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Beginners Guide to Goodreads: For Authors & Bloggers

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Goodreads can often be a confusing and even scary platform for authors and bloggers. If you’ve been told time and time again to create an account but have no idea where to start, this guide will get you up and running and ultimately enjoying the platform. Join Book Blogger, Writer and DD Marketing Assistant, Tiara Chutkhan as we explore the different ways authors and bloggers can utilize the Goodreads platform to their advantage.

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Tiara Chutkhan is a writer, editor and researcher born and raised in Toronto. Her love of literature led her to start blogging and sharing her reads, particularly those by Caribbean authors. Tiara’s Indo-Caribbean heritage is extremely important to her and she strives to create representation for her community. Her writing is geared toward exploring the Indo-Caribbean diaspora, its history and culture.

Tiara is the Editor-in-Chief at The Brown Girl Diary and Marketing Assistant at Diaspora Dialogues. She is a regular contributor for The Brown Girl Diary and Caribbean Collection Magazine. Tiara is also working towards a certificate in Creative Writing from University of Toronto.

Tiara is currently working on putting together an anthology of Indo-Caribbean fiction and developing a short documentary on Indo-Caribbean representation in Toronto.

*Video Chat link and recording details will be provided with signup.

To register, visit:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beginners-guide-to-goodreads-for-authors-bloggers-tickets-131944320013

Virtual Literary Walking Tour With Melanie Florence

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Canadian literature through camping! 

Join award-winning author, Melanie Florence, as she takes you through Algonquin Park, Canada’s oldest provincial park in a series of photos and memories. This tour will feature personal anecdotes as well as references and readings from various books that explore the park and nature. 

This workshop includes writing exercises so be prepared for some literary inspiration!

It will be at 3pm on December 29th.

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Melanie Florence is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto. She was close to her grandfather as a child, a relationship that sparked her interest in writing about Aboriginal themes and characters. She is the author of Missing Nimama, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, is shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and was given a starred review by Kirkus, who listed it as one of the best picture books of 2017 to give readers strength. Her other books include Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night, Rez Runaway and Just Lucky, published in September 2019.

In case you missed the event, the playback is available at:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/virtual-literary-walking

Make An Impact: Support DD’s Matching Campaign

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Since 2005 Diaspora Dialogues has supported emerging writers across diverse communities to turn their craft into a career, through mentorship programs, professional development and live events.

This year we’ve seen a mixture of challenges and triumphs, highlighted by a pivot to digital and an innovation in programming to keep things interesting and compelling for both artists and audiences in an over-Zoomed world.

While nothing can replace the electricity of a live encounter with a writer you have admired or would like to know better, we have, along with the rest of the world, made new discoveries and long distance friendships through the medium of online meetings and presentations.

Normally at this time of year, we’d be making plans for a Holiday Mixer, hosted by either DD in our offices or one of our donors in their home. Needless to say, the intimate surroundings will have to be sacrificed this year, but we’re working on a digital literary salon instead.

We’re also very grateful to report that one of our generous patrons has stepped forward with a matching offer for our end of year fundraising campaign. All donations up to $25,000 before December 31, 2020 will be matched, doubling their impact.

Donations from individuals are a critical part of our yearly budget, enabling us to provide the mentorships, professional development and community building programs, as well as our events.

The vast majority of our donations come in November and December. We hope you may be in a position this year to support DD’s work, and help us fully leverage this generous matching pledge.

For being invested with us, and for supporting us along the way, we’d like to say:

Thank you from the small but mighty DD Team!

To support our work, please visit:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/6286

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