Blurb from a friend and mentor Bruce Meyer: You can find out more about Bruce and his enormous bibliography of published works here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26298.Bruce_Meyer You can now pre-order a copy of What We See in the Smoke from Crowsnest Books, Amazon, and Chapters Indigo!
Author Archives: Ben Berman Ghan
Blurb from Robert McGill
To continue sharing the kind words others have given for What We See in the Smoke, this is from Robert McGill, who ran the undergraduate creative writing workshop at the University of Toronto: You can find out more about Robert McGill and links to his work at his website here: http://www.robert-mcgill.com/books/ If you are swayed, you shouldContinue reading “Blurb from Robert McGill”
Blurb from Sharon English
Very proud to start sharing some of the kind words that several authors have supplied for my new book – starting with Sharon English, author of Zero Gravity and Uncomfortably Numb, who helped supervise this novel. You can find out more about Sharon English and links to her books at her website here: https://www.sharonenglish.net/bio/ Continue reading “Blurb from Sharon English”
So Long HBA
Well, that’s it. On April 15th I took my final exam at The University of Toronto, which means I’m finally finished my bachelors. (Well, it’s been five years. But five years is a long time – at least for me). It was an exhausting half-decade, but I got a lot out of it, and IContinue reading “So Long HBA”
Goodreads
What We See in the Smoke is on Goodreads! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44723851-what-we-see-in-the-smoke I hope you’ll consider adding me to your “want to read” shelf for your summer reading list 🙂
AMA
Writing is often a solitary and quiet task. And that’s just the way I like it! But as a result, there isn’t exactly much room to ask people like myself questions about what we do. But here is your chance! I’ll be holding my first AMA on Reddit: this Friday (April 5th) from 11am-1pm EasternContinue reading “AMA”
Student Life: Literature of Modernity
After a five year HBA at the University of Toronto, I am really excited to start shouting that in fall of 2019 I’ll be starting an MA In English at Ryerson University’s Literatures of Modernity program, where I hope my work will continue to flourish and evolve.
Update: An Editor’s life
March! So it is now March. Thanks to all who sent such kind responses to the cover reveal of What We See in the Smoke. June 6th can’t come fast enough! I will have more book news soon enough, but today I’m pleased to announce that I am joining The Hart House Review as an associate editor!Continue reading “Update: An Editor’s life”
What We See in the Smoke
The world we know is coming to an end. How will we connect in the strange and frightening one that’s coming to take its place? What We See in the Smoke twists the genres of realism and science fiction to tell the future history of Toronto, a story that stretches from this millennium to the next.Continue reading “What We See in the Smoke”
Rockets inbound for June!
My publisher has released the first graphic for What We See in the Smoke! Here is a first glimpse of the incredible cover illustrated by Toronto artist Raz Latif Creating this novel has been a fantastic journey for me, and I’m excited to have more news to announce very soon! Though it will be available online earlier, I couldn’t be happierContinue reading “Rockets inbound for June!”
