Canadian Authors Association National Chair Margaret Hume praised Shifting Paradigms, the report tabled yesterday by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The report affirms the importance of creators’ right to protection of, and remuneration for, their work. “It is extremely gratifying that the Report’s concluding words acknowledge ‘that the continued creation of…
CanWrite! 2019 Conference Policies AGE LIMITATION Attendees must be at least 18 years of age to attend the CanWrite 2019 writers’ conference. They will be expected to provide identification to verify age following registration. Requests for any exception to this term must be made in writing. If administration agrees to accept the registration for…
Betsy Warland has published 12 books of poetry, creative nonfiction and lyric prose including her best-selling 2010 book of personal essays, Breathing the Page—Reading the Act of Writing. In April of 2016, Oscar of Between—A Memoir of Identity and Ideas was launched by Caitlin Press’ new imprint, Dagger Editions. Reviews have called it “an achievement,”…