Listen to me on CKDU's The Book Club with Stephen Patrick Clare, talking about my new book: Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada:


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Listen to me on CKDU's Habitat, with Erica Butler, aired live on Oct. 7 2011, talking about my new book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada:


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Hi friends,

I'm launching my second book into the world the evening of Oct. 11 at Dalhousie University in Halifax. There will be a roundtable discussion on Creating a Sustainable Future featuring some of the leading environmental thinkers in Halifax, with questions from the audience. And I hope you will be among them - consider this post your official invitation! 

All the details are below, but if you have any questions fire them my way. And please spread the word to collea...
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Exciting news all!  Drive-by Saviours has made the Canada Reads longlist of Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade.

And we the people will decide which books make the top 10 list. You only get one vote.

If you want to vote Drive-by Saviours, just go to http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/ and click the circle next to Drive-by Saviours by Chris Benjamin, scroll down and click the vote button.  You have until Nov 7 - but really why wait until Nov 7 what you could do right now?

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Hi folks,

This year Canada Reads is letting the public decide on the top 40 must-read novels of the past decade. As a new novelist, my fervent hope is that my book get noticed, read, talked about, and through Canada Reads CBC has created the perfect avenue for that to happen.

Please take a moment to nominate Drive-by Saviours for the top 40 list. Go to http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/2010/09/canada-reads-top-40-contest-reader-recommendation-form.html and fill out your name, email, Dri...
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Lachutes

I'm writing from Lachutes, Quebec, about 40 km northwest of Montreal. A good friend of mine is Superintendent of a golf course here and he's putting me up. Tonight, (Thurs Oct 14), I read at 8:00pm in Montreal, at Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste Catherine W. There will be three writers reading tonight, starting at 7:30 pm. Also up will be Susan Gillis, author of Volta, and Claudia Coutu Radmore, author of A Minute or Two/Without Remembering. Hopefully more authors means more people, more ener...

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Immigrants’ stories inspired debut novelist

By STEPHEN PATRICK CLARE
Sun, Sep 19 - 4:53 AM

Journalist Chris Benjamin is a first-time novelist. His book, Drive-By Saviours, has recently been published. (Molly Crealock) LAUNCH Chris Benjamin will launch Drive-By Saviours on Sept. 22, 7 p.m., at The Company House, 2202 Gottingen St., in Halifax.

As most writers will tell you, there is often a fine line between fact and fiction — a small, grey space where worlds collide, and ...

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