The Three Body Problem

Non-Fiction Workshop with Danny Ramadan

Saturday, March 1
2:30PM – 4:30PM
Online via Zoom
$25.00

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Description

When writing a memoir, one is faced with an ultimate dilemma: what to tell, how to tell it, and how to make it relevant to the mainstream readership. There is a trick to figuring this out, but it requires a reflection on what you write, and who you are as you write it. In this talk, we will question the role of the author of memoir writing, and the tools we might be able to accomplish a truthful, yet inviting non-fiction. We will look at the balance between your author body, your past body, and your present body and ask the question: How can you write a memoir without balancing these three selves? (For authors who are a bit more advanced, but all are welcome.)

Speakers

  • Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. His memoir, Crooked Teeth, came out in May 2024 to raving reviews, and is nominated to a Governor General Award for best non-fiction. 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 childrenโ€™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.