Beverly Akerman MSc
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Birthday
- April 26
- Bio
- Beverly Akerman's award winning short story collection, 'The Meaning of Children,' was released in Canada in 2011 and in cyberspace very recently. In fact, it's available FREE on Amazon on May 25th & 26th: http://amzn.to/KznFvA.
After over two decades in molecular genetics research, Beverly realized she'd been learning more and more about less and less. Skittish at the prospect of knowing everything about nothing, she turned, for solace, to writing, winning myriad awards for her efforts. She recently received her third Pushcart nomination. Her nonfiction and academic work have appeared in Maclean’s Magazine, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Montreal Gazette and on CBC Radio One (Canada’s NPR-equivalent), as well as in numerous lay publications and learned journals. It pleases her strangely to believe she’s the only Canadian fiction writer ever to have sequenced her own DNA.
TV & Radio Interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0i9teebBxk; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyOp2wQlxvk; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djOXwJasZes
http://beverlyakerman.blogspot.com
Twitter: Beverly_Akerman
MY RECENT POSTS
- E-BOOK GIVEAWAY April 5th to
8th!
April 01, 2013 05:05PM - Downton Abbey Jumps the Shark
January 10, 2013 11:52AM - One step closer to "becoming
an e-book sensation.
Seriously"
September 09, 2012 04:44PM - What women want or 'Fifty
Shades' to please your lover
June 04, 2012 05:08PM - Quebec's Student Strike: of
entitlement & Louis CK
May 26, 2012 05:29PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “i hear your pain and
feel the same way. but that's
why we
have a political
system…”
May 27, 2012 02:16PM - “Thanks for reading,
Fusun. Do you think I've
publicized this
well enough?
;)”
April 30, 2012 01:53PM - “Thanks so much,
Trudge164 and Mary. Will let
you know how it
goes...it's
actually…”
March 07, 2012 03:37PM - “Kind of you to say,
Mary. If you make it up here,
please let
me know!”
February 22, 2012 08:58PM - “nice to read someone
with fire in his belly. good
luck:
you'll need it! (we all
d…”
January 18, 2012 09:52AM
Beverly Akerman MSc's Links
E-BOOK GIVEAWAY April 5th to 8th!
THE MEANING OF CHILDREN: Nearly 7,000 copies scooped up to
date, world wide.
Beverly Akerman’s multiple award winning fiction collection,
The Meaning of Children, available for
FREE download April 5th to 8th, 2013.
(You needn’t own a Kindle: FREE reading apps
available
here )
Winn… Read full post »
Downton Abbey Jumps the Shark
Downton Abbey's season 3 premiere: Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville, foreground) continues to do dopey things, his mother-in-law, Martha Levinson (Shirley MacLaine) is fizzle and a gasbag, and viewers are reminded of familiar Downton truisms: “Downton’s in peril. Wills… Read full post »
One step closer to "becoming an e-book sensation. Seriously"
What women want or 'Fifty Shades' to please your lover
After a few action-packed high-culture days in Toronto at the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs biannual conference, I arrived back in Montreal to familiar familial bedlam, co-starring my favourite swisster-in-law and the youngest of her brood, twin two-year-olds, g/
… Read full post »Quebec's Student Strike: of entitlement & Louis CK
As Mordecai Richler infamously said, "Oh Canada. Oh Quebec."
We may have crappier weather here, but Quebec’s social climate should be the envy of the rest of Canada, what with free college education, more generous and flexible maternity leave, paternity leave, $7-per-day daycare, pharma… Read full post »
PIE (encore presentation, especially for Memorial Day)
[From the award winning fiction collection 'The Meaning of Children,' available FREE May 26th at Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/KznFvA]
Some folks say your hands can tell the story of your life. Well, my hands cain't talk, but they've made
… Read full post »How to be an e-book sensation. Seriously!
Publishing
How to become an e-book sensation. Seriously.
Beverly Akerman
Perfect for Mother's Day: The Meaning Of Children, 99 cents
Okay, possums, I've gone and done it...Perfect for Mother's Day: The Meaning Of Children, 99 cents on Kindle!
That's 90% OFF! A steal for an
awardwinning collection of literary fiction,
Here's the latest review, from
TMOC's
Facebook page:
From reader Judith
Litvack: "Enteri… Read full post »
On Edward Shorter, feminism, and '50 Shades of Grey'
[We interrupt the regularly scheduled, unrelenting promotion of the blog author's book, The Meaning Of Children, for something completely different...and altogether serious.]
Okay, I know I must have better things to do--and probably, so do you!!--but I must tell you I practically blew a gas… Read full post »
Munro savvy, Picoult heart: The Meaning Of Children FREE
Well, dear friends, the moral of this story is once a scientist, always a scientist!
I've made a big deal about how I left a 20+ year long career in molecular genetics research for the big time career of the obscure short… Read full post »
No More "Dear Old McGill"
Hail, Alma Mater, we sing to thy praise;
Loud in thy Honour, our voices we raise.
Full to thy fortune, our glasses we fill.
Life and Prosperity, Dear Old McGill.
It started at McGill on March 3rd, 2012. A site reminiscent of Wikileaks went up,
… Read full post »About to take the e-book plunge...
All agog about "Gollywog!"
Playwright
Bonnie FarmerSowing a farm in the city
Greenhouse becomes a hotbed of urban agriculture
The greenhouse on top of Concordia’s Henry F. Hall
Building boasts an eagle’s eye view of the city, but
it’s no ivory tower.
Increasingly, the greenhouse is a hub of community building and a
hotbed of ur/… Read full post »
Shortlisted for UK's Aesthetic Creative Works Competition
[For more of my best writing, including news of
my book, The Meaning Of Children, please visit
my other blog!]
Beverly Akerman's story "Spilt Milk," a more compact version of her "Sea Of Tranquillity," has made the short list for Aesthetica's Creative Works Competition. "Sea of… Read full post »
Enforcing long-gun registry does prevent crime
Enforcing long-gun registry does prevent crime
Why do critics of the long gun registry persistently
ignore this simple truth? By BEVERLY AKERMAN
Originally published in The Hill Times, March 29, 2010
Dawson College 5 yrs on: the Government should apologize
[For more of my best writing, including news of
my book, The Meaning Of Children, please visit
my other blog!]
Five years later…
First off, I think today is a day for offering our condolences to the
Photo
… Read full post »"Are books dead?"
If you're a writer--or "just" a reader--you need to read this amazing article!! “Are books dead, and can authors survive?” It's by Ewan Morrison, based on a talk he gave at the Edinburgh Book Fair.
Here are a couple of intriguing excerpts… Read full post »
Reader feedback so good, it almost hurts...
[For more of my best writing, including news of my book, The Meaning Of Children, please visit my other blog!]
Just had to share some of the incredibly moving feedback I've been getting from readers of my new book, The Meaning Of Children (available at fine bookstores,… Read full post »
The Meaning of Children under consideration for Giller Prize
I'm honoured to announce that my book, The Meaning Of Children, has been submitted by my publisher, Exile Editions to be considered for The Giller Prize, Canada's "richest literary award for fiction."
You can find the listing for The Meaning of Children and the… Read full post »
What would an American do? Keeping a writing career in gear
[For more of my best writing, including news of my book, The Meaning Of Children, please visit my other blog!]
I was just re-reading this interview and I thought I would post the whole thing. Thanks again, Meg Pokrass & Fictionaut!
… Read full post »On being edited...
[For more of my best writing, including news of
my book, The Meaning Of Children, please visit
my other blog!]
An emerging writer lives on a high wire, where self-confidence—the bulwark against frequent rejection--counterbalances humility, because who doesn't have a lot to be hu… Read full post »
As RT by Margaret Atwood: Exile Writers Series & Book Launch
Students help Rwandan genocide survivor
Kids & Math: Some Symbols are More = Than Others
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