MEETING: Wed Mar 11 at 7:00 

LOCATION: Toronto Public Library Northern District Branch, 40 Orchard View Blvd. (1 block N of Eglinton, W off Yonge), Room 200 (2nd floor). 

PANEL: Illustrating Your Own Words for the First Time
Ashley Barron, Charlene Chua and Farida Zaman all illustrated books for other writers before they illustrated stories they'd written themselves.  These talented illustrators talk about their choices and challenges of being a first-time author/illustrator of their own books.

MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS: Celebrating a new book? Having an event? Teaching a course? Other news? Make your announcement at the meeting! Please send office@canscaip.org the following info:

• Your name
  
• Book title, genre/reading age, publisher, publication date
• Summary of your book, event, course, or other news 
  
• Note if you will  make your announcement at the meeting in person 
• In the email subject line: "Member Announcement by [your name]" 

NOTE: Please keep announcements to about two minutes in length.

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKERS AT 5:00: Everyone is welcome to come to dinner with the speakers before the meeting. Join us at at 5:00 at the CANSCAIP table at the back of The Pickle Barrel (Yonge-Eglinton Centre, 2nd floor). For simple payment, the restaurant provides individual bills. RSVP to Cathy Rondina.  

TRANSIT & PARKING: From Eglinton station on the Yonge subway line, walk 1 block N on Yonge to Orchard View. The closest parking (expensive) is Yonge-Eglinton Centre's underground lot with an entrance on Orchard View. There are Green P parking lots on Erskine, Castlefield and Sherwood.