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Danny Ramadan presets The Foghorn Echoes, with Alan Cumming

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Danny Ramadan to celebrate his new novel, The Foghorn Echoes, with a talk, audience Q&A, and book signing.  The Foghorn Echoes is a deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives. Danny will be in conversation with Alan Cumming, actor and author of the memoirs Not My Father’s Son and Baggage. After the talk, Danny will sign copies of his book.

PRE-ORDER YOUR SIGNED COPY OF The Foghorn Echoes 
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Syria, 2003. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever.

Ten years later, Hussam and Wassim are still struggling to find peace and belonging. Sponsored as a refugee by a controlling older man, Hussam is living an openly gay life in Vancouver, where he attempts to quiet his demons with sex, drugs, and alcohol. Wassim is living on the streets of Damascus, having abandoned a wife and child and a charade he could no longer keep up. Taking shelter in a deserted villa, he unearths the previous owner’s buried secrets while reckoning with his own.

The past continues to reverberate through the present as Hussam and Wassim come face to face with heartache, history, drag queens, border guards, and ghosts both literal and figurative.

Masterfully crafted and richly detailed, The Foghorn Echoes is a gripping novel about how to carve out home in the midst of war, and how to move forward when the war is within yourself.

  • This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
  • We encourage all guests to wear masks.
  • The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Danny Ramadan (He/Him) is a Syrian-Canadian author, public speaker and adovate for LGBTQ+ refugees. His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, longlisted for Canada Reads, and named a Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. His children book, Salma the Syrian Chef, won the Nautilus Book Award, The Middle East Book Award, and named a Best Book by both Kirkus and School Library Journal. Ramadan’s latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes releases in the U.S. in November 2022, and his memoir, Crooked Teeth (2024), will be released by Penguin Random House. Through his fundraising efforts, Ramadan raised over $250,000 for Syrian LGBTQ+ identifying refugees.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Alan Cumming’s many awards for his stage and screen work include the Tony, Olivier, BAFTA and Emmy. He is the author of two children’s books, a book of photographs and stories, a novel and two memoirs, Not My Father’s Son and Baggage. He’s also been known to sing and dance and is an amateur barman (NYC’s Club Cumming).











When: Sat., Feb. 4, 2023 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Danny Ramadan to celebrate his new novel, The Foghorn Echoes, with a talk, audience Q&A, and book signing.  The Foghorn Echoes is a deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives. Danny will be in conversation with Alan Cumming, actor and author of the memoirs Not My Father’s Son and Baggage. After the talk, Danny will sign copies of his book.

PRE-ORDER YOUR SIGNED COPY OF The Foghorn Echoes 
AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES
RSVP HERE

Syria, 2003. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever.

Ten years later, Hussam and Wassim are still struggling to find peace and belonging. Sponsored as a refugee by a controlling older man, Hussam is living an openly gay life in Vancouver, where he attempts to quiet his demons with sex, drugs, and alcohol. Wassim is living on the streets of Damascus, having abandoned a wife and child and a charade he could no longer keep up. Taking shelter in a deserted villa, he unearths the previous owner’s buried secrets while reckoning with his own.

The past continues to reverberate through the present as Hussam and Wassim come face to face with heartache, history, drag queens, border guards, and ghosts both literal and figurative.

Masterfully crafted and richly detailed, The Foghorn Echoes is a gripping novel about how to carve out home in the midst of war, and how to move forward when the war is within yourself.

  • This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
  • We encourage all guests to wear masks.
  • The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Danny Ramadan (He/Him) is a Syrian-Canadian author, public speaker and adovate for LGBTQ+ refugees. His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, longlisted for Canada Reads, and named a Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. His children book, Salma the Syrian Chef, won the Nautilus Book Award, The Middle East Book Award, and named a Best Book by both Kirkus and School Library Journal. Ramadan’s latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes releases in the U.S. in November 2022, and his memoir, Crooked Teeth (2024), will be released by Penguin Random House. Through his fundraising efforts, Ramadan raised over $250,000 for Syrian LGBTQ+ identifying refugees.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Alan Cumming’s many awards for his stage and screen work include the Tony, Olivier, BAFTA and Emmy. He is the author of two children’s books, a book of photographs and stories, a novel and two memoirs, Not My Father’s Son and Baggage. He’s also been known to sing and dance and is an amateur barman (NYC’s Club Cumming).

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