Alexandra Writer’s Centre Society member. WordBridge board member. 2025 Snow Willow Award finalist. Middle Grade (grades 4 – 8). Writing workshops for all ages. In-Person Visits (45-60 minutes): $300 for 1 session; $550 for 2 sessions; $750 for 3 sessions; $900 for 4 sessions. Travel charge of $0.55/km (round trip) for locations over 50 km from … Continue reading “Renwick, Jessica. (Red Deer, Alberta)”
Member of Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP); Children’s Writers & Illustrators of BC Society (CWILL-BC); and Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC). Fiction and non-fiction, 3X Word Award winner, CBC Kids Book Club Pick, OLA Best Bets, MYRCA finalist, Arthur Ellis finalist, 2X Chocolate Lily finalist. Karen is the author of 13 books for … Continue reading “Autio, Karen (Kelowna. BC.)”
Jillian is a member of The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC), the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP), the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the CCBC. Jillian is the author of GIRL TAKES DRASTIC STEP!: How Molly Lamb Bobak Became Canada’s First Official Woman War Artist with artwork … Continue reading “Dobson, Jillian (Richmond Hill, ON)”
Writers Union Member. Young Adult and Adult genres. $300 plus HST and travel ($0.50/km outside Niagara) for 1 session, $500 for 2, $700 for 3 and $900 for full day. Virtual Visits: $100-200 plus HST (depending on time required) Background: Sharon Frayne was born in St. Catharines, grew up on a Niagara farm and in … Continue reading “Frayne Sharon, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario”
Writer’s Union member. CANSCAIP. SCWBI. Rates – in person: $300 for one session, $550 for two, $800 for full day. A virtual visit is $150 (with negotiation for size of audience and recording permissions). Caroline Fernandez is a Toronto-based children’s author of 18 books, best known for the Asha and Baz series and award-winning Plague Thieves. Her work … Continue reading “Fernandez, Caroline (Toronto, ON)”
Writers’ Union Member. Sharon travels across Canada several times a year. Sharon E. McKay (Mick-EYE) writes fact-based fiction for young adults. Multi-awards, all ages. Flat fee of $900 for a full day, four sessions and includes a free (optional) brown-bag lunch for anyone interested in writing. Flat fee of $600 for an afternoon. Parents and … Continue reading “McKay, Sharon (Burlington ON)”
Member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI); Vice-president of Children’s Writers & Illustrators of BC Society (CWILL-BC); and a member of Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC). Fiction and non-fiction historical, finalist for the IODE Violet Downey … Continue reading “Bergstresser, Nikki (Abbotsford, BC)”
Non-fiction storyteller. Widely reviewed author. Canadian LongReads recommended. All ages. $200 plus HST for 1 session, $350 for 2. In-person (G.T.A.) and virtual. Oren Weisfeld is a sports journalist whose work appears in The Guardian, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, CBC, TVO, and more. His new book, The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball … Continue reading “Weisfeld, Oren (Toronto, Ontario)”
Member of The Writers’ Union of Canada; the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers; and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Winner: City of Victoria Butler Book Prize; Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Award for BC Authors. Finalist: Green Earth Book Award (x2); Young Readers’ Choice Book Awards of BC Red Cedar … Continue reading “Backhouse, Frances (Victoria, BC)”
Member: Writer’s Union of Canada, Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators, CANSCAIP. All ages from 8 and up. Up to 100 or so participants. Rates: $300 for one session, $550 for two, $800 for three, $1000 for a full day (four sessions). Plus a travel fee of $0.50/km to and from Brampton, Ontario. Virtual … Continue reading “Currie, Susan (Brampton, Ontario)”
