Book Launch: Honeydew by Ben Zalkind

Name: Book Launch: Honeydew by Ben Zalkind
Start: 2025-10-28T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2R 0X8

Schedule

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2R 0X8 | Calgary, AB

In the near future Rose Gold and her merry band of activists rebel against the power and corruption of celebrity tech billionaire Moses Honeydew. Conspiracies and subterfuge abound as rebels and activists begin to disappear in this comical socio-political satire.
Please join us as Ben Zalkind reads from his electrifying debut novel Honeydew, with a special introduction by author Will Ferguson. Ben will read excerpts from his book and follow-up with a Q&A and a book signing.
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ABOUT HONEYDEW:
Rose Gold can’t catch a break. Her latest “golden opportunity” has given way to a madcap adventure through the soft underbelly of Bonneville City. She finds herself cast in the role of renegade mentor and hero to a trio of idealistic young rebels. Together, they perpetrate an act of subversion targeting “future-mover” and celebrity CEO Moses Honeydew, which puts them in the crosshairs of his Substrate Inc.
Along the way, they join forces with family-doctor-by-day and fixer-by-night, Dr. Hansjorg Winteregg, and go on the lam. Meanwhile, there are rumours about Honeydew’s private space station, The Visionary, which may or may not have forced its first passengers into working off their debt. Rose’s boss and his crew go missing. Honeydew announces his plan to take a manned submersible drill to Earth’s mantle to burnish his brand as a fearless and impossibly cool maverick.
With her faithful charges by her side, Rose finds herself at the centre of an unfolding conspiracy. Did she ever truly have a hand on the rudder of fate? And what chance does a quartet of second-rate saboteurs have against a multinational corporation with a vendetta and a trillion-dollar market capitalization?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ben Zalkind lives and works in Calgary, Canada. Honeydew is his debut novel. A Salt Lake City native and naturalized Western Canadian, Ben is happiest outdoors, where he can cycle, drink coffee, and adventure with his wife and fellow traveller.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Calgary author Will Ferguson is a three-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour. He received the Governor General's Award for Popular History (the Pierre Berton Award) and the Giller Prize for his novel 419. Most recently, he is co-author of the Miranda Abbott mystery series with his brother Ian Ferguson. In 2024, Will Ferguson was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence. His oldest son, Genki Ferguson, is the author the acclaimed novel Satellite Love.