Danny Ramadan
@dannyramadan.com
🏳️🌈 - Syrian-Canadian author
Crooked Teeth, The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and The Salma Books.
Lambda winner 🏆. Governor General Finalist 🏆.
Former refugee.
I don’t bite, unless you ask nicely!
https://linktr.ee/dannyramadan
Crooked Teeth, The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and The Salma Books.
Lambda winner 🏆. Governor General Finalist 🏆.
Former refugee.
I don’t bite, unless you ask nicely!
https://linktr.ee/dannyramadan
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Today is I Read Canadian Day, a nationwide initiative celebrating the richness, diversity, and breadth of Canadian literature. The list below includes Vinh Nguyen, Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien, Omar El Akkad, Sharon Bala, Samra Habib, @veenago.bsky.social, & @dannyramadan.com. #IReadCanadianDay 🍁
Did you know that today is I Read Canadian Day? To celebrate, we're sharing this great list by CBC Books from World Refugee Day:
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
12 Canadian books to read for World Refugee Day | CBC Books
June 20 is World Refugee Day. CBC Books has curated this list of books by Canadian writers (including Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien and more) that explore global diversity and the lived experience of...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today is I Read Canadian Day, a nationwide initiative celebrating the richness, diversity, and breadth of Canadian literature. The list below includes Vinh Nguyen, Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien, Omar El Akkad, Sharon Bala, Samra Habib, @veenago.bsky.social, & @dannyramadan.com. #IReadCanadianDay 🍁
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re going as Pepper’s rat tail in American Horror Story Asylum?
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re going as Pepper’s rat tail in American Horror Story Asylum?
Sometimes it takes a bully to reign in a bully and Doug Ford is nothing if not a bully.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sometimes it takes a bully to reign in a bully and Doug Ford is nothing if not a bully.
WestJet’s next upgrade will be:
“passenger in a box!”
Can you fit in a box like a cat?! You can save with our latest seating arrangement! We now offer travel boxes for your convenience. Once you enter the box, you’re comfortably stacked in the back of the plane.
Air holes are extra.
“passenger in a box!”
Can you fit in a box like a cat?! You can save with our latest seating arrangement! We now offer travel boxes for your convenience. Once you enter the box, you’re comfortably stacked in the back of the plane.
Air holes are extra.
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WestJet’s next upgrade will be:
“passenger in a box!”
Can you fit in a box like a cat?! You can save with our latest seating arrangement! We now offer travel boxes for your convenience. Once you enter the box, you’re comfortably stacked in the back of the plane.
Air holes are extra.
“passenger in a box!”
Can you fit in a box like a cat?! You can save with our latest seating arrangement! We now offer travel boxes for your convenience. Once you enter the box, you’re comfortably stacked in the back of the plane.
Air holes are extra.
A trend I’ve noticed! Gay-baiting influencers on TikTok and instagram are suddenly affirming their heterosexuality. They post videos (scaled between funny and cringy) coming out as straight.
I guess now that the political climate is shifting, they will take the money and run back to safety.
I guess now that the political climate is shifting, they will take the money and run back to safety.
September 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A trend I’ve noticed! Gay-baiting influencers on TikTok and instagram are suddenly affirming their heterosexuality. They post videos (scaled between funny and cringy) coming out as straight.
I guess now that the political climate is shifting, they will take the money and run back to safety.
I guess now that the political climate is shifting, they will take the money and run back to safety.
It is so weird how obsessed Danielle Smith is with trans people. What’s going on, lady? What is haunting you?
September 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It is so weird how obsessed Danielle Smith is with trans people. What’s going on, lady? What is haunting you?
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational."
- Charlie Kirk, speaking in an Turning Point USA event on April 5, 2023.
#CharlieKirk
- Charlie Kirk, speaking in an Turning Point USA event on April 5, 2023.
#CharlieKirk
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational."
- Charlie Kirk, speaking in an Turning Point USA event on April 5, 2023.
#CharlieKirk
- Charlie Kirk, speaking in an Turning Point USA event on April 5, 2023.
#CharlieKirk
I wonder how Charlie Kirk feels about gun control reforms in the US now.
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I wonder how Charlie Kirk feels about gun control reforms in the US now.
I know no one cares because this is not some clever one liner or a comment on current affairs: but my agent read my latest manuscript and loved it. #books #author #writer
a close up of an alien 's face with a light coming out of its ear
ALT: a close up of an alien 's face with a light coming out of its ear
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August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey so when you say GoodReads reviews are not for the authors, why do you directly talk to the authors in your reviews?
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hey so when you say GoodReads reviews are not for the authors, why do you directly talk to the authors in your reviews?
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Stories that honour identity, resilience, and joy 🌈
Explore our Rainbow Reads list for adults featuring both fiction and memoir.
Find something powerful to read this Pride. buff.ly/vmP7g59
Explore our Rainbow Reads list for adults featuring both fiction and memoir.
Find something powerful to read this Pride. buff.ly/vmP7g59
July 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Stories that honour identity, resilience, and joy 🌈
Explore our Rainbow Reads list for adults featuring both fiction and memoir.
Find something powerful to read this Pride. buff.ly/vmP7g59
Explore our Rainbow Reads list for adults featuring both fiction and memoir.
Find something powerful to read this Pride. buff.ly/vmP7g59
Your MC is here for the evening.
July 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Your MC is here for the evening.
My mama didn’t raise a quitter. She raised an anxiety-ridden dysfunctional child with unreasonable expectations of himself but at least not a quitter.
July 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My mama didn’t raise a quitter. She raised an anxiety-ridden dysfunctional child with unreasonable expectations of himself but at least not a quitter.
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I’m so glad this was one of the books I picked up at the recent @writersfest.bc.ca fundraiser book sale. Thank you @dannyramadan.com for trusting us with your extraordinary story: excellent writing and I really liked the structure too.
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m so glad this was one of the books I picked up at the recent @writersfest.bc.ca fundraiser book sale. Thank you @dannyramadan.com for trusting us with your extraordinary story: excellent writing and I really liked the structure too.
Capitalism is when you know in your heart that if we pay for oxygen, oil companies would rebuild the forests and create artificial woods in the middle of the ocean. As long as we pay extra for O2+ or whatever.
July 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Capitalism is when you know in your heart that if we pay for oxygen, oil companies would rebuild the forests and create artificial woods in the middle of the ocean. As long as we pay extra for O2+ or whatever.
Alright. On today, Canada Day, I have received the honour of becoming a Canada Scholar for my literary work.
The award is presented by the Library and Archives Canada -a federal institution that offers the honour to five distinguished scholars annually.
The award is presented by the Library and Archives Canada -a federal institution that offers the honour to five distinguished scholars annually.
July 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Alright. On today, Canada Day, I have received the honour of becoming a Canada Scholar for my literary work.
The award is presented by the Library and Archives Canada -a federal institution that offers the honour to five distinguished scholars annually.
The award is presented by the Library and Archives Canada -a federal institution that offers the honour to five distinguished scholars annually.
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A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻
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Continuing my #PrideMomth reads for the last few days of June with ,ore of my favourite Queer books or Queer featured characters
Again, you're pretty much guaranteed amazing reads if you pick up any of these books, seriously, do not lie about books!
#BookSky
Again, you're pretty much guaranteed amazing reads if you pick up any of these books, seriously, do not lie about books!
#BookSky
June 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Continuing my #PrideMomth reads for the last few days of June with ,ore of my favourite Queer books or Queer featured characters
Again, you're pretty much guaranteed amazing reads if you pick up any of these books, seriously, do not lie about books!
#BookSky
Again, you're pretty much guaranteed amazing reads if you pick up any of these books, seriously, do not lie about books!
#BookSky
Ginger Minj: *sneezes*
RuPaul: condragulation my dear you are the winner of this week’s challenge.
RuPaul: condragulation my dear you are the winner of this week’s challenge.
June 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ginger Minj: *sneezes*
RuPaul: condragulation my dear you are the winner of this week’s challenge.
RuPaul: condragulation my dear you are the winner of this week’s challenge.
My next novel is coming along swiftly.
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My next novel is coming along swiftly.
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✅ @dannyramadan.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
June 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
✅ @dannyramadan.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
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The journey is never just about where you go but who you become.
🌍 Celebrate World Refugee Day with unforgettable books in our Refugee Stories showcase: buff.ly/F60MFGY
🌍 Celebrate World Refugee Day with unforgettable books in our Refugee Stories showcase: buff.ly/F60MFGY
June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The journey is never just about where you go but who you become.
🌍 Celebrate World Refugee Day with unforgettable books in our Refugee Stories showcase: buff.ly/F60MFGY
🌍 Celebrate World Refugee Day with unforgettable books in our Refugee Stories showcase: buff.ly/F60MFGY
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Meet this week’s featured speaker: Danny Ramadan!
To hire a speaker or to inquire about Transatlantic Speakers while planning your next event, contact Rob Firing at speakers@transatlanticagency.com
To hire a speaker or to inquire about Transatlantic Speakers while planning your next event, contact Rob Firing at speakers@transatlanticagency.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Meet this week’s featured speaker: Danny Ramadan!
To hire a speaker or to inquire about Transatlantic Speakers while planning your next event, contact Rob Firing at speakers@transatlanticagency.com
To hire a speaker or to inquire about Transatlantic Speakers while planning your next event, contact Rob Firing at speakers@transatlanticagency.com
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Our 2025 summer reading issue has arrived, featuring excellent fiction from Cohen Ewart, Lisa Moore, and Danny Ramadan. Plus, don’t miss beautiful poetry from Barbara Nickel, Ronna Bloom, and Sarah Wolfson. Get your copy today:
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June 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our 2025 summer reading issue has arrived, featuring excellent fiction from Cohen Ewart, Lisa Moore, and Danny Ramadan. Plus, don’t miss beautiful poetry from Barbara Nickel, Ronna Bloom, and Sarah Wolfson. Get your copy today:
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W56NIPSW
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W56NIPSW