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The QuitCast for Writers with Becca Syme is a YouTube channel and audio podcast created around the content of Gallup-Certified Strengths coach, author coach, and nonfiction author Becca Syme’s “What to Quit, What to Keep, and What to Question” model of coaching writers.

Kobo Writing Life is Rakuten Kobo’s self-publishing platform for independent authors, offering multiple ways for writers to get their eBooks and audiobooks to a worldwide audience of millions of readers and listeners. They make it easy for authors to get their books out into the world and exposed to a wide audience, with opportunities for à la carte sales, public library loans via OverDrive, and subscription access through Kobo Plus.

Vellum is a formatting software that has helped authors create beautiful books and ebooks for over 10 years.

Draft2Digital is the leading platform for independent, self-published authors and small presses to format and distribute their books online and worldwide. With automated formatting and layout tools, a unified sales tracking dashboard, and a comprehensive catalog of retailers, subscription services, and library distribution partners, D2D helps indie authors and publishers reach more readers in more places than any other distributor, and all for free.

Stark Reflections is a podcast on perspectives and reflections on the writing and publishing life. Mark Leslie Lefebvre, a writer, bookseller, digital publishing advocate, professional speaker, and publishing consultant explores inclusive and collaborative opportunities for writers and book publishing professionals via interviews, discussions, and reflections about the industry.

The Indie Author Project (IAP) is a publishing community that includes public libraries, authors, curators, and readers working together to connect library patrons with great indie-published books. IAP has helped hundreds of libraries engage their local creative community and assisted in getting more than 12,000 indie authors into their local libraries. Most importantly, the project has worked with top curation partners and librarians to identify hundreds of these as the best indie ebooks available to readers—so they can be sustainably circulated to library patrons with confidence.

Book Report is the ultimate solution for authors frustrated with the complexities of interpreting Amazon’s sales data and the hassle of managing sales performance through spreadsheets. By seamlessly integrating with your existing Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) dashboard, Book Report provides authors with beautifully presented, easily digestible, and up-to-the-minute sales data.

Access Copyright Foundation engages writers, visual artists, and publishing and arts professionals from across the country to adjudicate its grant programs. The adjudication process also allows Access Copyright Foundation to consult with jurors and gather information on the cultural and industry ecosystem from their region and in their field of expertise. Through this constant connection between the cultural community and industry, Access Copyright Foundation is able to respond quickly to current needs and trends in support of the creative vitality of Canadian writers, visual artists and publishers.

Editors Canada promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communication. Our 1,300 members are salaried and freelance, working with individuals and organizations in the corporate, technical, government, not-for-profit, academic and publishing sectors across the country and around the world in English and French. Many offer a wealth of editing-related services to their clients and employers.

The Brockton Writers Series (BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series held at Glad Day Bookshop in
Toronto and streamed live on YouTube. We host writers who reflect Canadian literature and diversity,
including a mixture of established and emerging writers, writers of colour, queer and trans writers, younger
and older writers, black and indigenous writers, writers with disabilities, and other writers who might not
always have the platform to showcase their work. As well, each event features a guest speaker discussing an
aspect of writing craft, editing, publishing or self-promotion.

Sisters in Crime is a writing organization focused on increasing equity and inclusion for women crime writers within the publishing industry. Whether you’re penning your first thriller or you want to discuss the latest whodunit, the Toronto chapter offers networking, entertainment, and intellectual stimulation with writers and crime specialists from Canada’s largest city. Connect with experts in law, publishing, and forensics. Find inspiration in author panels and readings. Your voice can help shape the future of crime writing in Canada.