9. THE TRUTH ABOUT TRENDS IN PUBLISHING
Virtual Event
Over the past few years, paper shortages, virtual launches and events, political upheaval and a global pandemic have all contributed to shifts and changes in the publishing industry. But how do these trends impact marginalized authors and industry professionals. In this event, three industry professionals break down what happened, what is happening and the future implications for those in publishing.
Date: May 1, 2023
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
The 2023 festival will run from April 30 – May 7. Dedicated virtual programming on our innovative, online platform will run April 30 – May 3, while in-person events — many of which will also be live-streamed and available on-demand for virtual audiences — will run May 4-7.
A Virtual Festival Pass gives guests access to more than 20 virtual events which can be viewed from the website or through our festival app designed for mobile devices. In addition to festival events, virtual passes provide users with direct access to more than a dozen vendors in our festival exhibitor hall. Guests who purchase a virtual pass can also participate in trivia times, roundtable discussions and our new festival after-parties, which will follow all of our evening events.
An In-Person Festival Pass gives users access to all of our virtual events as well as our standard in-person events in Brampton, Ontario on Saturday, May 6.
This year, the festival includes three in-person Specialty Events – the Dine N’ Draw on May 4, the Literary Cabaret on May 5 and our Historical Fiction High Tea on May 7. Tickets for these events are not covered with our passes and are only available until April 30.
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Hana El Niwairi is a literary agent and Rights Manager at CookeMcDermid Literary Management. She is also a writer herself and media enthusiast who appreciates a good story no matter the format it’s delivered in, from ads to movies, and of course, books. Prior to joining the publishing industry, Hana worked in the non-profit, arts, and culture sectors. She is also one of the co-founder of the non-profit organization BIPOC of Publishing in Canada.
Fazeela Jiwa is an acquisitions and development editor with Fernwood Publishing. She has a special interest in writing of any genre about social justice and radical politics.
Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; Little Fish, winner of a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and the Amazon First Novel Award in Canada; and and A Safe Girl to Love, also a winner of a Lambda Literary Award. She was the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers alongside Cat Fitzpatrick. Plett has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the Winnipeg Free Press, and other publications, and she is also the publisher at LittlePuss Press.
Author, writer, and community builder. Kern Carter is writing his own story and helping others share their own.