Packaging Your Imagination (PYI) Conference
Photos from PYI 2019 by Caroline Fernandez | CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination ConferenceSaturday October 219:00 am to 5:00 pm (welcome desk opens 8:00am)
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
209 Victoria Street, Toronto
Online videos available For almost 40 years, CANSCAIP has hosted Packaging Your Imagination (PYI), |
PICK YOUR OWN PYIYou choose 4 of the 12 in person (or recorded) sessions. ALL registrations include both keynote speakers. RECORDINGS OF ADDITIONAL PYI SESSIONSWhen you register, you can pick additional recorded sessions | SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS AT PYI 2023
OPENING KEYNOTE: Dear Me: Notes on a Writer's Life – ANDREW LARSEN CLAIRE MACKAY MEMORIAL LECTURE: Fresh Stories for a Different World: Challenge and Opportunity – SHELLEY TANAKA The Claire Mackay Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundation |
ADD A ONE-TO-ONEFor an additional $75, you can add a One-to-One A One-to-One is 15-minute meeting with a publishing professional who has evaluated 1,000 words of your manuscript, or up to 10 images from your online illustration portfolio. One-to-One meetings are in person at the PYI venue on Sat Oct 21, One-to-Ones are verbal evaluations without written notes. The One-to-One evaluators at PYI 2023 are: Margot Blankier – Tundra Book Group Claire Caldwell – Annick Press Khary Mathurin – Annick Press Serah-Marie McMahon - Annick Press Patricia Ocampo - Kids Can Press Peter Phillips - Tundra Book Group Ella Russell – Owlkids Books Emma Sakamoto - Groundwood Books Katie Scott - Kids Can Press Amanda Sun - Scholastic Canada Michael Solomon - Groundwood Books (portfolios) | WHAT PAST ATTENDEES ARE SAYING"I always come away from PYI having learned something, having been inspired, and feeling more confident about my writing." "Always amazing--I recommend it to EVERYONE." |
THANK YOU!Your PYI registration helps support CANSCAIP—and our PYI speakers. |