A Chat with Danny Ramadan (Calgary)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
7:00pm – 9:00pm MST
CommunityWise – Main Common Room (ground floor)
223 – 12th Ave SW, Calgary
FREE. No registration required. All are welcome.
Join us for an evening with Danny Ramadan, the current Writer in Residence of the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program and outgoing president of the Writers’ Union of Canada. Danny will perform a reading from his book Crooked Teeth followed by a discussion about the publishing landscape in Canada. Light refreshments will be available.
Street parking free after 6pm. 11 minute walk from 1st street c-train station. Venue is wheelchair accessible using the ramp to the left of the main entrance.
About the Speaker
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.