Upcoming Events

Attention writers! Are you considering joining The Writer’s Union of Canada? Join us for a workshop hosted by TWUC’s Executive Director John Degen and chair Rhea Tregebov. They will further explain what TWUC does and offers Canadian writers, as well as explain what the Public Lending Right is and how it can be beneficial.

Rhea Tregebov’s second novel Rue des Rosiers was short-listed for the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and won the 2020 Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction. An award-winning poet and celebrated author of children’s picture books, Tregebov has also edited numerous anthologies.

John Degen is Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC), and Chair of the International Authors Forum (IAF) in the UK – serving and representing over 700,000 authors worldwide. He is a poet and novelist with three published books. His novel, The Uninvited Guest, was shortlisted for the 2007 Amazon First Novel Award.

To register for the event, visit our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-public-lending-right-with-twuc-tickets-224862789657

With more writer’s looking for alternative options to traditional publishing, this workshop will provides an introduction to the essential elements of independent publishing. In the workshop, participants will learn about their publishing options, how to format and prepare their work for submission portals, royalties, important tools to help them along the way, marketing, and what comes after publication. The goal is to help answer common questions, demystify the independent publishing process and allow participants to make informed decisions about how to publish their work.

Tiara Jade Chutkhan is a book blogger. writer and editor born and raised in Toronto. Her love of literature led her to start blogging and sharing her reads, particularly those by BIPOC authors. Through her blogging, Tiara has had the opportunity to review books for HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Dundurn Press and ZG Stories.

Tiara is the Editor-in-Chief at The Brown Girl Diary and Marketing Coordinator 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’s first book, Two Times Removed: An Anthology of Indo-Caribbean Fiction, was released in May 2021.

To register, visit our Eventbrite below:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-self-publishing-tickets-195626804037

Attention writers! Have you finished a fantastic manuscript and are now looking to sell it? Join us for a workshop on the Art of the Pitch with Bryan Ibeas, fiction editor at Invisible Publishing and Hazel Millar, Co-Publisher of Book*hug Press. Come prepared to talk about your project, ask questions and have your pitch flash assessed!

Bryan Ibeas is a fiction editor at Invisible Publishing.

Hazel Millar is the Co-Publisher at Book*hug Press, an independent literary press based in Toronto. She is the Past Chair of the Board of the Literary Press Group of Canada and sits on several publishing-related boards and advisory committees She lives in Toronto with her husband, Jay MillAr, aka, the other half of Book*hug Press, their two sons, and a cool calico cat named Tess.

To register for the workship, visit:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-art-of-the-pitch-tickets-162592844575

Money issues? Who doesn’t have them! Join us on June 11th at 12:30 pm for a Money Matters presentation with TD Business Management Analyst Jennifer Tomic, a TD employee who is very kindly volunteering her time and expertise.

We have been very fortunate to partner with TD on our DD-TD Black Playwrights Program this past year. When we reached out to them about a LnL focussed on financial planning, they were happy to tailor one to our needs. Jennifer will discuss practical strategies for saving and making your dollars count as you invest for your future.

To register for the workshop, visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/money-matters-tickets-158031088239