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S.O. Khan
@sokhan.bsky.social
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Writer. Debut novel “Drinking the Ocean” coming out 2025. Stories in “Best Canadian Stories” and other publications. Website: www.saadomarkhan.com
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Join me and @annykchoi.bsky.social for an Author Social at Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen Street West) on November 26 (6:30pm). Would love to see you there! flyingbooks.ca/events/39313...
JOIN US FOR AN AUTHOR SOCIAL WITH ANN Y.K. CHOI AND SAAD OMAR KHAN | Flying Books
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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junctionreads.bsky.social
Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan
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November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Come see me tomorrow at Type Books Junction for a reading and QA of my book "Drinking the Ocean"!
junctionreads.bsky.social JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 11d
November 2: The Book Reviews

Read all about the books ahead of this Sunday's event with Heather Birrell, Teri Vlassopoulos and Saad Omar Khan.
November 2: The Book Reviews
Read all about the books ahead of this Sunday's event with Heather Birrell, Teri Vlassopoulos and Saad Omar Khan.
junctionreads.ca
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
So honoured to see my story “Of Blood and Pomegranates” published in Issue 8.2 in @augursociety.bsky.social. Please do take a look!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 10d
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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lolaopatayo.bsky.social
In the latest episode of the podcast, @sokhan.bsky.social and I explore what it means to be a person of faith in the West—the questions, the fears, and even more questions.

📺Watch our chat: youtu.be/Bb2-aq0Gu5s

🎧 Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5SEe...

#literarypodcast #journeyoftheart
October 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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lolaopatayo.bsky.social
What happens when love is not enough? This episode with Saad Omar Khan is one you should definitely watch.

📺Watch: youtu.be/Bb2-aq0Gu5s

🎧Or listen: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/hqTLyireiUb

#literarypodcast #authorinterview #journeyoftheart #saadomarkhan #drinkingtheocean
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Another lovely review for Saad Omar Khan's Drinking the Ocean:
dreamerswriting.com/drinking-the...
Shape of Love
Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan explores the rewards and complexities of various kinds of love—romantic, familial, spiritual, and self.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Grateful to have been interviewed!!
hollay.bsky.social Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · Sep 17
In this New Books Network episode, I speak with the wonderful Saad Omar Khan about his debut novel, Drinking the Ocean (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social, 2025).

Listen here:

newbooksnetwork.com/drinking-the...

#lovestory

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Missed murmurstations EP 3 with @sokhan.bsky.social? 🎙️

Listen back as Sonia & Saad explore the question: How would Muslim practices, which are tied to solar and lunar cycles on Earth, be practiced on another planet? 🌙👀

Hit play NOW on Spotify & Apple👇
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Episode 3: Saad Omar Khan on Spirituality in Sci-fi
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September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Excited to be giving a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" on Sunday, September 14 at Supercrawl in Hamilton (1pm at the reading tent on James Street North). If you're in the Hamilton area, please come by. More info here: supercrawl.ca
September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
I am an observant Muslim. I have said my obligatory and time dependent prayers in many public places. I have never said them in areas that I know would cause an obstruction. If I am ever back in Quebec, and if I feel the need to say my prayers visibly and in public, I will do so without apologies.
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
🎙️ MEET the amazing readers at our Vol. 6 Launch!

⭐️ @kmfajardo.bsky.social reading from "Sway With Me Until We Bleed."
⭐️ @sokhan.bsky.social reading from "The Zones of Heaven and Earth."
With Me Until We Bleed."
⭐️ @rachellovesfish.bsky.social reading from "Moon-Eaters & Moonsoons."

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A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. On the left side reads: "launch readers" in purple text. On the right side is a purple square and inside of it reads the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto" in white text. In the middle are 12 pink and dark pink alternating circles with the readers names and their picture beside it. The readers are K. M. Fajardo, Saad Omar Khan, Rachel Evangeline Chiong, Rachel Lachmansingh, Matteo L. Cerilli, and Sofie Vlaad. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.
August 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
If you’re in Toronto please join me for a reading of my short story “The Zones of Heaven and Earth” on August 21. See below details:
August 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Many thanks to Steven W. Beattie for the opportunity to interview at "That Shakespearean Rag" I discuss my novel “Drinking the Ocean”. See more here (note: subscription needed) www.shakespeareanrag.com/everything-i...
“Everything is finite”: Saad Omar Khan on Muslim identity, writing as documentation, and his debut novel, Drinking the Ocean – That Shakespearean Rag
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July 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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eleanorfuller.bsky.social
I spy @sokhan.bsky.social 's Drinking The Ocean. Had the pleasure of interviewing him in AW's latest issue.
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Drinking the Ocean
There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…
artisanalwriter.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
sokhan.bsky.social
Thanks to The Artisanal Writer for the opportunity for the interview on my novel "Drinking the Ocean," where I discuss the novel's inspiration, the influence of Sufi poetry and cinema, my writing rituals, and other matters. Check it out here: artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/d...
Drinking the Ocean
There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…
artisanalwriter.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
sokhan.bsky.social
Grateful for my novel “Drinking the Ocean” to be featured here @electricliterature.com
electricliterature.com Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Jul 4
"It is a dark time in America, but literature has always been a beacon of hope: Even in telling tragic stories, writers resist... In the following fifteen books from small press, resistance is a theme... Each one reminds us of why it matters to create.” (@wendyjfox.bsky.social)
15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Summer - Electric Literature
Resistance is a theme in these new indie titles you won’t want to miss
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July 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Small press CanLit representing in @electricliterature.com! ⚡️📕

Big thanks to Wendy Fox for including of two of our favourite books of the year, Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan (Wolsak & Wynn) and Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press).

electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
July 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Join me for a discussion of my novel “Drinking the Ocean” on June 26 Prince Edward County (Picton Branch) at 7pm
June 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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sokhan.bsky.social
Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Check out my upcoming interview @tre.radio 6pm UK time on “The Book Show”
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June 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
May 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Toronto friends, this wonderful (free!) event is coming up soon. We hope you can join us on Monday, June 2nd to celebrate these wonderful books. You can learn more here!
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/events/2025/...
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Grateful for the opportunity to be interviewed in @openbookon.bsky.social’s Storytellers Fiction interview series #canlit
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
sokhan.bsky.social
Grateful for the invitation @alllitupcanada.bsky.social to speak on the genesis for writing my novel “Drinking the Ocean”
alllitupcanada.bsky.social All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · May 20
"This novel deals with the vicissitudes of time, how it works for and against our need for happiness and connection [...]"

In Under the Cover, @sokhan.bsky.social shares how his debut novel DRINKING THE OCEAN (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) came to be.

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Alt text: A photo of author Saad Omar Khan with an inset photo of his book Drinking the Ocean. He is a medium-skin-toned man with short black hair and a close-shaved beard. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses and a navy-blue suit. He is sitting in front of some leafy hedges.
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM