Beverly Akerman MSc

Beverly Akerman MSc
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birthday
April 26
Bio
Beverly Akerman's short story collection, The Meaning of Children was released in Canada in 2011 (look for it at Amazon.ca, Chapters.ca, and http://tinyurl.com/6zd2ecp). 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 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. http://beverlyakermanmscwriter.blogspot.com/

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Salon.com
April 30, 2012 01:53PM
“Thanks for reading, Fusun. Do you think I've publicized this well enough? ;)”
About: How to be an e-book sensation. Seriously!
March 07, 2012 03:37PM
“Thanks so much, Trudge164 and Mary. Will let you know how it goes...it's actually available here: http://www.amaz on.com/The-Meaning-of-Children -ebook/dp…”
About: About to take the e-book plunge...
February 22, 2012 08:58PM
“Kind of you to say, Mary. If you make it up here, please let me know!”
About: All agog about "Gollywog!"
January 18, 2012 09:52AM
“nice to read someone with fire in his belly. good luck: you'll need it! (we all do)”
About: The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal
December 04, 2011 06:49PM
“LOVED this! now i have to go and read the original story...best for the holidays to you, Mary, and your loyal readers! ps how many drinks does it take t…”
About: An unforeseen engagement...and cigarettes
November 15, 2011 11:15AM
“Thanks for reading, Mary! (Haven't won yet, though...)”
About: Shortlisted for UK's Aesthetic Creative Works Competition
September 13, 2011 11:29PM
“Thanks, Fusun & Mary, for your support. I can't help thinking--5 years is a long time to be missing your daughter...”
About: Dawson College 5 yrs on: the Government should apologize
July 19, 2011 11:40AM
“Thanks so much, Mary! I pride myself on being unusual...or try to convince myself that it's a good thing, at least.”
About: Reader feedback so good, it almost hurts...
July 13, 2011 08:41AM
“thanks so much, Myriad. you can find the book at fine bookstores, on Chapters.ca and Amazon.ca, and directly from my publisher here: http://www.exileed…”
About: Reader feedback so good, it almost hurts...
June 08, 2011 06:18PM
“I hope they aren't tearing your work to shreds!! There's a fine line between workshopping and assasinating your self-esteem. Tha nks for reading and comm…”
About: On being edited...
May 11, 2011 02:21PM
“Thanks for your comments, and no worries, Lucy. Many more at Fictionaut: http://www.fict ionaut.com/stories/beverly-ake rman/pie--2”
About: Pie
April 15, 2011 05:10PM
“If you'd like any more information about me or my short story collection The Meaning of Children, please see http://beverlyakermanmscwr iter.blogspot.co…”
About: Pie
January 31, 2011 03:32PM
“thanks for the great post! what goes on in the US with gun culture is unbelievable. i can only hope that, eventually, the tail will stop wagging the do…”
About: Professors packin' heat
January 31, 2011 03:29PM
“great column! we in canada have much more regulation but our current government seems hell-bent on destroying the system to appeal to NRA-types. it's a…”
About: Driving our Guns
January 28, 2011 05:34PM
“What fans you have here at OS, Fusun! Count me among them! Best to you, Bev”
About: Karma found me On Line - Part 4
January 26, 2011 11:41PM
“What a wealth of experience and wisdom here. Thanks to you all for sharing.”
About: The Soccer Mom’s View of School Uniforms
January 26, 2011 02:24PM
“Amazing constellation of opinions...why are so many teens so hard on each other, do you think? That description of chickens drawing blood, Lilly's Prah…”
About: The Soccer Mom’s View of School Uniforms
January 23, 2011 12:38AM
“Thanks for reading & commenting, Dr. Spudman44 (did I just write that?). There's always hope that by talking calmly and with patience that we can ma…”
About: "U.S. gun lobbies: the inmates who run the asylum"
January 11, 2011 04:01PM
“i actually knew a family that came to canada after Tiananmen...they had 1 daughter who had adjusted, over several years, to life first in Boston and th…”
About: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - A Publicity Flop?
December 21, 2010 03:49PM
“Thanks for the read & comment, Jody. Funny, I didn't imagine Barney as being based on an urban legend, but after reading your comment, I looked it…”
About: Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)
December 17, 2010 11:54AM
“Algis, sounds like you might be sitting on some fascinating stories...which other Mtl writers have you photographed? perhaps we should talk...thanks fo…”
About: Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)
December 17, 2010 11:50AM
“@ David: i think MR differs from those other authors in the degree to which humour counts in his work. which is a real gift, to make people feel and la…”
About: Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)
December 16, 2010 10:41AM
“Thanks for reading, Myriad & Elijah Rising! As far as changing the name of St. Urbain Street: I know where you're coming from, but people do come t…”
About: Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)
October 18, 2010 08:12AM
“Thanks so much, Fusun. When I feel strongly about something, it tends to show. And thanks, too, for reading Black Jack Davy--my house isn't that small-…”
About: Lest We Forget: the Cowardly Assassination of Pierre Laporte
October 07, 2010 04:47PM
“c'est le fun!”
About: Franglais
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