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Canadian Authors Association Special General Meeting
Margaret Hume and Karen Gansel, National Co-Chairs, and the Board of Directors invite all CAA members to attend a GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS on Saturday, March 27, 2021 2:00 PM ET | 1:00 PM CT | 12:00 PM MT | 11:00 AM PT | 3:00 PM AT Via Zoom This meeting is a follow up to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on November 28, 2020, to continue discussions on the association's finances, challenges, and fundraising as we embark on our centennial year. Only members in good standing may participate…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Scene and Summary – When to Show and When to Tell, with Tim Wynne-Jones
Via Zoom. Free to members of Canadian Authors Association; $10 for non-members. We use both scene and summary to weave together a story. Scenes of dialogue and action draw the reader in, while summary – exposition – fills in events, backstory, setting, etcetera. Over-summarization can drain the heart out of a story; on the other hand, wallowing in scene after scene can become deadly boring and drag the pace down. Tim Wynne-Jones will lead us to find the right balance…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Peterborough: Poetry 101 (course now full)
POETRY 101. Exclusive offer! For would-be poets. April is National Poetry Month. To mark it, CAA Peterborough has sponsored Nan Williamson to lead a four week course that is free to CA Peterborough members and Affiliates who want to explore how poetry works. Over the course of 4 sessions, participants will read the work of established poets, do some in-class writing, and share work in progress. There may be some homework.🙂 Mondays, April 12 to May 3, 1:30 pm –…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Metro Vancouver: Communing with Nature Poetry Writing Workshop with Cynthia Sharp
Poet Cynthia Sharp presents on Zoom: Communing with Nature Poetry Writing Workshop To enhance your writing experience, Cynthia Sharp invites you to bring a few mouthfuls of fruit, a stone, something fragrant like a flower or spice, a natural pinecone, a blade of grass, leaf or wild flower, something sweet like honey, something sour like a wedge of lime, and something with an interesting texture. Poet Cynthia Sharp was the 2019 Writer in Residence for the City of Richmond, British Columbia.…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Peterborough: Poetry 101 (course now full)
POETRY 101. Exclusive offer! For would-be poets. April is National Poetry Month. To mark it, CAA Peterborough has sponsored Nan Williamson to lead a four week course that is free to CA Peterborough members and Affiliates who want to explore how poetry works. Over the course of 4 sessions, participants will read the work of established poets, do some in-class writing, and share work in progress. There may be some homework.🙂 Mondays, April 12 to May 3, 1:30 pm –…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Toronto: Flash Fiction Workshop with June Rogers
#CAAEvents Online via Zoom FREE and open attendance for all “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” Ernest Hemingway’s famous piece was perhaps the first flash fiction story ever written. In 2009, flash fiction, typically between 50 and 1,500 words, emerged as a new genre with only about 15 literary journals publishing this short form. Today, there are more than 700 sites and magazines publishing work in this evolving form. What, exactly, is flash fiction? What are its elements and peculiarities?…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Volunteer Recognition Event
Volunteers are the heart of Canadian Authors—almost everything we do is powered by people who generously donate their time and energy on tasks big and small. This is National Volunteer Appreciation Week, and since we can never thank our volunteers enough, please join us to help us celebrate the 50+ volunteers across Canada who have been instrumental in our association's ongoing success.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Peterborough: Poetry 101 (course now full)
POETRY 101. Exclusive offer! For would-be poets. April is National Poetry Month. To mark it, CAA Peterborough has sponsored Nan Williamson to lead a four week course that is free to CA Peterborough members and Affiliates who want to explore how poetry works. Over the course of 4 sessions, participants will read the work of established poets, do some in-class writing, and share work in progress. There may be some homework.🙂 Mondays, April 12 to May 3, 1:30 pm –…
Find out more »The Festival of Literary Diversity – PREVIEW EVENT: Writers on Place and Belonging
In this Mood Series event, a free preview event in partnership with Kitchener Public Library, three exciting new authors discuss novels that tackle notions of place, home and relationships with powerful and moving prose. What does it mean to belong to a place, and how has the pandemic altered our connection to those around us? Authors Francesca Ekwuyasi (Butter, Honey, Pig, Bread), Yara El-Ghadban (I am Ariel Sharon), and Sheung King (You Are Eating and Orange and You Are Naked)…
Find out more »CAA/SFC Webinar: Playing the Short Game – How to Market and Sell Short Fiction
Learn how short stories can form a crucial part of any fiction writer’s career. This session will help you understand the basics of licensing rights for short fiction, why you should always target the top markets, key clauses to look for in short fiction contracts, and much more. Most importantly, you will learn the many ways a successful short fiction writer can leverage their backlist of published stories far beyond that first sale, including reprints, foreign language sales, audio markets,…
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