Friday, September 21 to Sunday, September 23, 2012
Word Talks
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Host: Hailey Froese, Writing & Book Camp Coordinator, VPL
11:00 ::
Come and listen to talented young writers from the 2011 Writing and Book Camp read their work and talk about their experiences at the weeklong camp held at the Vancouver Public Library August 8–12. Writing and Book Camp, held annually at the Central branch, connects kids who love reading and writing with authors and illustrators from the literary world through interactive workshops and keynote addresses. This fun camp is for kids ages 11–16 and is wildly popular every year.
12:00 ::
Author David Lester—best known as the guitar player in the literary rock duo Mecca Normal—is getting great reviews for his graphic novel, The Listener. Published by Arbeiter Ring (2011) the prestigious School Library Journal (New York) said, “The Listener demands to be added to any shelf on which Anne Frank’s Diary and Spiegelman’s Maus are available.” The Listener was launched in June on a six-city Canadian tour that also featured the performance adaptation by Mecca Normal’s Jean Smith titled “How Art & Music Can Change the World”.
1:00 ::
This session will fill you in on three ways that authors can generate more income: Public Lending Rights payments, Access Copyright / now Payback payments and the tax savings of an “Office in the Home”. Following the motto of Canadian Authors Association which began in 1921, CAA’s Past president, Anthony Dalton, and Public Lending Rights rep, Bernice Lever share their knowledge to help make your writing career more financially viable. Q&A will follow the 20-minute talk, and there will be handouts available.
Bernice Lever has been giving writing workshops for 40 years and has four lifetime achievement titles from various writing groups. Anthony Dalton earned a full living as an adventure tour leader while publishing photo travel articles. He has given workshops internationally and is now a Smithsonian Institute designated speaker on cruise ships.
2:00 ::
The Book Broads have got the plan—your book business plan. The Book Broads believe that every writer who aspires to be published should look at their writing as part of a business, and every business needs a business plan. How will you promote yourself? Have you figured out the finances? Paper or digital? Self-published or traditionally published? The Broads will set you on the right path to have a plan that will help you succeed. Speaker and social media trainer Angela Crocker is author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Social Network. Kim Plumley is Canada’s Publicity Maven with more than 10 years of amazing campaigns under her belt. With her technical background of more than 20 years, Peggy Richardson blogs about her specialty in writing and editing non-fiction at WizardofeBooks.com.
3:00 ::
Calling all writers! Do you have something to say and don’t know where to find your audience? Or maybe you’ve already been published and would like to explore new arenas. Digital or physical? To self-publish or not? Find out here. Join SFU professor Roman Onufrijchuk as he leads a discussion with people working in a large spectrum of publishing media including Clélie Rich, the managing editor of Room magazine, publisher Brian Kaufman from Anvil Press and editor-in-chief at subTerrain, Bob Kronbauer, the managing editor of Vancouver Is Awesome and Melody Poirier from Printorium Bookworks and Island Blue Printing.
4:00 ::
A Love Letter To Vancouver: In celebration of our city’s 125th birthday join five renowned Vancouver writers as they discuss their city and province as a central character, backdrop, and inspiration in their written works. Cathleen With is a Vancouver writer raised in Richmond, who writes to learn about what she knows. Meredith Quartermain is an award-winning poet and fiction writer who explores the city as animal behavior, museum and dream of modernity. Charles Demers is a stand-up comedian, novelist and essayist. Timothy Taylor is the winner of the Journey Prize, and his book Stanley Park has also been chosen as the One Book, One City selection for Vancouver and was on the shortlist for the Giller Prize. Moderated by Grant Lawrence, a CBC Radio personality, former Smugglers vocalist, championship-winning goalie, and author of the bestselling book, Adventures in Solitude.
