Presenters
Danny Ramadan
Writer
In-Person Conference
Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. His novels, The Clothesline Swing (Nightwood – 2017) and The Foghorn Echoes (Penguin – 2022) continue to receive accolades. His award-winning children’s series The Salma Books is released by AnnickPress. It includes picture book Salma the Syrian Chef (2020), and early chapter books Salma Makes a Home and Salma Writes a Book (2023). He is expected to release his memoir Crooked Teeth in 2024. His short stories and essays have appeared in publications across North America and Europe. Since his arrival to Canada, Ramadan has raised over $300,000 for LGBTQ+ identifying refugees.
Presentations
- Speculative Non-Fiction: How to Write a Memoir with Fiction Tools | 2:30pm - 3:45pm Saturday Oct 22, 2022
- First Sentences and How to Write Them | 11:45am - 1:00pm Friday Oct 21, 2022
- Panel: Writing for Younger Children | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Saturday Oct 22, 2022