Harpreet Singh Sekha is a fiction and non-fiction Punjabi author based in Surrey. Born in India in 1967, he migrated to Canada with his parents in 1988. Harpreet’s written work explores themes and experiences that resonate with South Asian Canadians such as gender inequality, social justice and the migrant experience. Harpreet’s body of work includes the non-fiction work, Taxinaama; the novel, Hanerey Raah; and short story anthologies, Bi Ji Muskra Paye, Baaran Boohey and Prism. Of these works, Baaran Boohey has been translated into Hindi, and Taxinaama into English. Harpreet’s work has received academic recognition, as his work has been the focus of many university students’ academic research. His work has also been adapted for the stage by theatre artists and brought to film as well, in the form of a TV serial.

Harpreet Sekha also has several fiction books published in Punjabi.

AWARDS:

2018: Vancouver-based Dhahan Award for Punjabi fiction

BOOKS:

Journal of a Taxi Driver (Har Ananad Publications, 2021) 9788195125111.

Prism (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) $24.95 9781771714204

Frosty Lanes (Rethink Books, 2025) 9789348092922

[BCBW 2025]