
News & Events
Read the latest on Diaspora Dialogues and check out our schedule of coming events hosted in cities across Canada.
Upcoming Event: Becoming an Author Entrepreneur

August 1, 2022


Join us on August 12 at 6:30 p.m. EST for an informative workshop with author-entrepreneur Yolanda T. Marshall on the business of writing and building your author business. Yolanda, who is both self-published and traditional published, will discuss her writing journey, along with with the things she’s learned over 14 years in the business of writing and publishing books.
Continue to PostDiaspora Dialogues to Partner with Word on the Street in June




May 26, 2022


Diaspora Dialogues is thrilled to be partnering with Word on the Street this June for the return of the Word on the Street book and magazine festival. We’ve put together two amazing panels celebrating the debut releases by alumni of our mentoring programs and discussing the importance of representative children’s literature.
Continue to PostArchived Event: Screenwriting: Scarborough, A Case Study




May 26, 2022


View award-winning author and critically acclaimed screenwriter Catherine Hernandez in a special one hour workshop recorded on May 30th focused on screenwriting. Catherine wrote the screenplay for her novel “Scarborough” and will use the film and a case study to guide participants through the process and techniques to screenwriting. This video will be available for viewing for one month, until August 19th 2022.
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