{"id":333,"date":"2021-05-12T22:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/?p=333"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:35:58","slug":"may-12-2021-danny-ramadan-own-voices-and-writer-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/2021\/05\/12\/may-12-2021-danny-ramadan-own-voices-and-writer-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"May 12 2021 &#8211; Danny Ramadan: Own Voices and Writer Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;334&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Syrian-Canadian author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannyramadan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Ramadan<\/a> published his first collection of short stories at the age of 19, and worked as a journalist in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt before resettling in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Join this celebrated author as he discusses Own Voices, citing his various writer identities, including former refugee and queer person. Danny will also discuss craft, read from his work and answer questions from the moderator and audience.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<h2 class=\"null\">Danny Ramadan has published in a variety of genres. He is currently serving as Writer-in-residence at the Saskatoon Public Library.<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">His debut novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/books\/the-clothesline-swing-1.4191014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Clothesline Swing<\/a>, won the Independent Publisher Book Award and The Canadian Authors Association Award. Also shortlisted for an Evergreen Award, a Sunburst Award and a Lambda Award, the novel has been translated into French, German and Hebrew.<br \/>\nHis children\u2019s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annickpress.com\/Books\/S\/Salma-the-Syrian-Chef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salma the Syrian Chef<\/a> is nominated for the Forest of Reading\u2019s Blue Spruce award.<br \/>\nHis forthcoming novel, The Foghorn Echoes will be released by Penguin Canada and Canongate UK in Summer 2022.<br \/>\nDanny graduated from UBC with an MFA in Creative Writing and lives in Vancouver with his husband, Matthew Ramadan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;334&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Syrian-Canadian author Danny Ramadan published his first collection of short stories at the age of 19, and worked as a journalist in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt before resettling in Canada. Join this celebrated author as he discusses Own Voices, citing his various writer identities, including former refugee and queer person. 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