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Indexing Unlimited Conference 2021
The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is pleased to announce that this year’s annual conference is taking place from the comfort of home from May 27 to 29, 2021. The theme is “Indexing Unlimited”. The conference sessions will cover a variety of topics to help indexers improve their indexing practice and make their businesses thrive. One new feature is designed especially for new indexers. The online Fireside Chat hosted by Stephen Ullstrom and Margaret DeBoer will…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Toronto: Belief Book launch & Asian Heritage Month celebration
A Canadian Authors–Toronto & Dark Helix Press joint event via Zoom, FREE and open attendance for all Canadian Authors–Toronto has partnered with Dark Helix Press, an indie press based in Toronto, to celebrate the book launch of a new Asian Canadian anthology, Belief. This anthology is a compilation of Ricepaper Magazine submissions—short stories, poetry, and nonfiction by writers of Asian descent from across the world. The theme that binds the collection is “belief,” a notion personal to each individual sharing a piece of…
Find out more »LiterASIAN: The Pender Guy Radio Collective, 1976-1981 – The Reunion Show
This year’s festival GlobalAsian: from Grassroots to Globalization features authors and cultural activists from not only Canada, but across the Asian diaspora. As “Asian” cannot easily be defined within geographical borders of one continent, but rather a conceptual collection of experiences and memories, LiterASIAN shines a spotlight that critically examines what it means to be a storyteller of Asian descent. This is the second year that LiterASIAN will be virtually broadcast live across the world festival will feature events featuring authors from…
Find out more »LiterASIAN: Asia Across the World – A Book Club Discussion
This year’s festival GlobalAsian: from Grassroots to Globalization features authors and cultural activists from not only Canada, but across the Asian diaspora. As “Asian” cannot easily be defined within geographical borders of one continent, but rather a conceptual collection of experiences and memories, LiterASIAN shines a spotlight that critically examines what it means to be a storyteller of Asian descent. This is the second year that LiterASIAN will be virtually broadcast live across the world festival will feature events featuring authors from…
Find out more »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…
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