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Are you ready to take your writing to the next level?
Canadian Authors Association is—and always has been—a membership-based organization for writers at all stages of their writing careers: aspiring, emerging, and professional.
Join us for professional development and networking opportunities with people who care about the craft and business of writing as much as you do.
Learn more at About CAA & Programs & Webinars.
Check out member benefits here.
Ready to join us? Visit this page.
Step with us into the future of Canadian Authors Association!
We will continue to release some major announcements over the next several weeks, including details on the launch of our new social community platform for our members, more exciting events and webinars, an online shop to buy your CAA branded items from, and big proposals for the future.
Canadian Authors Members,
We have sent out the first email invitations to our new online community, Circle.so. Updates and details will continue to be emailed and posted to this web page as they become available.
Our new online social community platform through Circle.so is now live!
Canadian Authors has officially launched our new online social community platform for our members. Members have been sent their invitations from Circle, so if you haven’t seen yours or have any questions before you join, please feel free to contact one of your Circle Administrators at admin@canadianauthors.org, travis.croken@me.com, or cjgorman@gmail.com.
Further changes to our subscription and payment process will be forthcoming, along with membership benefit announcements, so keep an eye on your emails.
Members, register for our Special All Members’ Meeting on Saturday, April 13
To attend, you must be a Canadian Authors member and you must register. If you need the registration link resent, please email admin@canadianauthors.org.
The meeting will begin at 10:00 am PT | 11:00 am MT | 12:00 pm CT | 1:00 pm ET | 2:00 pm AT | 2:30 pm NL. The meeting will last as little or as long (within reason) as is needed to explain the new structure, answer any questions, and hold the vote.
Your National Board has been working hard to overhaul our membership fee structure to make the organization more affordable, while also allowing members more choice in what they want to partake in. To do this, we need you! Because changing the membership structure needs our membership’s approval, we are holding this meeting to take a vote on this new membership structure. All of Canadian Authors Association staff and volunteers hope to see you at this important meeting.
The Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA’s)
Become a Canadian Authors WIBA reviewer at
https://independentbookawards.ca/wiba-reviewers-questionnaire/
Once again in 2024 the Whistler Independent Book Awards offers members of Canadian Authors the opportunity to volunteer as reviewers. Reviewers are asked to read and assess up to three books, generally in their preferred genre, between June 15 and August 10. If you reviewed in a previous year and you wish to do so again please email WIBA/CAA Reviews Coordinator Bob Mackay at robert@robertwmackay.ca. If you are a new reviewer please fill in the form at this link. CAA Reviewers will receive their books in early June along with guidelines and instructions.
Canadian Authors and the WIBAs applaud and thank our reviewers. This is truly “Writers helping writers.”
Submissions Open to the Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA’s)
Submissions for the 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards are accepted from March 1 to April 30, 2024.
Established in 2016 to recognize excellence in Canadian self-publishing, the Whistler Independent Book Awards offers prizes in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. There are three finalists in each category, with the winners being announced at the annual Whistler Writers Festival.
Submit your self-published book at https://independentbookawards.ca/.
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Your Advocacy Committee has been working hard!
Check out our latest media release for Canadian Authors’ response to the recent Federal Court ruling against Access Copyright in the legal action involving the Ontario school boards and provincial/territorial education ministries (except for British Columbia and Quebec) at Media Releases | Canadian Authors Association.
Catch the Next Canadian Authors/SF Canada Wednesday Webinar on April 24
Canadian Authors partnership with SF Canada continues into 2024, and we’re excited to present yet another year of engaging and informative webinars.
Find full details and register at Webinars | Canadian Authors Association.