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Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Building a Book Launch Team, with Sarah Sambles
A book launch team provides the support you need when you’re on the vulnerable road of putting your work out there. If you’re preparing to launch something—a webinar, a book, or a new writing service—you’ll find useful pointers here. A book launch team is a powerful tool, and it doesn’t have to be complicated.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver: The Business of Getting Published with Science and Literacy Advocate Joan Marie Galat
Joan Marie Galat shares her journey from 12-year-old weekly newspaper columnist to bestselling, award-winning author. Discover how to sell your manuscript, when you can sell first and write later, and strategies to use to reach your publishing goals. To register, email VANinfo@CanadianAuthors.org. Joan Marie Galat is the author of more than 20 books for children and adults including Solve This! Wild and Wacky Challenges for the Genius Engineer in You (National Geographic Kids) and Dot to Dot in the Sky, Stories of the Aurora (Whitecap Books), which won the Crystal…
Find out more »CAA/SFC Webinar: Marketing Strategy for Authors – An Overview
A marketing plan for authors is a requirement if you intend to make writing a career. Even a basic understanding of the various sections of marketing will help an author understand both the needs of a publisher and the necessities in promoting themselves to develop a long-lasting career. The webinar will focus on the basic portions of a marketing plan and how that relates to author careers and the series they write. As a result of attending this session, participants…
Find out more »Editors 21: Editors Transform
Editors Canada is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2021 conference Editors 21: Editors Transform! This will be the first virtual conference hosted by Editors Canada and everyone is invited to join online June 12–13, 2021. Editors Canada will be offering two full days of programming, along with networking opportunities and a whole lot of fun! A completely virtual conference opens up exciting possibilities to maximize your professional development opportunities. Instead of having to choose only one…
Find out more »Book reading and performance with Naomi Steinberg
Join internationally recognized artist & storyteller Naomi Steinberg for an entrancing evening of story performance and discussion of her book, Goosefeather: Once Upon a Cartographic Adventure. PLEASE REGISTER HERE - https://www.banyen.com/events/steinberg. In 2015, Naomi Steinberg completed a 382 day adventure, covering 55,965 kilometres around the world by road and rail, land and sea, performing a playful and profound one-woman show that questions the very nature of modern connection. Crossing 18 borders to perform 37 productions everywhere from Japan to Russia…
Find out more »Book Summit 2021
2020 was a year that shook the world, challenging the way we work, how we reach customers, and publishers’, booksellers’, and libraries’ roles in the community. What should we take from the year’s upheavals, and how can we adapt and be more resilient going forward? How can we support staff and boost job satisfaction? How can we create community and engagement online? How can publishing further social and environmental justice? The 19th edition of Book Summit looks to how we…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Toronto: Reproduction, The Making of a Giller Winner
Join us for a lively summer conversation between author Ian Williams and his editor Anne Collins. To close out the 2020–21 season, Canadian Authors–Toronto and Editors Toronto are joining forces to bring back our popular series showcasing award-winning authors in conversation with their exceptional editors. On Wednesday, June 23, at 7:00 pm, our Zoom program event will feature Ian Williams, winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Anne Collins, his editor. Ian Williams is a multiple award–winning poet and…
Find out more »CAA/SFC Webinar: 4 Fun Ways to Nail That Indescribable Character
Including different types of personalities in our writing can brighten a story, make it memorable, and help readers emotionally connect to our fictional characters. The Insights Discovery® is a system that is partly based on Carl Jung’s theory of introverts and extroverts. It’s also similar to the Myers-Briggs personality indicator system. These types of theories try to help us understand human behaviour and to see if a pattern is discernible. Presenter Shereen Vedam's favorite way to analyze human behavior is the Insights…
Find out more »CAA/SFC Webinar: Writing Modern Gothic Horror – Canadian Edition
Gothic horror literature was born of the Dark Romanticism movement of the late eighteenth century and, like all literature, has adapted and evolved to reflect changing times and cultures. The constant elements include dread, isolation, insanity, decay, the grotesque and the speculative. Gothic stories rely heavily on atmosphere and setting; they delve into the shadows and uncover horrors. KT Wagner will provide an overview of modern gothic writing, including the growing subgenre of Northern Gothic (further defined by our vast…
Find out more »Summer Spectacular: CharacterMaker (by The Word On The Street)
For ages 10 - 14+. What makes a compelling character? Join a StoryPlanet illustrator to create an original character. Join Story Planet Toronto in this CharacterMaker workshop combining writing and drawing, as we explore what makes a compelling character. Participants will create an original character as a group, which will then be drawn on the spot by a professional illustrator. Accompanied by a discussion of what makes for compelling characters in literature, and what tips and tricks can be used…
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