Chris Benjamin

Delia and Phil

Delia and Phil is a story I wrote while riding Toronto Transit Commission trains to and from work back in 2003. It was originally part of the novel Drive-by Saviours, a story within a story, imagined by the protagonist Mark while he was riding the subway to and from work, sketching people. The manuscript turned […]

11 Great Books I read in 2025

Who We Are by Murray Sinclair I was drawn to the book partially by Sinclair’s approach of using a traditional teaching to structure his story. It was very readable, an oral style. Very much like listening to an Elder. I was fascinated by his thinking about the process, his reasoning for the decisions the Truth […]

The Art of Forgiveness: Stories of youthful male angst populated by characters struggling to prove their worth

“Chris Benjamin’s mode of writing is raw, unvarnished, heartrending dirty realism. His characters are tormented youngsters left to navigate the fallout from family tragedy on their own while struggling to locate a moral compass to guide them through the emotional minefield of adolescence. The Art of Forgiveness is heady stuff, a careening ride without guardrails through chaotic […]

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