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Canadian Authors Association and SF Canada Webinar: Hacking the Future – Working with Emerging Technologies
JE Solo has been working with emerging technologies throughout their career, mostly so that they can use these technologies as tools to build and present new performance, music, media art, and writing. From creating networked performances for virtual spaces, to using webcams and game controllers to connect performer and avatar, to intervening in video game narratives, JE likes to push technology to see where the boundaries lie—and then to challenge those boundaries. In 2022 JE created a Virtual Reality based…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – Toronto: An Intimate Evening of Poetry with Catherine Graham
Via Zoom. For National Poetry Month, we are thrilled to present an intimate evening of poetry with beloved Toronto author Catherine Graham. Catherine will speak a little about her writing practice and read selections from her many books of poetry, including her newest book, Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead: New and Selected Poems (due out with Wolsak & Wynn in April 2023). Find more details and Catherine’s full bio at https://canadianauthors.org/toronto/events/. All are welcome to this free event. Register…
Find out more »Book Launch of Winners and Losers by CAA Toronto Branch Member Darlene Madott
CAA Toronto Branch member Darlene Madott invites you to the launch of her new book Winners and Losers (Guernica Editions) on Sunday, April 30, at the Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. Doors open at 4:00 pm, with remarks and readings at 4:15 pm, and light refreshments, wine and hors d’oeuvres. Please RSVP by April 15 to dmmadott@gmail.com.
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Branch: Facing the Page Together Drop-in Sessions
Members only. Via Zoom. Join the National Capital Region Branch via Zoom to discuss an aspect of writing to focus on for that session. April’s session focuses on “Voice”. Contact Arlene Smith at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org for the meeting link. More details at https://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/.
Find out more »An Evening with Terry Fallis
CAA Member at Large Elaine Cougler will be interviewing Stephen Leacock medal winner and Canadian icon Terry Fallis at “An Evening with Terry Fallis”, presented by the London (Ontario) Writers Society, at the London Public Library, Central Branch. Find more information and advance tickets at https://londonwriterssociety.ca/events/. In an engaging interview with author Elaine Cougler, award-winning author Terry Fallis will share his adventures (and misadventures) in writing. A Q&A session hosted by author John Matsui will follow. Advance tickets are $15…
Find out more »Book Launch of Next of Twin by CAA Toronto Branch Member Jass Aujla
CAA Toronto branch member Jass Aujla invites you to the launch of Next of Twin (SparkPress) on Sunday, May 21, at the Indigo bookstore in the Square One Shopping Centre, 100 City Centre Drive in Mississauga. This event will start at 12:00 pm ET, with remarks and author reading at 12:15 pm.
Find out more »Finding the Fun in Children’s Nonfiction
Non-fiction is NOT fiction’s boring cousin. Join children’s non-fiction author Rachel Poliquin as she explores the use of fictional elements like character development, world-building, and dialogue in non-fiction writing and learn a few tips and techniques to create wildly entertaining and educational books for kids. *7:30PM Atlantic* Presented by the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award in partnership with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Find out more »Wakefield Writers Fête: “Truth in Our Time”
Ninth annual festival of authors, books and readers. 2023 program includes: May 24 - In Conversation with Ann-Marie MacDonald and Elizabeth Hay hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld May 25 - In Their Own Words: An Evening of Verbatim Theatre with Joel Bernbaum, Yvette Nolan, Theatre Wakefield May 26 - Low Down Community Newspaper 50th Anniversary Party May 27 - Tête à Tête with Tomson Highway and Friends hosted by Adrian Harewood May 28 - Steven Heighton Remembered
Find out more »Writing Tough Topics for Young Readers
Join 2023 Hackmatack award nominees Laura Best (The Family Way, Nimbus Publishing, 2021), Edeet Ravel (A Boy is Not a Ghost, Groundwood Books, 2021), and Valerie Sherrard (Birdspell, Cormorant Books, 2021) for a discussion on writing difficult topics for middle grade readers. In conversation with Stephanie Domet (AfterWords Literary Festival), the authors will explain how their novels tackle difficult issues such as war, racism, historical traumas, mental health, and strained family relationships. The discussion will offer advice on how to…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Branch: Facing the Page Together Drop-in Sessions
Members only. Via Zoom. Join the National Capital Region Branch via Zoom to discuss an aspect of writing to focus on for that session. May’s session focuses on “a microfiction challenge”. Contact Arlene Smith at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org for the meeting link. More details at https://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/.
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