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Canadian Authors-Toronto Celebrates Indie Author Day: Panel – Journey on Becoming an Indie Author
Panel: Journey on Becoming an Indie Author Indie Author Day, on Saturday November 7, 2020, is a special day dedicated to celebrating the contributions and achievements of Indie Authors. This event brings together local indie authors, writers, and readers for a day of education, networking, workshops, and more. Canadian Authors–Toronto is excited to be participating as an official host of the 5th annual Indie Author Day in 2020! Pre-registration is required. Click on the links below to receive your individualized…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Toronto Celebrates Indie Author Day: CAA Member Indie Author Readings
CAA Member Indie Author Readings Indie Author Day, on Saturday November 7, 2020, is a special day dedicated to celebrating the contributions and achievements of Indie Authors. This event brings together local indie authors, writers, and readers for a day of education, networking, workshops, and more. Canadian Authors–Toronto is excited to be participating as an official host of the 5th annual Indie Author Day in 2020! Pre-registration is required. Click on the links below to receive your individualized Zoom links. To…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Writing Short Stories with Anna Rumin
Join us for inspiration and expert tips to help complete a short story that will grab and hold readers. Free virtual workshop via Zoom. Open to the public. Contact NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org to join. Dr. Anna Rumin is a native Montrealer whose identity has been shaped by the political landscape of her home province, her Russian roots, a passion for life-long learning that has been woven both formally in…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Peterborough: A Zoom talk with author Patrick Taylor
ANNIVERSARIES AND WRITING followed by a Q&A Join CAA-Peterborough in a virtual conversation with the author of the celebrated Irish Country Doctor series of novels. Patrick Taylor has delighted readers for years with his heart-warming and humourous Irish Country Doctor series. "Taylor is a bang-up storyteller who captivates and entertains from the first word." —Publishers Weekly "Patrick Taylor has become probably the most popular Irish-Canadian writer of all time." —The Globe and Mail Contact Stephen Thompson by November 15…
Find out more »Virtual Travel Adventure Evening
Missing your travels? Join for an evening of adventure sharing by three authors. Travel to India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea to name a few. - Missing your travels? - Want to be swept away to some far off place? - Looking for an engaging and interesting evening? If you answered yes to all of the above, here is have something for you; and best of all it won't cost you anything. For obvious reasons, this will be a virtual event.…
Find out more »Canadian Authors – Vancouver Branch: Zoom Reading
Kamal Parmar is to do an online ZOOM reading as part of a poetry Anthology launch on December 5th at 11:00 am to 12:00 noon PST. The Anthology is compiled by the Vancouver Island regional library (Harbour front library in Nanaimo) and is titled Alone but not Alone.
Find out more »Poetry for the Moment
The Walrus presents Poetry for the Moment, an evening of poetry that will take stock of the year and look ahead. The event will feature poets Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek, Brandon Wint and Chimwemwe Undi, with introductions by writers published in The Walrus, including Sadiqa de Meijer and Michael Fraser. The event is free, and will take place over Facebook live on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 8:30 PM EST.
Find out more »Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: Use Humour to Enrich Your Writing with Pierre Brault
Free virtual event via Zoom. Contact NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org to receive the invitation. Use Humour to Enrich Your Writing, with Pierre Brault No matter what type of writing you do, if you look deeply into it to search for the “funny,” unexpected insights await. Pierre Brault will draw from his experience as a playwright, actor and comedian to show how humour enriches creative work. Pierre Brault is perhaps best known for writing, performing and touring his multi-award winning solo shows with Sleeping Dog Theatre,…
Find out more »Book Launch of Sharon Lax’s short story collection, Shattered Fossils
Book Launch of Sharon Lax's short story collection, Shattered Fossils, out by Guernica Editions Sharon in conversation with Su J Sokol, author of Cycling to Asylum, Run J Run and Zee. Join for an evening of music, readings by the author and a Q&A (followed by an open mic)! Said about the book: “But, time can do that – shatter and scatter-as consciousness becomes a prism. The narratives in Shattered Fossils pay rapt attention to what mind and matter can…
Find out more »Respectful Workplaces in the Arts in Canada
Do you know your legal rights and responsibilities when it comes to Respectful Workplaces? Canadian Heritage and the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) are offering Respectful Workplaces in the Arts workshops to encourage better workplace practices and behaviours. As an official trainer, the topic will be addressed through information, small group discussion, case study analysis, and engaged activities to reinforce learnings. The aim of the session is to explore how to best deal with situations that could result in harassment with the…
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