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Victoria Festival of Authors: 2020 Victoria Book Prizes
Join us for a festive evening celebrating our region’s finest authors. CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie will host readings by authors shortlisted for this year’s Victoria Book Prizes. The event will conclude with the awarding of the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize ($5,000) and the City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize ($5,000). New format, but the same great talent! Listen to writers read from their nominated books, and raise a glass to the…
Find out more »Eden Mills Writers’ Festival – Kids: Hatch, an event for schools!
EMWF In Your Own Backyard Online Series EMWF Kids: Hatch—an event for schools! Presented in partnership with Wellington County Library Presenter: Kenneth Oppel For ages: 10-14 (but all book lovers welcome!) Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into this second book of the trilogy–where the danger mounts and alien creatures begin to hatch. Kenneth Oppel expertly escalates the threats and ratchets up the tension in this can’t-read-it-fast-enough adventure with an alien twist. Readers will…
Find out more »Eden Mills Writers’ Festival – Book Club: Indians on Vacation
EMWF In Your Own Backyard Online Series EMWF Book Club: Indians on Vacation Presented in partnership with Guelph Public Library Register for the EMWF Book Club and enjoy conversation about the novel Indians on Vacation with fellow readers in the lead up to our main event: a live, all-star book club where some of your favourite authors (all fans of Thomas King) will discuss the book. Registered book club members can submit their questions for the panel…
Find out more »Virtual Whistler Writers Festival: Opening Night Showcase – New Voices & Social Après
Canada’s Best Independent Authors of 2020 Accomplished writers are increasingly turning to independent publishing as a financially and creatively satisfying alternative to the traditional model. This year The Whistler Writing Society is proud to play a part in launching many debut authors, and soon-to-be authors at the Opening Night Showcase, October 15. Meet some of the best independent authors in the country as finalists for the Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA) read from books nominated in fiction and non-fiction categories. Nominees…
Find out more »Virtual Whistler Writers Festival: Book Launch of The Crooked Thing
The Crooked Thing: Book Launch The Whistler Writers Festival's Virtual Opening Night Showcase rolls right into the book launch of The Crooked Thing, a collection of short stories by Mary MacDonald, from 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. PDT (9:00 pm - 9:30 pm ET). For fans of Alice Munro and Carol Shields comes an emotional and hopeful collection of short stories that delve into the tragedies that befall each of us in the search for goodness and meaning. Join Mary MacDonald in conversation…
Find out more »Virtual Whistler Writers Festival: Writers of Fiction
Michelle Good, Aislinn Hunter, Annabel Lyon, Cordelia Strube, WIBA Winner Join moderator Jillian Christmas to delve into our guest authors’ stories and their worlds of fiction, encompassing: the story of five residential school teens striving to find a place of belonging; the entwined fates of two very different refugees; two sets of sisters whose lives are braided together when tragedy changes them forever; and an alcoholic and kitchen manager who is frantically trying to prevent the people around her from…
Find out more »Virtual Whistler Writers Festival: The Sunday Brunch
Dakshana Bascaramurty in Conversation with David Bergen, Annahid Dashtgard, Waubgeshig Rice, Emily St. John Mandel Join moderator Dakshana Bascaramurty in an insightful, wide-ranging conversation that delves into nuanced fictional stories and non-fiction subject matter, involving: the rendering of complex moral ambiguities, and asking what it means to be lost—and how, through grace, we can be found; a unique perspective on how racism and systemic discrimination result in emotional scarring and ongoing PTSD;…
Find out more »CANSCAIP’s 36th Packaging Your Imagination Conference
CANSCAIP’s 36th Packaging Your Imagination Conference For almost 40 years, CANSCAIP has hosted Packaging Your Imagination (PYI), a highly regarded professional development conference. Canada's community of writers, illustrators, performers and publishers for young people gather for an inspiring day of learning, business and networking. PICK YOUR OWN PYI! Pick 4 of the 12 live-streamed (or recorded) sessions. Keynotes included with all registrations. $125 for CANSCAIP Friends and Members / $150 for non-members. Want to get that first book published? Tips from our…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Toronto Virtual Workshop: Poetry and Ways of Seeing with Ariane Blackman and hosted by Pamela Yuen
Thursday, October 29, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. via Zoom. Registration required; please register with this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please save this personalized link. FREE and open to all. For more information, please email Lee Parpart, Authors–Toronto co-president, at topresident1@canadianauthors.org. About “Poetry and Ways of Seeing” Poetry is the art of seeing—the art of emotion—the art of putting/mixing words together to open a different door in our imagination—a…
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