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Ottawa Book Expo
Horticulture Building in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. The Ottawa Book Expo offers authors and entrepreneurs alike a mix of marketing services which are designed to boost your sales. Can’t make it to Ottawa? There are also opportunities for Virtual Exhibitor Booths and they are available from now until August 30 and include an interview with a journalist to boost the commercial success of your books. See an example of Virtual Exhibitor Booth at https://www.ottawabookexpo.ca/melissa_balthazar.html. See more details and register here: https://www.ottawabookexpo.ca/.
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association and SF Canada Webinar: Going Solo, A Beginner’s Guide to Finding Readers with Indie Publishing
Presented by Krista D. Ball, this guide to self-publishing one’s work combines an up-to-date guide with tried-and-tested advice on publishing your work and finding your audience. This webinar will cover many of the basics of getting started, along with practical, beginner advice on increasing visibility, mailing lists, ad placements, and more. Special considerations for hybrid authors and small press authors will also be included. Attendees must register in advance for this meeting. Register for this webinar here. After registering, you will…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Event: Poets of Beechwood Cemetery Tour
Following up on the Byline article about the Poets of Beechwood by LD Cross, we have planned a guided tour of this beautiful and historic cemetery, one that has been designated a National Historic Site. Join us to learn about the poets of Beechwood and more.
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Event: Drop-in
We meet via Zoom to discuss an aspect of writing to focus on for that session. Perhaps it’s adding specific detail, or improving dialogue, or working with voice or point of view. We then write “together” (with or without cameras on). We can respond to a prompt or apply the concept to our works in progress. It could be fiction, non-fiction or poetry. We then gather again as a group to discuss the experience.
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Event: Writing with Humour, with Melissa Yi
Whatever your genre—fiction, non-fiction, memoir, blog posts, or children’s books—your work will benefit from some smiles or laughter. Even if you are writing about the most serious of topics, you can enrich the experience for your readers by injecting some humour. Join Melissa Yi to learn how to give your work a boost.
Find out more »The Book Launch
It's my birthday and I'm making my dreams come true. Join me? As a gift to myself I am launching my first book! Title: "Dear, (or Something). A series of letters with philosophical underpinnings. Volume One." The book is a series of letters I have written to people, places and things and it runs the full gamut of subject matter. Hey! Maybe you might even find a trace of yourself in there! It sure is possible... There will be two…
Find out more »Rescue Me: Behind the Scenes of Search and Rescue Book Talk in Kamloops, BC
Join Cathalynn Labonté-Smith, author of the newly released, BC-based bestselling book Rescue Me: Behind the Scenes of Search and Rescue, from Caitlin Press. Cathalynn will share some of the real-life stories featured in her book, and answer questions from the audience. She will be joined by local search, rescue, detection working dog, Ranger, and his handler Mike Ritcey.
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – Toronto Branch: “Stories of Love” Open Mic Event
All are welcome to this free event via Zoom, but pre-registration is required. Register by clicking here. You will receive a personalized Zoom link. Please save it and use it to get into the event. February is the month of Love and this open mic night features stories of love shared by 14 Canadian Authors–Toronto members and one non-member reading their fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Whether you choose to share a published piece or a work-in-progress, we’re excited to hear…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association – Niagara Branch: Writing Science Fiction Workshop, with Leo Audette
Science Fiction author and educator, Leo Audette, will touch on some of the similarities in writing for various genres of novels. He will break down the filters he used while developing the themes of his five novels, concentrating on the issues around writing SciFi stories. Participants will then be asked to come up with a SciFi concept they would like to fully develop into a long story or novel. Free Workshop – Space is limited and registration is required: Register on…
Find out more »100 Years of Sunshine Coast Authors
To celebrate Heritage Week there will be a special event held at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives in Gibsons, featuring Sunshine Coast authors: Muriel Wylie Blanchet by Heather Conn Hubert Evans, journalist, by Mike Starr and Jennie Tschoban Lester Peterson by Jan DeGrass Bertrand W. Sinclair, western author. by Betty Keller Followed by refreshments, then a discussion and brainstorming about who else should be on the list of nearly 200 authors, and how the information can be presented to…
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