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Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: The Craft of Short Fiction Workshop
The Craft of Short Fiction Join multi-award-winning writer Douglas Smith as he provides tips on the craft of writing the short story. Topics covered will include crafting characters, choosing the right point-of-view, pros and cons for various POV options, plotting as character decisions, why setting is character, stories with multiple POV characters, handling scene and POV changes, POV and character voice, non-linear plots, writing scenes out of order, opening lines, implied back story, handling information flow, story structures, recommended resources…and…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver: Emma Donoghue
We host internationally renowned Emma Donoghue, author of Room, The Wonder, and Pull of the Stars. More details will be released closer to the event date.
Find out more »Shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter
Please join the University of Alberta, Dept. of English & Film Studies' shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter Writer-in-Residence Committee on Wednesday, November 17th at 1:00 pm (MST) for a shared reading with Ifeoma Chinubwa and JR Carpenter! Every year, the incoming and outgoing Writers-in-residence are invited to come together for a shared reading in the English & Film Studies' department. This year, please join the amazing Ifeoma Chinubwa (the current Writer-in residence now located in Edmonton, Alberta) and…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Monday Morning Prose Writing Circle
This event is for members only and not open to the public. More more information, contact us at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Poetry Circle
This event is for members only and not open to the public. For more information, contact us at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Monday Prose Writing Circle
This event is for members only and not open to the public. More more information, contact us at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region Branch: Writing Poetry for Children, with Bowman Wilker
Via Zoom. Why children’s poetry? While the adult poetry world is growing, the market for children’s poetry remains small. Or does it? Bowman will talk about the difficulties of publishing children’s poetry and then explain why you should do it anyways. Children’s poetry, more than any other medium, allows a writer to think loosely (be imaginative, silly, irreverent) while at the same time forcing the writer to be tightly focused on one’s craft (a whole story in 4-8 lines!). Bowman…
Find out more »What did the Loyalists Do Anyhow?
CAA member Elaine Cougler (Member at Large) is giving a virtual talk entitled “What Did the Loyalists Do Anyhow?”, via Zoom from 2:00 - 3:00 pm on January 13, 2022. Presented by the Women’s Canadian Club of London, Ontario. Elaine Cougler is the award-winning author of historical novels about the lives of settlers in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution. She uses the backdrop of the conflict for page-turning fictional tales where the main characters…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Niagara: Writing for Young Readers
In this three-hour workshop Angela Misri will take writers through the steps of creating and pitching stories for middle grades and young adult readers. This includes exercises in world-building, younger points of view, character diversity, educational vs entertainment writing, and story arcs. Participants are welcome to arrive with their own existing ideas and writing. We will be sharing our work at different points in the workshop. Online Event Free Workshop – Space is limited. Register on Eventbrite. Workshops are made possible…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region Branch: Attributes of a Writer, with Ifeoma Chinwuba
Via Zoom. Ifeoma Chinwuba, the current Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta, will lead this session on raising a writer at home and in school, and habits and outlook that encourage the creative spirit. She will talk about resources to draw from to become a self-made writer. Ms. Ifeoma Chinwuba rose from a child refugee in the Biafra War to ambassador of Nigeria to Côte d’Ivoire. She has published five books: Merchants of Flesh, Fearless, Waiting for Maria, African Romance and Head Boy. In…
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