Ardo Omer – Writer, FOLD Kids Coordinator and podcast host.
From book blogger to freelance writer, critic and editor, Ardo has written for the web for almost a decade. She is now a co-host of the books and comics podcast, Put A Blurb On It, with her friend Yash Kesanakurthy. She’s an advisor at the Canada Comics Open Library and writes reviews for the Canadian Children’s Book News magazine.
Ardo has also written two short comics and is the Kids Coordinator at the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD).
COMMITTEES/ AWARDS
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2022 Jury Member [Canadian Children’s Book Centre]
Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids Comics, 2018 Judge [Kids Read Comics/Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival]
Cybils Awards, 2017 Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novel and Young Adult Graphic Novel Judge
2021 WT Amplified Voices, Committee Member [Writer’s Trust]
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2021 Jury Member [Canadian Children’s Book Centre]
Cybils Awards, 2018 Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novel and Young Adult Graphic Novel Judge
MEDIA
Three Black Organizations Working to Get Us Reading [ByBlacks.com]
February 2019 Events at Indigo [Press Release]
The Progressive, Controversial History of Suicide Squad’s Amanda Waller [Vulture]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Batman and Superman [Vulture]
Who Would Win in a Fight, Batman or Superman? Celebs and General Zod Weigh In [Vulture]
There is great Sci-Fi centred on Black, Indigenous and other people of colour [CBC’s Metro Morning interview]
We Got Next: Emerging Black Writers You Should Be Paying Attention To [Room Magazine]
Female creators take the lead in new homegrown comics anthology [CBC News]
Goodreads Voices: Ardo Omer [Goodreads]
PODCAST APPEARANCES
Put A Blurb On It
Co-host
The Staff Room Podcast
The Summer Series with Ardo Omer (Guest)
Reading Between the Limes
Ardo Omer (Guest)
True North Country Comics Podcast
Interview with Ardo Omer at Toronto Comics ‘Osgoode As Gold’ Anthology Launch Party
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The Defenders, Season 1 (Guest)
Shelfdust Presents
What If? Secret Invasion with Kirsten Howard (Guest)
Shelfdust Presents
Legends of the Dark Knight #17 with Ardo Omer (Guest)
Ms En Pod
Guest Co-host
The Reboot Podcast
Ardo Omer Reads Batman: Superheavy (Guest)
Get Booked
Ep 2: Calling for Comics (Guest)
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