer reviewer with the Manitoba Writers organization. Currently, she is a full member of the League of Canadian Poets and a past Board member of the Federation of BC Writers. She is also a member of Haiku Canada, a professional member of the Canadian Authors Association and of The Writers Union of Canada with whom she is a voluntary peer reviewer, screening poetry manuscripts of self-published writers. She was also a past Board member of the Nanaimo Arts Council. She is the current Poet Laureate of the City of Nanaimo.

BOOKS:

Fleeting Shadows (Printorium Bookworks 2010)

Letters to a Son and a Daughter (self-published 2020) $15 978-0-9867199-1-2

Scattered Snowdrops (Self Published, 2023) $25.00 9798870867144

[BCBW 2024]