Another lovely review for Saad Omar Khan's Drinking the Ocean: dreamerswriting.com/drinking-the...

Grateful to have been interviewed!!

Missed murmurstations EP 3 with @sokhan.bsky.social? 🎙️ Listen back as Sonia & Saad explore the question: How would Muslim practices, which are tied to solar and lunar cycles on Earth, be practiced on another planet? 🌙👀 Hit play NOW on Spotify & Apple👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0x3i...

Excited to be giving a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" on Sunday, September 14 at Supercrawl in Hamilton (1pm at the reading tent on James Street North). If you're in the Hamilton area, please come by. More info here: supercrawl.ca

I am an observant Muslim. I have said my obligatory and time dependent prayers in many public places. I have never said them in areas that I know would cause an obstruction. If I am ever back in Quebec, and if I feel the need to say my prayers visibly and in public, I will do so without apologies.

🎙️ MEET the amazing readers at our Vol. 6 Launch! ⭐️ @kmfajardo.bsky.social reading from "Sway With Me Until We Bleed." ⭐️ @sokhan.bsky.social reading from "The Zones of Heaven and Earth." With Me Until We Bleed." ⭐️ @rachellovesfish.bsky.social reading from "Moon-Eaters & Moonsoons." 🧵Cont'd...

If you’re in Toronto please join me for a reading of my short story “The Zones of Heaven and Earth” on August 21. See below details:

Many thanks to Steven W. Beattie for the opportunity to interview at "That Shakespearean Rag" I discuss my novel “Drinking the Ocean”. See more here (note: subscription needed) www.shakespeareanrag.com/everything-i...

I spy @sokhan.bsky.social 's Drinking The Ocean. Had the pleasure of interviewing him in AW's latest issue. artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/d...

Thanks to The Artisanal Writer for the opportunity for the interview on my novel "Drinking the Ocean," where I discuss the novel's inspiration, the influence of Sufi poetry and cinema, my writing rituals, and other matters. Check it out here: artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/d...

Grateful for my novel “Drinking the Ocean” to be featured here @electricliterature.com

Small press CanLit representing in @electricliterature.com! ⚡️📕 Big thanks to Wendy Fox for including of two of our favourite books of the year, Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan (Wolsak & Wynn) and Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press). electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

Join me for a discussion of my novel “Drinking the Ocean” on June 26 Prince Edward County (Picton Branch) at 7pm

Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

Check out my upcoming interview @tre.radio 6pm UK time on “The Book Show”

Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

Toronto friends, this wonderful (free!) event is coming up soon. We hope you can join us on Monday, June 2nd to celebrate these wonderful books. You can learn more here! www.wolsakandwynn.ca/events/2025/...

Grateful for the opportunity to be interviewed in @openbookon.bsky.social’s Storytellers Fiction interview series #canlit

Grateful for the invitation @alllitupcanada.bsky.social to speak on the genesis for writing my novel “Drinking the Ocean”

We've a wonderful excerpt up from Saad Omar Khan's Drinking the Ocean at the Miramichi Reader: miramichireader.ca/2025/05/exce...

So grateful to finally get a physical copy of my novel “Drinking the Ocean” available now from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

Proud to announce my novel “Drinking the Ocean” is now available! #canlit @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

I have a new novel coming out this fall! #HistoricalFiction www.simonandschuster.ca/books/All-Th...

A lovely review of my upcoming novel “Drinking the Ocean”.

We did it! Stretch goal #6 unlocked: we'll have two new pieces of b&w artwork by Canadian SFF artist, Paul "Creyates" Yates. Now, on to stretch goal #7: if we hit this stretch goal, we will include 10 of the very best speculative poems by Canadians from 2024! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot...

Even as I read through the 400+ subs I received (!), I’m thrilled to announce the prelaunch for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume 3 is now live! Sign up at the link for an alert the moment the campaign goes live on April 1st–no foolin’! Please share WIDELY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot...

Very happy to announce my short story "Of Blood and Pomegranates" will be published in @augursociety.bsky.social in 2025!

Exciting news! @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social has confirmed author Saad Omar Khan is available for a podcast interview in the summer. Saad's book, Drinking the Ocean, is receiving excellent reviews and available for preorder from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...

Saad Omar Khan and I were in the same writing group for 15 years after studying Creative Writing together at @uoftscs.bsky.social. Saad's debut novel, Drinking the Ocean, releases on May 6, 2025.

Very grateful to Ann Y.K. Choi for her endorsement of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" coming out in May!

I could not have published my novel without the support of @uoftscs.bsky.social and the community it builds.

Proud to see my novel "Drinking the Ocean" listed on @49thshelf.bsky.social list of most anticipated books for Spring 2025.

Coming this spring from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social—Drinking the Ocean, a new novel by Saad Omar Khan. bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri... We are now accepting review copy requests—submit a request here: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... #canlit #bookreviewer #litfic

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social Spring 2025 catalogue is out, featuring an excerpt of my novel "Drinking the Ocean": tinyurl.com/mejnb47u

Between tariffs and calls for continued ethnic cleansing, I want someone to tell me the world isn't as dark and corrupt as I think it is right now

"Poor Mexico, So Far From God, So Close To The United States"-Porfirio Diaz, former Mexican President A quote that comes to mind for....no real reason

Very grateful to announce my debut novel "Drinking the Ocean" is available for pre-order (release date May 2025) @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/dri...

“Best Canadian Stories 2025” (featuring my story “The Paper Birch”) published by @biblioasis.bsky.social listed in @thestar.com’s holiday gift guide. Consider buying a copy for a friend or family member!

For anyone who wants to post about Syria, think about this question first: what would the Syrian people themselves want in this situation?

Embroidered onto the sleeve is an Arabic love poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. قالوا: تموت بها حبـاًً، فقلـت لهـم ‏ألا اذكروها علـى قبـري فتحيينـي English translation: They asked “Do you love her to death?” I said “Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.”

I now have more social media accounts than I know what to do with