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Contest Time!

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Friday, February 18, 2011, In : Drive-by Saviours 
It's contest time!

With input from my publisher I've come up with a series of discussions for book clubs reading Drive-by Saviours. But, as I proved in high school when I formed the Chris Benjamin Club, one member is often enough to qualify for club status.  What I'm getting at is you can answer these questions all by your lonesome.

And if you do, in writing, you could win a copy of Earlit Shorts 4!

I'm pasting the questions below. The first 10 people to email me [chrisbenjaminwriting@g...
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Reading at the Biscuit Eater

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Thursday, January 27, 2011, In : Drive-by Saviours 
Hi folks,

My reading at the Biscuit Eater Cafe in Mahone Bay (16 Orchard St) Nova Scotia has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb 11 at 7 pm. Please spread the word to any South Shorians.

Many thanks!
Chris Benjamin


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Drive-by Saviours on Canada Reads Longlist!

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Thursday, October 28, 2010, In : Drive-by Saviours 
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?

Btw, he...
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My Big Day Downtown

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, In : New Books 
I was given $100 by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission to spend on anything I wanted, as long as I documented the experience publicly. I, naturally, chose books. Here's a video (shot by my wife, edited by me, with music by my brother) of the experience:


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