
resources
Resources for aspiring writers or established authors
Organizations
CANSCAIP Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers
​Writers’ Guild of Alberta
Alexandra Writers’ Centre
The Writers’ Union of Canada
The Authors Guild
SCBWI The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Mentorships
Picture Book Rising Stars
AWP: Writer-to-Writer Mentorships
Write Team Mentorship Program
We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program
Las Musas Books
The Word’s Editor-Author Mentorship Program
Mentorship for Desi Writers
The Highlights Foundation
Write-Mentor Spark Mentorship
Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program
Facebook Groups
Other Resources
University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies: Creative Writing
Off Topic Publishing (Inexpensive Monthly Contests, Top Notch Retreat)
Children’s Book Insider
12 X 12 Challenge
The Lyrical Language Lab
The Children’s Book Academy
Storyteller Academy
Laekan Zea Kemp: Debut Author Boot Camp
Giving Back
Books on Craft and/or Publishing
Fiction/General Writing
On Writing by Stephen King
Story by Robert McKee
Dialogue by Robert McKee
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Cambell
The Descriptive Thesaurus Series by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
The Plot Whisperer (and workbook) by Martha Alderson
Write a Novel and Get Published by Nigel Watts and Stephen May
Is Life Like This? A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months by John Dufresne
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
The Scene Book by Sandra Scofield
Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Walking in This World by Julia Cameron
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maas
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author’s Guide to Uniting Story Structure by K.M. Weiland
Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Better, Faster Writing by Libbie Hawker
Children’s Lit
The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by Nancy Lamb
Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul
The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children by SCBWI
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market
The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults by Cheryl Klein