The newsletter for members of the Edition Editors’ Association of Canada, Toronto branch April 2006 Program Report Let’s Get Personal: Editing the Personal Essay by Trudi Down

In This Issue

Let’s Get Personal: Editing the Personal Essay ...... 1

EAC Toronto Executive ...... 2

Call for Nominations ...... 2

Patch Up Your Copy- editing Hat! ...... 4

Professional Development Calendar ...... 6

Is the Canadian Freelance Union for You? ...... 8 wo very experienced editors from different backgrounds provided Announcing EAC April insight into the challenges and joys of editing personal journalism at Meeting ...... 9 T the February meeting of the Toronto branch of EAC. EAC Toronto Meetings ...... 9 Toronto writer, editor, and radio producer Ian Pearson typically writes

Lessons Learned: More Lessons long-form personal essays (~10,000 words), and his articles have appeared Learned from a First-Time in most major Canadian magazines. A former editor at Maclean’s, Toronto Author ...... 10 Life magazine, and Saturday Night, Pearson is currently an editor for the

The Book Table ...... 11 Banff Centre’s Literary Journalism program. Christina Varga is an editor with The Globe and Mail, where she has done Industry Briefs ...... 12 everything from layout and copyediting to assigning stories. She currently Welcome! New Members ...... 13 works in the Report on Business section and has just fi nished a temporary

Networking ...... 14 assignment for the Facts & Arguments (F&A) page. Pearson and Varga divided their comments into two parts: how to pick a Hotline Report ...... 20 topic for a suitable personal essay piece, and how to edit such a document. Edition Staff April ...... 20 continued on page 3

Edition April 2006 1 EAC TORONTO EXECUTIVE Call for Nominations Branch Chair Jennie Worden 416 465-3547 [email protected] Vice-Chair Gillian Faulkner 416 489-2677 [email protected] Secretary Janice Dyer 905 823-3724 [email protected] Treasurer Mary Anne Carswell 416 469-6784 [email protected] TAKE CHARGE! Membership Chair Karen E. Black 416 686-8126 [email protected] Like being in charge? Have great ideas Program Chair for the association you’d like to see put into Craig Saunders action? Consider running for the EAC Toronto 416 699-4874 [email protected] executive! As an executive member, you can: Professional Development Co-Chairs Martin Townsend 416 967-5994 [email protected] • give something Alan Yoshioka back to EAC • keep the branch 416 531-1857 • meet a great running smoothly [email protected] group of colleagues • and have a lot of Public Relations Chair Monica Plant • encounter fun! 416 533-4879 terrifi c networking [email protected] opportunities Newsletter Chair Ken Weinberg 416 907-6677 [email protected] For more information, see the Toronto branch page Past Co-Chairs of the EAC Web site, or contact Andy Carroll, Elizabeth d’Anjou 416 465-8455 chair of the nominating committee [email protected] ([email protected]). Andy Carroll 416 929-4402 [email protected] Greg Ioannou 416 783-0469 [email protected]

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The most important role for Pieces that don’t typically the editor … is to play “sur- work as personal essays: rogate reader” by putting rants… lists of events … long himself in the reader’s place. argument with no conclusion. -Ian Pearson -Christina Varga

Pearson started by giving his defi nition of personal the editor also has to be alert for those pieces that are journalism. Authors of well-written personal essays appropriate but may not be ones that appeal person- put themselves in the story to provide some emotional ally. She acknowledged that it can be challenging to be commitment, he said, but they avoid becoming the open to pieces that speak to a wide audience but are stars of the piece. A good essay should have a con- about topics you are not the least interested in your- versational tone and provide insight into a universal self. experience. Pearson summed up his comments by saying that Both speakers seemed to feel that selecting an the most important role for the editor in personal jour- appropriate topic for a personal piece could be dif- nalism is to play “surrogate reader” by putting himself fi cult, so each spent considerable time addressing this in the reader’s place and trying to determine how he or issue. An editor needs to ask two key questions when she will see the piece. considering the merits of a personal piece: “Why are Varga then provided some excellent hands-on tips you telling me this?” and “Do I, the reader, need to for editing personal essays, based on her experience know this?” with the widely read F&A page at The Globe and Mail. “It is the editor’s role to make sure frank disclosure She began by reminding the audience that most of the doesn’t become pure indulgence,” Pearson noted. pieces she received were written by amateurs. “It’s very Varga agreed, adding that an editor has to be alert for much like copyediting,” she said. Check for consist- the good, strong story that doesn’t sensationalize the ency, make sure the lead is strong and up-front, ensure person or the issue. there is more observation than the use of “I”, stress the To be successful, the piece needs to be based on a point and ensure that it doesn’t peter out. Watch out topic or issue that is worth writing about, or a story for errors in grammar and ensure that varied sentence that reveals personal interaction between the writer length is used. It was also her experience that a lot of and the subject. Travel pieces, for example, are excel- fact-checking had to be done. In addition, these inex- lent vehicles for personal essays—as long as the perienced writers often have diffi culty with dialogue, author’s voice doesn’t overpower the story. The ulti- and they need help to make their pieces fl ow naturally. mate success of personal journalism, however, lies The challenge for the personal essay editor is to fi x in the literary ability of the writer, Pearson said. With these types of problems while retaining the individual intelligence, humour, confi dence, candor, and great voice of the writer. powers of observation, an author “could probably Using examples provided on a handout, Varga also write about fridge magnets and get away with it.” noted the kinds of pieces that typically don’t work as According to Varga, an editor needs to ask what is personal essays, and the classic pitfalls aspiring essay- beyond the anecdote and the experience that makes ists fall into: rants about some perceived injustice, lists the piece good personal journalism. “The piece must of events or experiences, and pieces that degenerate include some issue that is of universal experience.” into a long argument with no conclusion. She noted that when selecting pieces for publication,

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Edition April 2006 3 PATCH UP YOUR COPYEDITING HAT!

Some of us think of ourselves as copy editors and some don’t, but like it or not, almost all of us have a copyediting hat that we don from time to time. If your hat has a few holes in it, then we may have just the seminar for you. In Copy Editing II on Saturday, April 29, popular seminar leader Elizabeth d’Anjou discusses some of the thornier aspects of real- life copyediting beyond the basics. Have you ever stared at a complex quotation and wondered, “Can that comma really go there?” Do you wonder if readers will deem the term “manhole cover” sexist, but fi nd yourself at a loss as to how to replace it? Do you reach the end of a manuscript only to quail at the sight of the bibliography? If you’ve been copyediting for a while now but you still have unnerving, embarrassing knowledge gaps like these, you’ll fi nd that Elizabeth can stitch them up in practically no time. A detailed list of this seminar’s appointed topics is available on EAC’s lovely new green- and-blue Web site (see URL below). For a tailor-made experience, bring along the copy- editing questions that bug you the most.

April seminars and their URLs: * Copy Editing I: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/ copy.html * Writing and Editing Marketing Materials: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/ marketing.html * Three Steps to Effective Business Writing: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/ business.html * Copyright: What an Editor Really Needs to Know: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/ seminars/copyright.html * Eight-Step Editing: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/ eight.html * Copy Editing II: www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/ copy2.html

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During the Q&A, Varga admitted that, contrary to most of the audience’s expectations, she actually enjoyed working with amateur writers and found that they did not mind her rewrites. Pieces are usually turned around within 24 hours, about two weeks ahead of publication. Rejections are done by standard form letter, and no critique is offered. Earlier in the evening during his talk, Pearson digressed to comment on his experiences at Banff. A member of the audience asked him about the skills and knowledge of students selected for the Banff program. It is his experience, he replied, that today’s writers in the Banff program do have an appreciation for the great personal essayists of the past, and for good writers in general. An outstanding personal essay is diffi cult to fi nd and requires careful and attentive editing. However, accord- ing to the evening’s speakers, the rewards are well worth the effort. Varga admitted that she was often very affected by the experiences that F&A writers shared. The personal essay is one of the easiest kinds of writing to write, and the hardest to succeed at, Pearson said. “But when it works, it works gloriously.” E

Trudi Down has a background in education and library research, as well as newspaper and magazine writing. She’s an EAC and Professional Writers’ Association of Canada member, and is General Manager of The Corporate Word (www .thecorporateword.com).

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Edition April 2006 5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDARS

Go to http://www.editors.ca/ for full details. To receive a brochure by mail, phone 416 975-5528, or e-mail us at [email protected].

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Copyright: What an Editor Really Needs to Know

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Eight-Step Copy Editing II Editing

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Edition April 2006 7 Is the Canadian Freelance Union for You? by Sue Bowness

joined. There’s the full disclosure, right up front. mean, it’s just business. But we’re on the losing end On March 2, I became a card-carrying mem- because we’re small.” I ber of the Canadian Freelance Union (CFU), The CFU’s purpose is to give us some clout as free- following an informational talk sponsored by the lancers, enabling freelancers to be a bigger collective Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) with more clout. The CFU is hoping to get 600 mem- at Toronto’s Northern District library. It was one of a bers to join by the fall, when they want to put on their series of talks that new CFU president Michael O’Reilly fi rst event for freelancers in Toronto. Their goal is to and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers have 2000 members by this time next year, because the Union of Canada (CEP) vice president Peter Murdoch only way this will work is if the CFU attracts enough have given in several cities across Canada. The CFU people, enough clout, to truly be big. Then they’ll be will be part of CEP, which already represents several able to tackle the major issues, like raising the rates media organizations such as the Toronto Star, The and fi ghting terrible contracts. Globe and Mail, Citytv, and CTV. At this point, the main drive is membership—the Like many of the freelancers present, I came with union won’t be able to talk big until there are enough lots of questions and perhaps a bit of resistance. As members to represent. So in spite of my hesitation an independent freelancer for several years now, I’m about what the union would become in the future, pretty wary of any attempt to “organize” me—whether concerns about how it would affect my freelancing and it be to lure me into offi ce-job employment, or even to my career in particular, I realized that none of those convince me to join a union. future, somewhat ethereal concerns would be a factor But then Michael O’Reilly started to rhyme off some if the union did not even get off the ground for lack of scary facts about freelancing. The fact that in 1979 the members. average freelancer’s yearly income was $25,000 and 15 So I joined. E Discuss on-line years later it was only up to $26,000. The fact that 61 Sue Bowness is a freelance writer, editor and sometimes per cent of freelancers still make under $25,000.0 Cou- Web designer for other freelancers. Her portfolio is online ple the perpetually low wages with the often-terribleer at www.codeword.ca.w.cod To fi nd out more about the Canadian contracts we have to sign, and it started to make sense Freelancere Union, visit www.cepmedia.ca/freelance. Cost of to work together. As Michael put it, “Publishers aren’ten’t membershipmem hip is $25.

8 Edition April 2006 ANNOUNCING EAC APRIL MEETING Magazines and the Web

Panellists: Derek Chezzi became news editor at Yahoo! Canada in April. Before that, he was online editor for Maclean’s. Noel Hulsman is the editor of The Globe and Mail’s Report on Small Business magazine. Prior to joining The Globe in January, he was the editor of BCBusiness magazine. Kathy Bergen is the Web editorial director for Today’s Parent. She headed up production for the magazine for 14 years before making the leap into the Web. For the latest information on the April meeting, please check the Toronto page of the EAC Web site at www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/ index.html.

EAC TORONTO MEETINGS

Executive Meeting Monday, April 10, 2006 6:30 p.m. EAC Offi ce, 27 Carlton Street, Suite 502 All members welcome RSVP: Janice Dyer, 905 823-3724 [email protected]

General Meeting Monday, April 24, 2006 6:45 p.m. New members’ Q&A 7:30 p.m. Business meeting 8:30 p.m. Program: Magazines and the Web Women’s Art Association of Canada 23 Prince Arthur Avenue Members free. Non-members $5

Edition April 2006 9 Lessons Learned: More Lessons Learned from a First-Time Author by Marie-Lynn Hammond

n a previous issue of Edition I wrote about three important lessons I’d learned editing a fi rst-time author who planned to self- I publish a book. To recap, my author—Yves, I’m calling him—was a retired yacht-captain-for-hire who, at the age of 78, had written his fi rst book, part memoir and part advice to young salts seeking a career like his. Yves had a distribution deal, but no knowledge of the editing or publishing process. Below, four more lessons I learned from this project: Lesson 4: Be prepared to hand-hold and act as production coordi- nator. Yves hired me to copyedit, but soon he was also asking me to fi nd him a book designer and a printer. Fortunately, I quickly found a designer, shamelessly fobbing off on him the job of choosing a printer. Having already badly underestimated the time I’d need for copyediting (see my previous article), I was, by now, getting wise, and warned the designer to build the time required for explaining his work process to Yves, obtaining quotes from print companies, and overseeing the press run into his fee. Lesson 5: Make sure your protocols for working together are fool- proof. For a man of his age, Yves was pretty computer savvy, but he’d “Yves announced he never used Microsoft Word’s Track Changes function before. Since we was taking photo- lived a 90-minute drive apart, and the book needed a heavy edit, edit- ing electronically seemed the best way to proceed. copies of the book So I found myself also spending (unpaid) time on the phone acting with him to Florida as a software coach. Yves seemed to catch on, but when he e-mailed to show his boating me back the edited fi rst chapter, I was stunned. It looked largely like friends. My heart his original fi le, except he’d inserted new material that required even sank. The friends more editing! I re-explained what I wanted him to do (review and either accept or query my changes), but the next two versions I got back from made suggestions… him were a dog’s breakfast of original, edited, and brand-new text. which meant I had Finally, after another nightmarish round, I told him not to touch the to review those too.” text, but instead to insert comment boxes in the margins. In retrospect, I should have just sent him clean, edited chapters, with queries but no mark-up showing, and had him compare them to his originals and add comment boxes where necessary. Yes, it would have taken him more time, but he’s retired; he has the time, whereas I ended up having to double my original cost/time estimate. Yves was less than thrilled—and I still didn’t get compensated for all my hours of work. Lesson 6: Explain the parts of the book and what the author needs to supply. Once we got into layout, the designer began asking for acknowl- edgements, a dedication, a foreword, a copyright page, and so on. Since I hadn’t originally expected to be involved in book production, my

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10 Edition April 2006 Lessons Learned from page 10 hours were once again adding up as I explained to Yves in e-mails and phone calls what each of these elements was and what they should contain. Lesson 7: If the book you’re working on is non-fi ction, make sure your author fi nishes fact checking before the designer starts work. When the layout work was largely completed, Yves announced he was taking photocopies of the book with him to Florida to show his boating friends. My heart sank. The friends made suggestions and corrected errors, which meant I had to review those too. Now it was the designer’s turn to be less than thrilled, as he ended up having to re-fl ow text for several chapters. The book fi nally made it to press, and Yves is delighted with the results. A confi dent fellow, he had 4,000 copies printed. At his fi rst yacht-club presentation, with a crowd of 120 people, he sold a whopping 64 copies. Without looking too hard, I’ve already found four minor proofi ng errors (Yves had no budget for proofreading), but he assures me that people love the book, and no one has noticed the mistakes. He’s already talking about working together on a sequel. Hmmm. Maybe this time I’ll negotiate royalties. E Discuss on-line

THE BOOK TABLE By Gillian Faulkner, Vice Chair

Book lovers all, the executive seeks your input, your wisdom, and your creativity. The book table is a wonderful resource for many of our members, but it does bring a few headaches:
The diffi culty of fi nding volunteer coordinators
The time commitment, physical effort, and responsibility that volunteer positions demand
Finding room for 20 boxes of valuable books, give or take a box So, would you put on your thinking caps—the bright, snazzy ones that look great at a jaunty angle—and jot down why you like the book table and how it is of value to you. Then would you dream up strategies that might address our concerns and still retain the value to you. Send your list of values and strategies to Gillian (dh939@torfree. net), before April 10 if possible. We will present your suggestions for discussion to the folks at the general meeting on April 24. And to those of you in Iqaluit, New Liskeard, the USA, and other far-fl ung areas, we would love to hear from you. How could this become a resource that is helpful to you, too? Again, send your thoughts to Gillian.

Edition April 2006 11 Industry Briefs: The State of Crime Fiction Writing in Canada by Sharon Crawford

Bodies. Blood. And more bodies. his own rock band), Blechta com- much as I can to prevent that.” CSI? Wrong. Try Canadian crime bines the classical-music world J.D. Singh, co-owner with Mar- writers—fi ction writing, that is. with murder using series characters ian Misters of Sleuth of Baker They’re creating mayhem all over Victoria Morgan and her husband, Street bookstore, explains the the map—in various time periods, Rocky. To research his current novel, popularity of the genre simply: sub-genres, and characters, not to Cemetery of the Nameless, Blechta “Series mysteries sell well. Peo- mention those dead bodies sur- and his wife, Vicki, travelled to ple know the characters and are facing in places like the Danube Vienna. familiar with them already—that River. The genre has even spawned Blechta doesn’t do story outlines makes it easier to sell the book.” a subculture including bookstores because he likes to be “surprised” Sleuth sells Canadian, US and that sell only mysteries, such as by plot. He starts with an idea UK mysteries, and holds Toronto’s Sleuth of Baker Street about what happens and to whom signings with Canadian pub- (1600 Bayview Avenue); the Bloody lishers for authors such as Words convention for mystery writ- award-winners Peter Robinson, ers; the Crime Writers of Canada Rosemary Aubert, and (CWC) organization, which pro- Maureen Jennings. Jennings’ motes these Canadian purveyors of historical mysteries, set in early fi ctional crime; TV movies; and the 1900s Toronto, have been turned readers who voraciously devour the into the Murdock Mysteries TV books. movies. Robinson’s Inspector So, what are Canadian mystery Banks series, set in Yorkshire, authors writing and selling? It England, have hit the UK, US and depends on whom you ask. Rick Canadian bestseller lists. All three Blechta, current CWC president, novelists have won Arthur Ellis says, “The fi eld seems to be wide Awards, the hanging culmination open. ‘Cosies’ seem to be more presented at the annual CWC prevalent than ‘hard-boiled,’ but it happens. Says Blechta, “All banquet. perhaps that’s because we’re so this is done in my head as I get to nice. Series characters, certainly, know my main characters and the The Arthur Ellis Award show no signs of losing popular- worlds they inhabit.” Cheryl Freedman, CWC executive ity. So it seems to me you can do As for writing regularly, Blechta director, says this year’s Arthur Ellis whatever you want (setting, type concedes that although he tries submissions “for novel (59), fi rst of mystery, subject matter, etc.) as very hard, with his work sched- novel (26) and juvenile (23) are the long as you have a strong series ule, CWC duties, gigging and highest since 2000 or 2001 when character. Publishers are often the like, this is often very hard. I started keeping the stats.” Cur- most receptive when they know “When I don’t spend even just a rent CWC membership, covering your novel isn’t a one-off.” few minutes a day with my work four regions—BC and the Prairies, A graphic designer and musician in progress, I fall out of the plot. Toronto/GTA/Southern Ontario, by trade (he plays everything from It’s terrifi cally important to me to Ottawa with the rest of Ontario, and French horn to guitar and once had keep the story ‘front of mind’ as Quebec and Atlantic Canada—is

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12 Edition April 2006 Industry Briefs from page 12 at 285. Over half are published authors, while the rest Killing Circle anthologies (RendezVous Crime), “short are aspiring authors, booksellers, and publishers. CWC fi ction outlets are always a problem,” says Blechta. has booths at Word on the Street and BookExpo for “We’re lucky to have several up here, with Storyteller members to promote their books. In addition, it holds magazine leading the way.” writing seminars, runs a members listserve, published Not all Canadian mystery writers can toss their day a cookbook (Dishes to Die For…Again, edited by Rick job. Many aspiring writers have diffi culty fi nding a Blechta and Nora McClintock) with members’ recipes market. Rick Blechta’s advice? “Persevere. Persevere.” and “criminal” background, and publishes Cool Cana- For further reading: dian Crime, a free e-newsletter for everyone. Crime Writers of Canada (www.crimewriterscanada. Then there’s Bloody Words. com) Bloody Words, in its seventh year, is a mystery writ- Bloody Words (www.bloodywords.com) er’s and reader’s mix of panels from forensics to fi ction, Rick Blechta (www.rickblechta.com) readings, tête-à-têtes with agents and editors, dealers’ Sleuth of Baker Street (www.sleuthofbakerstreet. room, banquet, guest speakers, awards, and publish- com) E ers. Canadian trade publishers who publish myster- Sharon Crawford (www.samcraw.com) is a member of ies are not exclusively Toronto-located; some are in EAC’s Toronto branch. She runs the East End Writers’ Group Quebec and Western Canada. Although a few short and is currently writing a memoir about her mother’s family. mystery anthologies are published, such as the Ladies’

WELCOME! NEW MEMBERS

As of March 9, 2006, the Toronto branch had 674 members (166 voting, 508 associate). Seven people identifi ed themselves as francophone. Twenty-one people joined in February, while 36 allowed their memberships to lapse.

New Members Suzanne Andrew Christine Jarvis KellyA. Bourque Patricia Anne Kennedy Leatrice M. Willson-Chan Alison Matchett Deborah Cooper-Bullock Andrea R. McLeod Alexandra Cormier Jennifer C. Nussey Paula Crooks Simon Osborne Amanda (Mandy) Downes Aimee E. Reid Lori Dyne Suzanne Simoni R. Courtney Fairweather Brent Wilson Julie Falkner J. Eva Zeppa Anthony Gullone

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Compiled by Anne Koenig All events are in Toronto unless otherwise noted.

AMERICAN MEDICAL WRITERS CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION - CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTRE ASSOCIATION—CANADA CHAPTER TORONTO BRANCH www.bookcentre.ca (AMWA-Canada) www.canauthorstoronto.org Toronto Literature Children’s www.amwa-canada.ca Humour Writing: Tips from Ian Dar- Roundtable The 2006 AMWA-Canada Toronto ling, author of Go Ask Dad: Fathers Expanding the Frontiers of Fam- Professional Development Sym- are Nice Guys ily Role Models: Gay Literature and posium When: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 Children’s Books When: Friday, April 28, 8:30 a.m.– p.m.–9:00 p.m. When: Sunday, April 23, 7:30 5:30 p.m. Where: Northern District Library, 40 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Where: University of Toronto Confer- Orchard View Boulevard (one block ence Centre, 89 Chestnut Street, near Where: The Canadian Children’s north of Eglinton Avenue, west of University Avenue and Dundas Street Book Centre, 40 Orchard View Boul- Yonge Street), Room 200 Cost: There are four separate evard, Suite 101 Cost: Free for members, $5 for workshops. Both members and non- Cost: $7 per session, $4 per session guests members are welcome. for students and seniors Contact: Ben Antao, President, at Contact: Lawrence Giraudi Contact: Dian Borek at dborek@toro [email protected], or 416 250- at 416 894-6619 or at medical_ ntopubliclibrary.ca or phone 416 394- 8885 [email protected] to register by 1010 for further information April 6

CANADIAN BOOKBINDERS AND BOOK ART- CANADIAN FEDERATION OF POETS (CFP) ART BAR POETRY SERIES ISTS GUILD (CBBAG) www.artbar.org www.federationofpoets.com www.cbbag.ca Poetry Readings Poetry with a Conscience Leather Workshop: A compre- When: April 4, 11, 18, and 25 at Poetry Readings from poets of the hensive two-day workshop on the 8:00 p.m. Halton-Peel-Hamilton area different types of leather and paring Where: The Victory Café, 581 When: Sunday, April 2, 2:00 p.m.– techniques used in bookbinding Markham Street (one block west of 5:00 p.m. When: Saturday, April 1 to Sunday, Bathurst Street, one block south of Where: The Moonshine Café, 137 April 2, 10 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. Bloor Street) Where: 24 Castle Frank Crescent, Kerr Street, Oakville Cost: Free; voluntary donations Toronto Cost: Free Cost: $140 for members, $200 for Contact: Elka Ruth Enola at non-members. (The non-member fee [email protected] THE BOOK LOUNGE includes a one-year membership to www.rabble.ca/lounge CBBAG, payable on the fi rst workshop Workshop and Critiquing Group— LiT LiVe: Readings from Ross Leckie, only.) Also, there is a $10 materials Oakville Chapter Lauren Carter, Bert D’Amico, and When: April 4, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Ian Ferrier fee, payable to the instructor. Where: Timothy’s World Coffee, 321 When: Sunday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.– Contact: [email protected], or Lakeshore Road East, Oakville (one 9:00 p.m. phone 416 581-1071 for further infor- Where: Acclamation Bar & Grill, 191 mation. Register online, or download block east of Trafalgar Road) James Street North, Hamilton application form and send to address Cost: Free for CFP members Cost: Free on Web site. Contact: george_ Contact: Kairos Literary Society at [email protected] kairosliterary.com

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The Oakville Arts Council’s Poetry BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS Café (BCM) SIG MEETING COMMUNICATORS (IABC)—TORONTO When: Sunday, April 16, 2:00 When: Thursday, April 20, 6:00 CHAPTER p.m.–4:00 p.m. p.m.–7:30 p.m. toronto.iabc.com Where: The auditorium of the Cen- Where: The Ontario Club, 5th Floor, Effective Media Interviews tral Library, 120 Navy Street, Oakville Commerce Court South, 30 Welling- (Evening Seminar) Cost: $8 ton Street West (northeast corner of When: Wednesday, April 5, 6:30 Contact: Elka Ruth Enola at Wellington and Bay Streets) p.m.–8:30 p.m. (registration is at 6 p.m.) [email protected] or phone 905 Cost: Free for CIPS members 257-7075 to reserve a seat; everyone Where: The Ontario Club, 5th Floor, Contact: Jim Finch at fi [email protected], welcome Commerce Court South, 30 Welling- or 416 971-9171. Register online. ton Street West (northeast corner of Open Mic Event—Oakville Federa- Wellington and Bay streets.) tion of Poets Cost: $40 for members before March When: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 23, $55 for members after March 23, p.m.–9:00 p.m. (arrive early if you CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S $75 for non-members wish to read) AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS AND Contact: The above Web site for fur- Where: Timothy’s World Coffee, 321 PERFORMERS (CANSCAIP) ther information and to register Lakeshore Road East, Oakville (one www.canscaip.org block east of Trafalgar Road) Monthly Meeting: Illustrators’ Night Closing the Deal: How to Get Cli- Cost: Free for CFP members When: Wednesday, April 5, 7:30 ents to Yes Contact: georgearnold@federationof p.m. When: Friday, April 7, networking at 6:30 p.m., session starts at 6:45 poets.com, or visit www.federationof Where: St. Bonaventure’s Parish p.m. poets.com/oakville.htm Centre, 1300 Leslie Street, next to Where: Metro Hall, 55 John Street the Toronto Botanical Garden at the Cost: $10 for IABC Toronto members Milton Open Mic Event—Greater corner of Leslie Street and Lawrence only Halton Federation of Poets Avenue East Contact: [email protected] for When: Friday, April 28, 7:00 p.m.– Contact: 416 515-1559, or further information and to register 9:00 p.m. (arrive early if you wish to offi [email protected] read) Where: Milton Café, 88 Ontario International Readings at Har- Street North, Milton bourfront Centre Cost: Free for CFP members www.readings.org EAST END WRITERS’ GROUP Contact: JennyPanda@federationofp Author Readings: Bill Kennedy, Don http://www.samcraw.com/Articles/ oets.com McKay, and Darren Wershler-Henry EastEndWriters.html read from their works A Monthly Writing Critique with When: Wednesday, April 5, 7:30 CANADIAN INFORMATION PROCESSING guest speaker, poet, and artist p.m. SOCIETY (CIPS) Cynthia Gould Where: Brigantine Room at York www.cipstoronto.ca www.cynthiagould.com/ Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West April Dinner Meeting When: Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 Cost: $8 When: Thursday, April 13, 5:30 p.m. p.m.–10:00 p.m. Contact: 416 973-4000 for tickets Where: The Ontario Club, 5th Floor, Where: 1 Garden’s Crescent Commerce Court South, 30 Welling- To Be Announced Cost: Free ton Street West (northeast corner of When: Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 Contact: Sharon Crawford at Wellington and Bay Streets) p.m. [email protected], and/or see Cost: $39 for members two days or Where: Brigantine Room at York Web site prior, $44 for members at the door, Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West $55 for guests Cost: $8 Contact: Register online Contact: 416 973-4000 for tickets

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Author Readings: Kenneth J. members, $340 for non-members, ECW PRESS AUTHORS DARREN Harvey, Billie Livingston, and Linda $60 for full-time students, additional WERSHLER-HENRY AND BILL KENNEDY; Spalding read from their works $50 for pre-conference workshop AND EMILY SCHULTZ When: Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 Contact: The above Web site to When: Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 p.m. download registration form. Mail reg- p.m.–10:00 p.m. Where: Brigantine Room at York istration by March 31, or register at Where: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West the conference 1214 Queen Street West Cost: $8 Cost: Free Contact: 416 973-4000 for tickets Contact: The above Web site for THE OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL WRITERS more information Author Readings: Marti Leimbach FESTIVAL and John Terpstra read from their www.writersfest.com Tim Flannery, author of The works 2006 Ottawa International Writ- Weather Makers: How We Are When: Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 ers Festival, Spring Edition Changing the Climate and What It p.m. When: Monday, April 17 to Sunday, Means for Life on Earth, in con- Where: Brigantine Room at York April 23 versation with Bob MacDonald Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Where: Library and Archives of Cana- When: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. Cost: $8 da, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Contact: 416 973-4000 for tickets Cost: $12 for general admission, $10 Where: OISE Auditorium, University for students and seniors, $8 for Festi- of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West val members Cost: $5 ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (OLA) Contact: Leslie Wilson at Contact: www.theweathermakers.ca www.accessola.com [email protected] or phone 613 or visit Pages Books & Magazines, at Sharing a Vision: The Power of 562-1243 256 Queen Street West, for tickets; Collaboration (2006 BC Library no phone orders, please Conference) www.bcla.ca/conference PAGES BOOKS & MAGAZINES Maurice Vellekoop launches his When: Thursday, April 20 to Satur- www.pagesbooks.ca book, A Nut at the Opera, with a day, April 22 George Elliott Clarke in conversa- live taping of CBC’s Opera Quiz Where: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, tion with Afua Cooper When: Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby, BC When: Monday, April 10, 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Cost: Full Conference: $330 for p.m.–10:00 p.m. Where: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, members, $430 for non-members, Where: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West $185 for full-time students. Other 1214 Queen Street West Cost: Free rates are for exhibits only or Friday/ Cost: Free Contact: The above Web site Saturday only. Guaranteed hotel rate, Contact: The above Web site for either single or double occupancy, is more information An Evening of Comics, with Har- $115 until March 20. vey Pekar, Jessica Abel, and Matt Contact: The above Web site for Madden online registration. Phone WE Travel When: Wednesday, April 26, 7 p.m. LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK by March 20 at 1 800 663-4703 for –10 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) OYSTERS WITH SOCIAL HISTORIAN MARK hotel registration. KURLANSKY AND HIS BOOK, THE BIG Where: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex OYSTER: NEW YORK ON THE HALF SHELL Avenue (at St. George Street, one The Alberta Library Conference When: Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 block north of Harbord Street) albertalibraryconference.com/2006 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Cost: $5 When: Thursday, April 27 to Sunday, Where: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Contact: Visit Pages Books & Maga- April 30 1214 Queen Street West zines, at 256 Queen Street West, Where: The Fairmont Jasper Park Cost: Free or The Beguiling, at 601 Markham Lodge, Old Lodge Road, Jasper, Contact: The above Web site for Street, for tickets; no holds or phone Alberta more information orders, please Cost: Full Conference: $215 for

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Dr. Shirin Ebadi will discuss her Evening Seminar: Crime Pays ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM (ROM) book, Iran Awakening, From A look at reporters who cover crime www.rom.on.ca Prison to Peace Prize: One Wom- and corruption Crimes Against Culture: A lecture an’s Struggle at the Crossroads When: Tuesday, April 18, 7:00 with Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, of History, with journalist Tina p.m.–8:30 p.m. author of Thieves of Baghdad Srebotnjak Where: Northern District Library, When: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 When: Thursday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. Room 200, 40 Orchard View Boul- p.m.–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) evard (one block north of Eglinton Where: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Where: OISE Auditorium, University Avenue, west of Yonge Street) Queen’s Park Crescent of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West Cost: Free for PWAC members, Cost: $16 for members, $20 for non- Cost: $5 pay-what-you-can for guests ($10 members Contact: Visit Pages Books & Maga- suggested) Contact: 416 586-5797 or e-mail zines, at 256 Queen Street West, for [email protected]; can register tickets; no phone orders, please online RANDOM HOUSE OF CANADA LTD. www.randomhouse.ca/author/index. PROFESSIONAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF html SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION CANADA—TORONTO CHAPTER Lecturer and Speaker at The Joan (STC) (formerly Periodical Writers Associa- Bodger Memorial Lecture: Dan www.stctoronto.org tion of Canada) Yashinsky, author of Suddenly They Monthly Meeting www.pwactoronto.org Heard Footsteps: Storytelling for the When: Monday, April 10, 7:00 p.m. Workshop: Getting the Most Out of Twenty-First Century Where: Burgundy Room, North York Your Interviews When: Sunday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.– Memorial Community Hall, Toronto When: Saturday, April 1, 1:00 9:00 p.m. Public Library, 5110 Yonge Street p.m.–4:00 p.m. Where: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 Cost: Free for members, $5 for non- Where: Centennial Hall Meeting College Street, at Huron Street members (fi rst time free) Room, Main Branch of the Burling- Cost: $10 suggested donation Contact: Rob Hanna at ton Public Library, 2331 New Street, [email protected], or 416 Burlington Author Tour: Dr. Edward Hallowell, 221-4113 Cost: $15 in advance, $25 at the author of CrazyBusy, will talk about door, $10 for PWAC members if paid how we have become an attention- before the workshop defi cit society SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS Contact: Kim Arnott at kim. When: Monday, April 24, 7:00 p.m. AND ILLUSTRATORS (SCBWI)—CANADA [email protected] to confi rm Where: Indigo Books & Music, 2300 CHAPTER [THE MAPLE LEAF] attendance Yonge Street, north of Eglinton www.scbwicanada.org Avenue Writing and Illustrating for Chil- Cost: Free dren and Teens Conference Contact: 416 544-0049 to confi rm PWAC TORONTO NETWORKING GROUP When: Saturday, April 29 When: Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Where: Deerhurst Resort and Con- Author Tour: Olympian Silken Lau- Where: Locations change from ference Centre, Deerhurst-Canal mann will speak of her book, Child’s month to month Road, off Highway 60, east of Hunts- Play, and the need for play in our Cost: Free for PWAC members, ville, Ontario families and our communities guests, and people considering join- Cost: $85 for SCBWI members, $100 When: Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. ing PWAC for non-members; $35 one-on-one Where: Indigo Books & Music, 2300 Contact: Sharon Aschaiek at manuscript critique, $35 portfolio Yonge Street, north of Eglinton [email protected] to critique determine location and to pre- Avenue register Cost: Free Contact: 416 544-0049 to confi rm

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Contact: Noreen Violetta at TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BOOKSTORE [email protected] or Lizann www.torontopubliclibrary.ca www.uoftbookstore.com Flatt at [email protected], or French Book Club: A lively discus- Author Readings: Rudy Wiebe reads phone 705 767-4657. Registration sion, in French, about the fi nalists of from his book Of This Earth: A Men- form and mailing address are avail- le Prix des Lecteurs nonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest, able at above Web site. When: Thursday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. and Jonathan Vance reads from his Where: North York Central Library, book Building Canada 2nd Floor, Room 2, 5120 Yonge Street When: Monday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. TO LIVE WITH CULTURE 05/06 (on the west side of Yonge Street, Where: Hart House Library, Univer- www.livewithculture.ca just north of Sheppard Avenue) sity of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle Cost: Free Presentation: Writing, Psychoanaly- Cost: Free Contact: The above Web site sis and the Creative Act: A Trio of Contact: Céline Marcoux-Hamade at Voices 416 395-5762 to register When: Sunday, April 9, Author Reading: David Suzuki reads 12:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. from David Suzuki: The Autobiogra- Where: Artists’ Health Centre, Toron- phy to Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst TORONTO ROMANCE WRITERS When: Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. Street, between College and Dundas www.torontoromancewriters.com Where: Hart House, Great Hall, Uni- Streets Speaker: Three-Act Plotting with versity of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle Cost: $25 for general public, $15 for Nika Rylski Cost: $5 students and seniors When: Saturday, April 8, 1:00 Contact: Visit the U of T Bookstore, Contact: Artists’ Health Centre Foun- p.m.–4:00 p.m. Refunds Desk, at 214 College Street, dation at 416 351-0239 or info@ahcf. Where: North York Central Library, to purchase tickets, or buy tickets ca or www.ahcf.ca Meeting Room 1 or 2/3, 5120 Yonge online at the above Web site. Tickets Street (on the west side of Yonge are non-refundable. Phone 416 640- Storytelling Atelier (Drop-in) with Street, just north of Sheppard Ave- 5836 for further information. Storyteller-in-Residence, Dan Yashin- nue) sky Cost: Free Words in Whitby When: Thursday, April 13 and Thurs- Contact: torontoromancewriters@ya www.whitbylibrary.on.ca/wiw.php day, April 27, 6:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m. hoo.com for further information Words in Whitby 2006: An Elegant Where: Oakwood Village Library and Evening of Literature, Interviews, and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Avenue Readings with Some of Canada’s Most (on the east side of Oakwood, south Noted Authors of Rogers Road) TORONTO WOMEN’S BOOKSTORE (TWB) When: Friday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.– Cost: Free www.womensbookstore.com 11:00 p.m. Contact: 416 394-1040, or visit Finding Your Voice: Writing From Where: Centennial Building, 416 www.torontopubliclibrary.ca Your Own Place (For Working-Class Centre Street South, Whitby Women of Colour and Aboriginal Cost: $25; tickets available soon Full Circle Poetry Awards and Women) at all branches of the Whitby Public Reading When: April 3, 10, 17, and 24, 6:30 Library When: Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Contact: The above Web site for fur- p.m. Where: Toronto Women’s Bookstore, ther information Where: Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, 45 73 Harbord Street Front Street East, one block east of Cost: $52 (no refunds; limited Yonge St. sliding-scale spots available) THE WRITERS & EDITORS NETWORK Cost: Free Contact: Janet Romero at (WEN) Contact: Alissa Von Bargen at [email protected] or www.wenetwork.org [email protected] or 416 416 922-8744 to pre-register; enroll- Breakfast Meeting: Elizabeth 698-7322 ment limited to 15 participants d’Anjou will give her insights on edit- ing

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When: Saturday, April 15, 9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Where: Canadiana Restaurant, Six Points Plaza, 5230 Dundas Street West, Mississauga Cost: $13 for WEN members, $16 for non-members Contact: Register online

THE WRITERS’ CIRCLE OF DURHAM REGION (WCDR) www.wcdr.org Breakfast Meeting: I.J. Schecter will speak on “Cracking Niche Markets and More” When: Saturday, April 8, 8:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Where: Sports Garden Café, Iroquois Park Sports Centre, at Victoria and Henry Streets, Whitby Cost: $13 for members, $16 for guests Contact: Glady Farquharson at [email protected], or 905 686-0211 to pre-register by noon of the preceding Wednesday

Workshop: The Writing Workshop for Closet Writers, with Dorothea Helms When: Saturday, April 1, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Where: Newmarket Public Library Contact: Dorothea Helms at [email protected] for further information

Workshop: Developing Confi dence in the Writing, Editing, and Public Performance of Poetry, with James Dewar When: Saturday, April 22, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Where: Pickering Central Library Auditorium, One The Esplanade, Pickering Contact: James Dewar at [email protected]

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