Resources

This membership benefit for Friends and Members offers a professional evaluation of manuscripts, works-in-progress, or illustration portfolios by a traditionally published Member. After your payment of a $25 administration fee has been received, you’ll be sent, within a few days, a link to the directory of Members offering this service. 

Created by Vicky Grant, Teresa Toten, Marthe Jocelyn, and Kathy Kacer, BookFlap features tap into the wisdom of writers, illustrators, publishers, editors, readers, and educators, by offering interviews, mini master classes, art demonstrations, podcasts, articles, and more. This is a membership benefit available to Members and Friends.

Monthly Membership Meetings are held by zoom at 7pmET on the second Wednesday of each month except July and August. Have to miss one? That’s okay. Meetings are recorded and Members and Friends have access to the recordings. For more info about our meetings, see Events/Monthly Membership Meetings.

Find out how to find information about getting books for children and young adults published in Canada, and how to negotiate a contract.

Information for teachers and librarians about the content and benefits of author and illustrator visits, how to find who you’d like to invite, how to prepare, and what to expect in terms of payment to visiting book creators.

(discounted price for Members/Friends) 

Canada’s community of book creators, professional and aspiring, has gathered in Toronto for this highly regarded professional development fall conference for more than 40 years. All are welcome to join us for this inspiring day all about craft, business, and networking. 

This professional development conference for professional and aspiring book creators is held every other year in Saskatchewan. The next one will be in 2027.

Canada’s largest competition for unpublished children’s writers. Every entry receives a written evaluation from at least one traditionally published CANSCAIP Member volunteer reader. Cash prizes are awarded to the winning Middle Grade and Young Adult entries, and the top two Picture Book entries. Winners and two finalists in each category are given time to revise their entries before CANSCAIP submits them to three topnotch Canadian children’s book publishers.

Our online critique groups provide the opportunity for Friends and Members from across Canada to give and receive feedback on works-in-progress. No need to send your pages in advance. Just come ready to share your story and meet other creators in a friendly, small group setting.

Our free self-guided online retreats provide an opportunity for Members and Friends from across the country—writers and illustrators alike—to connect, create, and share in a safe space Silent work sessions and meetups geared to participant interests take place throughout the day, or as much of it as works for each individual.