2023's conference has concluded (details below). Please check back for more information regarding the 2024 conference.
Photos from PYI 2019 by Caroline Fernandez | CANSCAIP’s Packaging Your Imagination ConferenceFor almost 40 years, CANSCAIP has hosted Packaging Your Imagination (PYI), a highly regarded professional development conference. Canada's community of writers, illustrators, performers and publishers for young people gather for an inspiring day of learning, business and networking.PYI 2023 IN PERSON Saturday, October 21, 20239:00 am to 5:00 pm (welcome desk opens 8:00am)
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
209 Victoria Street, Toronto
PYI 2023 RECORDED Online videos available |
PICK YOUR OWN PYI 2023You choose 4 of the 12 in person (or recorded) sessions. ALL registrations include both keynote speakers. PYI In-Person Registration PYI Recorded Registration RECORDINGS OF ADDITIONAL PYI SESSIONSWhen you register, you can pick additional recorded sessions | PYI 2023 SPEAKERS
OPENING KEYNOTE: Dear Me: Notes on a Writer's Life – ANDREW LARSEN CLAIRE MACKAY MEMORIAL LECTURE: Fresh Stories for a Different World: Challenge and Opportunity – SHELLEY TANAKA The Claire Mackay Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundation |
ONE-TO-ONE AT PYI 2023For an additional $75, you can add a One-to-One to your PYI IN PERSON registration. A One-to-One is 15-minute meeting with a publishing professional who has evaluated 1,000 words of your manuscript, or up to 10 images from your online illustration portfolio. One-to-One meetings are in person at the PYI venue on Sat Oct 21, at the end of the conference day, between 5:00 and 8:30pm ET. One-to-Ones are verbal evaluations without written notes. The One-to-One evaluators at PYI 2023 are: Margot Blankier – Tundra Book Group Claire Caldwell – Annick Press Khary Mathurin – Annick Press Serah-Marie McMahon - Annick Press Patricia Ocampo - Kids Can Press Peter Phillips - Tundra Book Group Ella Russell – Owlkids Books Emma Sakamoto - Groundwood Books Katie Scott - Kids Can Press Amanda Sun - Scholastic Canada Michael Solomon - Groundwood Books (portfolios) | WHAT PAST ATTENDEES ARE SAYING"I always come away from PYI having learned something, having been inspired, and feeling more confident about my writing." "Always amazing--I recommend it to EVERYONE." |
THANK YOU!Your PYI registration helps support CANSCAIP and our PYI speakers. |