MentorshipTag

Mentorship: Part I

I’m deep in the weeds on a WIP and have been struggling to figure out what it needs, and what I need to get it to where it needs to be. My writing group is amazing, and I’m so grateful to my beta ...

"Capturing Lightning in a Bottle" Naseem Hrab on the Magic of Kids Can Press Turning 50

Naseem Hrab is one of the definitive "how does she do it?" people in Canadian publishing: a Governor General's Literary Award-winning writer for young people and former librarian, she also serves as Kids ...

The Writers' Trust Announces Mentorships for Three Promising, Emerging Writers

Today is a day that may come up in future interviews and acceptances speeches for Megan Elizabeth Morrison, Raksha Vasudevan, and Shō Yamagushiku, the three emerging writers who have been awarded this ...

The Writers' Trust Announces their 2022 Rising Stars, including Trillium Book Award Winner Téa Mutonji

This afternoon, the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced their five 2022 Rising Stars. Each year the programme, which has run since 2019, invites five acclaimed Canadian writers to select, endorse, and ...

Natasha Ramoutar: On Full Circles and First Books

Less than a month ago, Natasha Ramoutar published Bittersweet, her first book of poems, with Mawenzi House. Less than a month ago, I celebrated the ten year publishing anniversary of my first book, Bleeding ...

BIPOC of Publishing in Canada Has Created a Mentorship Program

For people of colour, breaking into the world of publishing can be challenging. BIPOC of Publishing in Canada, a group dedicated to promoting inclusivity in the industry, has set out to alleviate some ...

Writers' Trust and RBC Announce Beneficiaries of New Mentorship Program

The Writers' Trust of Canada, in partnership with RBC, has announced the beneficiaries of their new mentorship program.The program, which pairs young, developing writers with more established authors, ...

The Need for More Non-Traditional Mentorship in Canadian Publishing

When I was in school, the act of reading books was just that, reading books. I wasn’t categorizing them. I wasn’t thinking about publishing, editors, marketability, or whether or not a book was considered ...

Ontario's Newest Literary Phenomenon: What is CITADEL? An Interview with Jaclyn Desforges & Robin Richardson

If you're a writer, publishing employee, or enthusiastic follower of CanLit, you've probably heard of CITADEL, the new project launched by award-winning writers Jaclyn Desforges and Robin Richardson. ...