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Exclusive by Design

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Friday, August 5, 2011, In : journalism 
This recent editorial in The Coast, about the pie-in-the-sky planning process that was HRM by Design, reminded me of something I wrote for Coastlands in 2007 when the plan was being finalized. So, this is kind of an I-told-you-so post...but I wish I'd been wrong:

[community & regional leadership]

<<head>>Exclusive by design

<<Byline>>By Chris Benjamin

<<pull-quote>> there would be buses, thousands of them, and the cop cars would all be pink

In August I moved back t...


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Globe and Mail Review

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Thursday, June 30, 2011, In : Drive-by Saviours 

The Daily Review, Tue., Dec. 21

An unlikely friendship that offers a lifeline

REVIEWED BY CAROL MOREIRA

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Novels with big themes can make dull reads. In Drive-By Saviours, first-time novelist Chris Benjamin examines the chains of culture and politics and the barriers between established and new Canadians. There’s an unusual plot and a character whose vitality an...


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News and Review

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Sunday, June 19, 2011, In : best books 
Have you heard of guest blogging? OK, it's pure self-promotion all around. My friend Michael Kimber, a journalist, creative writer and spoken word artist, has a ridiculously popular blog called Colony of Losers about being a recent university grad with mental health issues and making his way in the world. He's asking his writer friends, including me, to write about the crazy 20s. I'm pretty happy with the result: http://colony-of-losers.com/wordpress/2011/06/14/seeds-of-doubt-by-chris-b...
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Globe and Mail: Bumi's Vitality Illuminates...

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, In : Drive-by Saviours 

The Daily Review, Tue., Dec. 21

An unlikely friendship that offers a lifeline

REVIEWED BY CAROL MOREIRA

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
Published
Last updated

Novels with big themes can make dull reads. In Drive-By Saviours, first-time novelist Chris Benjamin examines the chains of culture and politics and the barriers between established and new Canadians. There’s an unusual plot and a character whose vitality and en...


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Globe and Mail Reviews Drive-by Saviours

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, In : Drive-by Saviours 
WOOHOO!! Canada's premium national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, has reviewed by novel, Drive-by Saviours. Click here to read the review.

Chris

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Drive-by Saviours Wins Cover Design Competition (but won't be flying high for environmental reasons)

Posted by Chris Benjamin on Sunday, December 12, 2010, In : Drive-by Saviours 
I'm happy to announce that John van der Woude's cover design for my book, Drive-by Saviours, has won this year's Judge-a-Book-by-Its-Cover Competition! That's good news for me because the prize is a review by Salty Ink, a wildly popular blog on Atlantic Canadian literature. See the announcement at http://saltyink.com/2010/12/10/chris-benjamins-drive-by-saviours-wins-salty-inks-2010-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-competition/.

Speaking of Salty Ink, it has also selected Drive-by Saviours as on...
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