Spotted in the wild! Such a great read. Thanks, @dannyramadan.com

The Burrard bridge in Vancouver from my front door.

Author and LGBTQ+ refugee activist Danny Ramadan is a 2025 LAC Scholar Award recipient. Discover his story, driven by his compassion: youtu.be/SJ2PVdfrgGs

Feast your eyes on my new memoir cover for its US RELEASE! Crooked teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir out in August 2027!

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?

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.

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.

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

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

Hey #writers friends: do you engineer your #book titles according to marketability? My next novel is The Saltwater Requiem [working title] and I love it. It also works with my previous titles. But whenever I share it with others I get “huh?” As a response.

Hey so when you say GoodReads reviews are not for the authors, why do you directly talk to the authors in your reviews?

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

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.

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.

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.

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 📚👍🏻

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

Ginger Minj: *sneezes* RuPaul: condragulation my dear you are the winner of this week’s challenge.

My next novel is coming along swiftly.

✅ @dannyramadan.com has been verified by @bsky.app.

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

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 [email protected]

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

The Green Suit by Cohen Ewart and The Miraculous Return of Khalid from the Dead by Danny Ramadan are really wonderful stories. 📚

When you say “I just want my book out there” what exactly are you saying? Do you want it published? Sure! That’s actually more doable than you think. Do you want to be an author for your career? Now, that means writing gigs, columns, social media relevance, teaching gigs, school visits, etc.

This is VANCOLOUR Tonight at 🚨9pm🚨 @cheknews.ca 📺 Award-winning author @dannyramadan.com explains the origins of Pride Month! Juno Award-winning comedian Jacob Samuel hacks your marriage! Plus, why does it matter what’s in (or not in) a mug? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Check out Danny Ramadan on Vancolour, and also check out Danny's memoir Crooked Teeth which is a finalist for the 2025 Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize. @dannyramadan.com

This is VANCOLOUR Thursday at 9pm @cheknews.ca 📺 👉 Why do we celebrate Pride? 🏳️‍🌈 (@dannyramadan.com) 👉 Fool-proof marriage hacks to hack your marriage! ❤️ (Jacob Samuel) 👉 Pierre Poilievre is his own punchline! 🃏

I'm on a sabbatical trying to write my next novel, but I couldn't say no to a school visit in my community a while back. Cheers to the teachers who planned it and were so welcoming. However, it has been on my mind since. Most of the Syrian children in that school stayed home for my visit.

“I’d told Ray I would never sleep over at anyone’s home. You can sleep with whomever you want, he’d said, as long as you come back home to me. I’d agreed. It’s not like I had much of a choice” Today’s queer story is “On Waking in a Stranger’s Room” by @dannyramadan.com!

📚🇨🇦 TODAY I AM: 10 Stories Of Belonging is a fresh & fearless collection of short fiction, poetry, & graphic fict for MG by #BIPOC authors, edited by @jaelrichardson.bsky.social, publisher: Scholastic Canada. Cover & illus by Salini Perera. www.scholastic.ca/our-books/bo... #SchwartzAwards #CanKidLit

QT with a fictional character who is eerily similar to you.

In today's edition of my terrible habit of googling an author you love, and finding out that he was a white supremacist, I present to you: H.P. Lovecraft. ... ugh.

Folks, I received such good news in the past two weeks! One about publishing in new territory with an amazing publishing house (hush!) and one about receiving an honour which is probably the biggest honour I receive in my life (HUSH HUSH!) Cannot wait to tell you, folks.

I'm happy to be part of the farewell event for @dannyramadan.com as he closes out his time as the U of C's writer-in-residence. This will also be the first time I read from my upcoming book. Join us.

If I ever said to you “sounds fun! I will check with my husband and let you know..” please know that I won’t be checking with my husband. This is me politely saying no.

This such a strong political statement.

📣Finalist – Personal Journalism “The Reluctant Refugee” By @dannyramadan.com | @macleans.bsky.social "I was one of the first Syrian refugees to arrive in Canada in 2014. The process was confusing, prolonged, alienating. This is how Canada finally became home." 🔗 zurl.co/EXFub

After the nuclear war, all that’s left will be cockroaches, Cher, and Hedy Fry. #CanadaElect

You can’t call a tour a North American tour if you’re only visiting Toronto in Canada.

Post a GIF of who you wanted to be as a little kid.

Thanks @dannyramadan.com for an inspiring talk and reading last night. Reflecting today on what he said about “meeting the moment.” Rise to the occasion, stand firm, and go on as part of the present reality. That’s what writing is and what writers do. #ElbowsUp #CanLit