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October 6th, 2022 – Writer Talk – Writing on Both Sides of the Veil

Nina Shoroplova, author and book editor, will interview these author-panelists for the October 6th Canadian Authors BC Branch Writer Talk, “Writing on Both Sides of the Veil” – three authors who lost a loved one write about how they dealt with their loss. Date: Thursday October 6th Time: 7pm PST – The program will…

October 6th, 2022 – Writer Talk – Writing on Both Sides of the Veil

Nina Shoroplova, author and book editor, will interview these author-panelists for the October 6th Canadian Authors BC Branch Writer Talk, “Writing on Both Sides of the Veil” – three authors who lost a loved one write about how they dealt with their loss. Date: Thursday October 6th Time: 7pm PST – The program will be approximately 1 hour. Location: Zoom meeting – link will be sent to registrants (see below for registration form). About the author-panelists: Roxanne Davies of North Vancouver was for twelve years a journalist and over the years has co-authored three books (see News about Roxanne). She is the author of The Blue Riviera: A Daughter’s Investigation. Andrea Courey of Montreal is a sound healer and meditator offering workshops for those who are bereaved at andreacourey.com/sound-healing-meditation. She is the author of Conversations with Chloe: A Mother and Daughter Dialogue Across the Veil. Barbara Morningstar of Greater Vancouver worked in an administrative capacity in a number of Greater Vancouver hospices. She founded “In Autumn’s Cocoon” inautumnscocoon.com to offer education on a range of end-of-life topics. She is the author of Honoring the Mystery: Uplifting Insights from the Language, Visions, and Dreams of the Dying. About the host: Nina Shoroplova Nina Shoroplova recently published the bestselling Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver’s Stanley Park (Heritage House, 2020). Legacy received an honourable mention in the 2020 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards, organized by the BC Historical Federation. She published the bestselling Cattle Ranch: The Story of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company (Nina Woolliams, Douglas & McIntyre, 1979). Nina works as an editor, mostly of nonfiction books, taking authors’ manuscripts through every stage, from structural editing to proofreading. This panel comprises three of her client authors talking about how writing can help a person deal with losing a loved one. Visit Nina’s website at: ninashoroplova.ca Please use this form to register for the online event.
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September 13th – Author Talk – WIBA Winners Present! with Valerie Dunsmore and Fran Hurcomb

Valerie and Fran – winners of the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Awards – will discuss their perspectives on self-publishing and the value of entering work in contests. Click here to learn more about the Whistler Independent Book Awards. About the presenters: Valerie Dunsmore – A perspective on self-publishing. Valerie is a Canadian writer who studied creative writing and journalism. Deeply inspired by nature, as well as her children, Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit is Valerie’s first publication. Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit won first place for fiction at the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Awards, first place in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards for Mainstream/Literary, and numerous other awards. She is working on her second novel and resides in Calgary, Alberta. Valerie Dunsmore’s book: Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit For more information: valeriedunsmore.com Fran Hurcomb – How contests can help publicize your books. Fran is a Yellowknife, Northwest Territories-based writer and photographer whose latest short storybook, Breaking Trail, recipient of the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Award for non-fiction. Fran has seven previously published books, and her latest, a photographic history of commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake, will be released in the fall of 2022. Fran Hurcomb’s book: Breaking Trail, Northern stories from a simpler time.
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June 2, 2022 – Author Talk – Graphic Memoir with Myriam Steinberg

Graphic Memoir Graphic novels (and memoirs) push the boundaries of storytelling by using imagery to bring fantastical worlds to life. They can make historical moments accessible and display human emotions that easily get lost in translation in prose. That’s to say it’s not all superheroes and monsters: There’s a whole wide world of literary graphic novels and memoirs to explore. About Myriam Steinberg Previously the organizer of the In the House Festival, for which she was nominated for the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award, Myriam is now an author. Her first graphic novel, Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility, which follows her challenging journey to parenthood as a Single Mother by Choice, has won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature in the non-fiction category, the Independent Publishers (IPPY) Award’s gold medal for graphic novels, and is a finalist for the Foreword Indies Award. Catalogue Baby is also on the American Library Association’s list for best graphic novels 2021. Myriam has written articles for Birthing Magazine, She Knows, and the CBC. Her work has also been included in two anthologies: “Choosing Single Parenthood: Stories From Solo Parents by Choice,” (March, 2022), and “Bloom Where You Are Planted,” due out December 2022. She is currently working on her second graphic graphic novel, entitled “Stick, Stay, Grow.” Myriam can be found on the web at www.cataloguebabynovel.com or follow on Instagram @catalogue_baby Myriam’s talk will be via Zoom, starting at 7pm PST, and will be approximately 1 hour.
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May 5 2022 – How to Impress a Publisher with Lynn Duncan

How to Impress a Publisher What does it take to make your manuscript stand out? Regardless of genre, publishers need to see how your book would fit into their list, how they could position it in the marketplace and, most importantly, how many copies they are likely to sell. This presentation will help you position your submission with these factors in mind. The first half of the session will include tips, tricks and suggested resources; the second half will be devoted to questions and answers from participants. About Lynn: In 2010, Lynn Duncan founded Vivalogue Publishing with business partner Kilmeny Denny to help self-published authors achieve creative and financial success. As part of its commitment to the self-publishing community, Vivalogue founded and continues to administer The Whistler Independent Book Awards, sponsored by The Writers’ Union of Canada. Vivalogue also partnered with Heritage House Publishing to develop and launch their young adult imprint, Wandering Fox Books. This experience inspired Lynn and Kilmeny to establish their own trade-publishing company, Tidewater Press, in 2017. Lynn’s talk will be via Zoom, starting at 7pm PST, and will be approximately 1 hour.
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