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CAA NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION CHAPTER EVENT – Facing the Page Together
CAA members only. Writing challenge and follow-up on goals via Zoom. The writing challenge for this session is: Write a poem or flash fiction story using the first line: “The door knocker was the shape of a crow.” We’ll also check in on each other’s writing goals and recent submissions. Email NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org.
Find out more »CAA NATIONAL EVENT – Special General Meeting of the Membership
Special General Meeting of the Membership To Review Updates to Canadian Authors Association Bylaws You must be a current CAA member and have access to your membership account through our Circle platform. Email admin@canadianauthors.org for any login assistance.
Find out more »CAA BC CHAPTER EVENT – Danny Ramadan on Inspiration & Telling your Story
Our BC Chapter is hosting Danny as he talks about his memoir, Crooked Teeth, his writing process, his inspiration, and how you can be inspired to tell your story! Danny Ramadan is a Lambda-award winning Syrian-Canadian author. His latest, Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir, is nominated for a Governor General Award. His novels, The Clothesline Swing and The Foghorn Echoes, continue to receive accolades. His award-winning children’s books The Salma Series continues to grow. Ramadan has raised over…
Find out more »CAA NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION CHAPTER EVENT – Working Intelligently with AI
Presenter: Carol Edwards Via Zoom. Free to members of Canadian Authors. Non-members $20.00 This workshop is not about using AI as a creator. The learning session will be followed by a Q&A about the implications of AI for you as writers, especially your areas of concern. This is a course on how to work with an AI to easily solve your BUSINESS problems (budgets, grants, proposals, research, planning, etc.). You are guaranteed to walk away with a full toolbox designed…
Find out more »The Canadian Romance Writers – Crafting Comedy in Romance Webinar
Love & Laughter: Crafting Comedy in Romance Join the Canadian Romance Writes | Écrivains et écrivaines de livres romantique du Canada for a 30-minute workshop on crafting comedy in romance. Register at Meeting Registration - Zoom.
Find out more »Editors Canada Webinar: Managing “Squirrel” Edits
Managing “Squirrel” Edits: Avoid Losing Your Way Chasing Global Edits Member price: $27 CAD Non-Member price: $45 CAD In a single document, a copy editor may encounter a combination of errors that are one-offs and errors that are likely to occur in multiple places. It may be tempting to pause a read-through to go check for other places where the same error occurs, and sometimes this can be an efficient detour, but too often it can lead to half-completed checks…
Find out more »Ottawa Romance Writers – April Workshop
Casual Readers to Ride-or-Die Superfans with Steff Green Having readers is awesome, but die-hard fans who become emotionally invested in our story worlds are how authors build sustainable careers. Discover how you can stoke the fires of fandom in your readers and keep them coming back for more. This workshop will cover the science of fandom, examples of how romance authors build and sustain rabid fandoms, and examples of how you can create fun fan experiences for your readers. Under…
Find out more »Muskoka Authors Association Meeting – with Author Amanda LeDuc
An Unforgettable Literary Evening with Author Amanda LeDuc Join members of Muskoka Authors Association (MAA) on for an unforgettable literary evening with author Amanda Leduc! Step into a world of wonder, imagination, and magic realism as acclaimed author Amanda Leduc shares her latest novel—a spellbinding tale where the line between human and animal dissolves. Leduc’s story follows two walking, talking hyenas as they interact with humans over decades, acting as strange messengers of change. When a young boy in 19th-century Scotland…
Find out more »Editors Canada Webinar: Streamlining Your Editing Agency Operations
From Chaos to Control: Streamlining Your Editing Agency Operations Member price: $42 CAD Non-member price: $70 CAD Join this session to explore examples of processes and systems, as well as templates and technology, all tailored for editing agencies. You’ll learn how to create a comprehensive process guide, streamline client onboarding, and establish consistent project assignment and tracking methods across your team. Build a robust foundation for your editing agency’s success. Transform your business into a well-oiled machine, ready to take…
Find out more »Editors Canada Webinar: Academic Research Grants
Academic Research Grants: Understanding the Peer Reviewers’ Perspective Member price: $60 Non-member price: $100 Letitia Henville leads this Editors Canada webinar. Between November 2023 and July 2024, Letitia interviewed over 150 former peer reviewers from the CIHR Project, NFRF Explorations, NSERC Discovery, and SSHRC Insight and Insight Development competitions. This webinar shares peer reviewers’ perspectives on reading, scoring, and discussing grant applications, and provides advice to grant editors based on peer reviewers’ unwritten rules.
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