Connections Brewing (Calgary)
Monday, March 10th, 2025
6:00pm – 9:00pm MST
Last Best Brewing & Distilling
607 – 11th Ave SW
Free. No registration required. Open to members of WGA and/or AWCS.
Street parking free after 6pm. 7 minute walk from 4th street c-train station.
Venue is wheelchair accessible by request, using the back entrance. Please email Ashley Frerichs at [email protected] ahead of time if you have accessibility needs and she will arrange use of the wheelchair ramp.
Come ready to mingle and network with the Calgary literary community. Our March event will feature special guest, University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writer in Residence, Danny Ramadan!
About the Special Guest
Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. His memoir, Crooked Teeth, came out in May 2024 to raving reviews. His latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes won the Lambda Award for Gay Fiction, and was nominated for the BC & Yukon Book awards, and the city of Vancouver Book Award. The Clothesline Swing won the Independent Publisher Book Award, longlisted for Canada Reads, and is translated to multiple languages. His award-winning children’s books The Salma Series received the Nautilus Book Award, The Publishing Triangle Award, the Middle East Book Award, amongst dozens of other nominations and honours. Since his arrival to Canada, Ramadan has raised over $300,000 for LGBTQ+ identifying refugees ensuring safe passage to more than two dozen queer and trans refugees. Ramadan graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, and received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Adler University. He lives in Vancouver with his husband and two dogs. When he is not writing, he is probably playing video games.