Packaging Your Imagination 2010
A day of workshops for those interested in writing, illustrating or performing for young people
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Registration: 8:30 am
Workshop location:
Victoria College
University of Toronto
73 Queen's Park Cres. East
Toronto, Ontario
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Packaging Your Imagination, now in its 26th year, is a day of workshops covering the three areas of CANSCAIP’s interests – writing, illustrating and performing – conducted by professionals successful in their fields. Are you trying to get started? Are you looking for new directions? Are you hoping to rekindle that creative spark? Whether you’re an established professional, a novice or an interested onlooker, our presenters will stimulate and inspire you to new challenges.
Choose three workshops in your special area of interest, then join with the whole group for an inspirational talk from renowned author Marthe Jocelyn.
Lunch will be provided for the first 120 participants. Register early.
Books will be available for sale throughout the day. Join us at 4:30 for
book signings by the presenters.
The fee is $150.00, which includes three sessions, morning coffee, lunch
and the keynote address.
Refund policy: Cancellation fee is $35.00 before Oct. 15th. No refund
after Oct. 15th.
For more information, please email office@canscaip.org or call (416) 515-1559.
Too many rejection letters? Ready to give up? This writing S.O.S. workshop will teach you how to spot mistakes and avoid problems in your fiction writing. Lots of “Don’t” and plenty of “Do”.
Liz Macleod
The Facts About the Facts
Looking for a career as a non-fiction writer or a way to use those facts you’ve collected for your historical novel? Discover the hot topics in non-fiction, how to write the best query letters, new ways to present facts and much more.
Patricia Storms
Toon in and Digital Out: Cartoons and computers to create cool art for kids!
Hooray! Cartoons are hot in kids’ books! Find out about creating interesting cartoon characters, marketing your work, new trends, and the pros and cons (are there any?) of digital artwork. Lots of sample art showcased and some drawing involved.
Barbara Berson
Channelling Your Inner Teen: Publishing YA
A YA editor and former children’s publisher discusses what editors and publishers look for in young adult and middle grade fiction.
Paul Kropp
Writing for Kids Who Don’t Wanna Read Nothin’
How can a writer create books that hook reluctant readers? This ses- sion will cover all the essentials: great characters, exciting plot struc- tures and attention-grabbing topics, with a few words on the important science of readability as it affects writing and book design.
Debbie Rogosin
Less is More: Make Your Picture Book Stories Stronger
What do editors look for in a picture book manuscript? Well-developed characters? Text that sings when read aloud? Sure. But there’s more to picture books than that. A look at the elements, big and small, which make your stories stronger.
Jirina Marton
Invitations to Turn the Page: Illustrating Books
This workshop will cover where and how to begin, why and how to do research, choosing techniques and materials, how to work with text, dummy books, collaboration with publishers and authors, finished illustrations, and what to do after.
Arthur Slade
Steampunked! Adding Fantasy, History, and Science Fiction to your Writing
This workshop will explore the upcoming genre of steampunk and the way in which fantasy, reality, history and science fiction can all be blended together to tell a great story.
Liam O’Donnell
Getting Graphic: Writing Comics for Kids When You Can’t Draw a Straight Line
Learn to write comics for kids with an award-winning graphic novel writer. This interactive workshop will guide you from finding that ideal idea to getting your comic manuscript ready for a publisher. Best of all: No drawing skills required!
Humour is a difficult form of writing yet is one of the most rewarding. This author/illustrator finds poignancy in everyday objects like toilets, books, and the occasional frog and elephant, and will show how you can do it too.
Martha Newbigging
How Imagination Illustrates Reality
Martha will discuss how she uses humour, character and scenic situa- tion to visualize non-fiction text for children. She will demonstrate her illustration approach by show- ing her preparatory sketches and original artwork, and talk about the necessary research process involved.
Norah McClintock
Demystifying YA Mysteries: Your Questions Answered
What are the key elements of writ- ing YA mysteries? How do you keep the reader reading? How do you approach plotting? Please email your questions about mys- tery writing to nmbooks@web.net and this workshop will answer all your questions.
Marthe Jocelyn
Kenote Speaker
Prophecies, Lies and Pearls of Wisdom
Keep growing as a writer or illustrator.
Expand on what you learn from our exciting line-up of work-shops. How? By joinng CANSCAIP as a Friend. As a Friend you receive our quarterly newsletter, The CANSCAIP News, featuring profiles of our professional membrs explaining how they practice their craft, up-to-date marketing information and cross-country news about what’s happening in the children’s literature community. Also you are welcome to attend our monthly meetings. Phone: 416-515-1559 for details. And here’s the bargain! As a first-time Friend, join for the one-time bargain fee of $35 (ordinarily $45) when you send your application with your registration form.
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