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CAA National Annual General Meeting
You're Invited! National Co-Chairs Karen Gansel and Mark Vulliamy and the Board of Directors request the honour of your presence at our 101st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. This is a virtual meeting via our Zoom platform. NOTE: This AGM will be preceded by readings by the 2022 Fred Kerner Book Award shortlisted authors, followed by the announcement of this year’s winner. We will also be celebrating CAA’s national and branch volunteers via the Alan Sangster Volunteer Award and the inaugural Jean Kay…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association and SF Canada Webinar: Integrating Place in Fiction to Deepen Meaning
This webinar will show you how to use place and setting to increase the richness and meaning of story. Place is best described as a character, defining, and interacting with all other characters related to the theme. Learning to integrate setting and place with plot, theme, and character will provide story depth. It will also ground the reader in context and meaning. All too often settings are either too vague or not enmeshed in story. This webinar uses examples from…
Find out more »Step Into Your Power With Susan Sommers
Join Susan Sommers, award-winning health and fitness expert, two-time Marathoner, and the author of three successful books on health and fitness, on Saturday, July 9, at The Runners Shop (374 Bloor Street West, Toronto) for a book launch and book signing for her new book, The Magic of Walking: Your Guide to a Balanced, Purposeful Life. Discover exciting post-COVID walking and travel trends. Designed for everyone from newbies to seasoned walkers, the new book combines strategies, tools, and journaling ideas…
Find out more »Canadian Authors Association and SF Canada Webinar: A Quick and Easy Guide to Book and Publishing Contracts
A whirlwind tour through the terrifying intersection where law and business meet writing. At breakneck pace, D.G. Valdron guides you through the basics of contract law and copyright, explains what publishing contracts are, what to look out for, what to be afraid of, and how to swim with misguided confidence in shark infested waters. Featuring a soliloquy explaining the way book and magazine contracts used to work, and an exploration of the rapidly shifting landscape brought about by new tools…
Find out more »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…
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