If
you want to learn more about Canada's publishing industry (including
acquisition, editing, design & production, marketing and promotion)
and hone your skills as a writer and illustrator, check out Ryerson
University's online certificate
programme in publishing
Canadian
Children's Book Centre is a national non-profit organization,which
promotes the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books
for children and teens
lBBY-Canada
(International Board on Books for Young People) helps promote
reading and Canadian children's book publishing, as well as children's
literature from around the world
JacketFlap,
social networking community where you can connect with some 1,700
published authors and illustrators of books for children and young
adults
Manitoba Writers' Guild, grassroots organization created by
and for Manitoba writers (they send out a weekly e-mail newsletter);
every province and state has its own writers' organizations
Picture
Books Artists Association (PBAA),
an independent association of professional children's book illustrators
from around the world
SCBWI
(Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), based in
the U.S., has over 22,000 members worldwide. Membership includes
a monthly e-newsletter.See also the SCBWI's two Canadian chapters:
Eastern
Chapter and Western
Chapter
SF Canada (Canada's National Association for Speculative Fiction
Professionals) A bilingual association of Canadian writers, artists
and other professionals working in the fields of science fiction,
fantasy, horror and speculative fiction
teenlitauthors
- YA Writers email list with over 600 members is very supportive,
and shares ideas, thoughts, market news, and craft information.
Often features very useful week-long Q & A sessions with guest
agents and authors
The Writers' Union of Canada is the country's national organization
of professional writers
