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From Flat to Fabulous: Reviving Characters with Dynamic Body Language with Stacy Juba
Are you tired of characters who always nod, sigh, and shrug? This hands-on workshop will show you how to use physical action to express emotion, heighten tension, and layer in subtext—without overexplaining or cluttering the page. When every character reacts the same way, it dilutes your voice and your scenes lose impact. But it doesn't have to be that way. Break the pattern with practical tools that help you write clearer, deeper, more human character reactions. Through easy-to-follow slides and…
Find out more »CAA NATIONAL WORKSHOP – Make Your Character’s Life Difficult! with Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Via Zoom. Free for CAA members; $25 for non-members. Registration is required. PLEASE REGISTER HERE. Make Your Character's Life Difficult! We often avoid our protagonist’s conflicts for the same reasons we avoid our own. The result: passive protagonists and wandering storylines. Author and mentor Gail Anderson-Dargatz will draw from more than twenty years of experience as a writer, teacher, and developmental editor to explore why we avoid conflict in our writing and offer solutions that will help you get narrative…
Find out more »Muskoka Authors Association (MAA) Presents How to Actually Sell Your Books
From Manuscript to Marketplace: How to Actually Sell Your Books Free for MAA Members; $20 for Non-Members. To register, please email your contact information and e-transfer payment to info@muskokaauthors.ca. Join Muskoka Authors Association as they welcome their very own award-winning author, Bruce A. Hanson, for a practical and engaging session on how authors can actually sell their books. Bruce is the author of the mystery-adventure novel Double Cross, along with several other works including the children’s book Elephants in My Stew. His writing spans multiple genres…
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CAA BC CHAPTER – Voices Across Borders Poetry Event
Voices Across Borders is a poetry-focused event celebrating immigrant experiences and multicultural belonging. Poets will share works exploring identity, adaptation, resilience, and the search for home. The event will highlight how poetry can connect communities and foster empathy. This Open Mic event will be held in Meeting Room 418 of the City Central Branch of Surrey Libraries, located at 10350 University Drive, Surrey. Registrants will have 6 minutes to present. If there is extra time after registrants finish, volunteers can…
Find out more »Ripple Foundation’s “Social Media, Identity & Power” Youth-Led Conference
Ripple Foundation is proud to announce its upcoming Social Media, Identity & Power Youth Conference, a free, virtual, national event designed to spark conversation, creativity, and critical thinking among students in Grades 8-12. Unlike traditional youth events shaped by adult organizers, this conference is 100% youth-led. Students selected the theme. Students chose the discussions and keynote topics. Students organize the registration process, and event experience. From concept to execution, young leaders are at the helm. This conference will bring together…
Find out more »Muskoka Authors Association (MAA) Presents A Humour Workshop with Terry Fallis
A Humour Workshop with Award-Winning Author Terry Fallis $20 for MAA Members; $50 for Non-Members. To register, please email your contact information and e-transfer payment to info@muskokaauthors.ca. Humour can be one of the most powerful—and most challenging—tools a writer can use. On Saturday, March 28, Muskoka Authors Association invites writers for an opportunity to learn from one of Canada’s masters of comic storytelling, Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and author of ten national bestsellers, including his…
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CAA MEMBER EVENT: Finding Order in Disorder for World Bipolar Day
Join Author Ishaa Vinod Chopra for a raw, authentic, and intimate book reading of poetry, journals, stories, and discussions followed by a Q & A! A special World Bipolar Day 2026 online gathering centered on lived experience, storytelling, and understanding through the lens of Ishaa Vinod Chopra as she reads through passages, poems and reflections of her award-winning memoir, Finding Order in Disorder. World Bipolar Day is observed annually on March 30, the birthday of artist Vincent van Gogh, who was posthumously…
Find out more »Artisanal Book Marketing with Julieanne Steedman
Save the Date! More details to come. Presented by Ottawa Romance Writers.
Find out more »Ottawa Romance Writers Presents Heartfelt Marketing for Romance Writers
Ottawa Romance Writers (ORW) Presents Heartfelt Marketing for Romance Writers with Julieanne Steedman Tickets are $11.98 for ORW members and $22.63 for non-members. Does the idea of marketing your book and writing leave you feeling confused and frustrated? You’ve heard that you should market your work as if it’s a ‘product,’ but when you’ve poured your heart and soul into it, it just feels wrong. Here's the thing: it is wrong. And you don't have to do it that way.…
Find out more »Editors Canada 2026 Winter/Spring Webinar Series
Since 1979, Editors Canada has been delivering cutting-edge training for editors at every stage of their careers. Editors Canada member price is $42 per session. Editors Canada non-member price is $70 per session. Here’s what’s in store this season. February 11 Content Marketing for Academic Editors (Letitia Henville) February 17 Intermediate Alt-text: Lessons from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernist Dance (Allison Peacock) February 24 Algorithms, AI, & You: The Editor’s Role in the Age of Mis/Disinformation (Emily Faubert) February 26…
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