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The Canadian Children's Book Centre

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Join the Canadian Children&#39;s Book Centre for a webinar with three Canadian children&#39;s book professionals! The Business of Writing: Selling Your Books, Selling Yourself.Learn from the experts on how to market yourself and your writing. Authors&mdash;both aspiring and established&mdash;looking to up their self-promotion skills will not want to miss this session! Panelists include authors Lana Button and Danny Neville, and marketing professional Fred Horler. A recording of the webinar will be available to registrants for a period of 30 days following the session. Attendees will also receive a digital copy of the CCBC&#39;s Get Published! The Writing for Children Kit. NO REFUNDS&nbsp; Panelist bios Lana Button is an award-winning author of over 20 books for children. Lana&rsquo;s books have been shortlisted for awards including the Shining Willow, the Blue Spruce, the Jean Throop IODE, and the Hamilton Literary Award and have received the Crystal Kite Award, the IBBY Outstanding Book for Children with Special Needs and the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Award. Her books have been named Best Bets and Best Books by the Canadian Children&rsquo;s Book Centre, have been recognized by the CBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The&nbsp;Globe &amp; Mail, and have been named Best Book of the Year by Bank Street Books, Kirkus&nbsp;and the New York Public Library. Lana enjoys creating social media content to connect with those interested in sharing books with children. To learn more about Lana and her books, visit <a fr-original-style="" href="http://www.lanabutton.com" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">lanabutton.com</a>. Fred Horler has spent 37 years working in children&rsquo;s publishing. The last 20 years have been at Groundwood Books where he served most recently as their Senior Marketing Director. He has worked with countless authors and illustrators promoting their books in both Canada and the US. Fred has just recently retired.&nbsp; Danny Neville is the author of the Little Bee chapter book series from Annick Press, including The Buzz About the Party (2026), The Storytime Extravaganza (2026) and The Best Birthday Ever (coming in 2027). As an elementary school educator and teacher-librarian, he has lived and worked in various countries around the world including the UK, Japan, Colombia, Egypt, Brazil, Belgium, and Canada. He is actively involved in the world of school libraries as the editor-in-chief of The Teaching Librarian magazine, the official publication of the Ontario School Library Association. Danny is a member of the Writer&rsquo;s Union of Canada, the CCBC, IBBY, CANSCAIP, and SCBWI. He lives in Ottawa with his husband and daughters. To learn more about Danny and his books, visit <a fr-original-style="" href="https://dannyneville.com/." id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">dannyneville.com</a>.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for The Business of Writing webinar. A webinar link will be sent to you on November 6. We are pleased you can join us! A reminder that all registrants will receive access to a recording of the webinar for a period of 30 days following the session. Happy Reading!<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1728067079/xzmuq1pmjzswnaao8tfm.jpg" style="width: 102px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 102px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Stephanie WellsExecutive DirectorThe Canadian Children&#39;s Book Centre<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:stephanie@bookcentre.ca" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;">stephanie@bookcentre.ca</a>

Join the Canadian Children's Book Centre for a webinar with three Canadian children's book professionals! The Business of Writing: Selling Your Books, Selling Yourself.Learn from the experts on how to market yourself and your writing. Authors—both aspiring and established—looking to up their self-promotion skills will not want to miss this session! Panelists include authors Lana Button and Danny Neville, and marketing professional Fred Horler. A recording of the webinar will be available to registrants for a period of 30 days following the session. Attendees will also receive a digital copy of the CCBC's Get Published! The Writing for Children Kit. NO REFUNDS  Panelist bios Lana Button is an award-winning author of over 20 books for children. Lana’s books have been shortlisted for awards including the Shining Willow, the Blue Spruce, the Jean Throop IODE, and the Hamilton Literary Award and have received the Crystal Kite Award, the IBBY Outstanding Book for Children with Special Needs and the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Award. Her books have been named Best Bets and Best Books by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, have been recognized by the CBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Globe &amp; Mail, and have been named Best Book of the Year by Bank Street Books, Kirkus and the New York Public Library. Lana enjoys creating social media content to connect with those interested in sharing books with children. To learn more about Lana and her books, visit <a href="http://www.lanabutton.com" target="_blank">lanabutton.com</a>. Fred Horler has spent 37 years working in children’s publishing. The last 20 years have been at Groundwood Books where he served most recently as their Senior Marketing Director. He has worked with countless authors and illustrators promoting their books in both Canada and the US. Fred has just recently retired.  Danny Neville is the author of the Little Bee chapter book series from Annick Press, including The Buzz About the Party (2026), The Storytime Extravaganza (2026) and The Best Birthday Ever (coming in 2027). As an elementary school educator and teacher-librarian, he has lived and worked in various countries around the world including the UK, Japan, Colombia, Egypt, Brazil, Belgium, and Canada. He is actively involved in the world of school libraries as the editor-in-chief of The Teaching Librarian magazine, the official publication of the Ontario School Library Association. Danny is a member of the Writer’s Union of Canada, the CCBC, IBBY, CANSCAIP, and SCBWI. He lives in Ottawa with his husband and daughters. To learn more about Danny and his books, visit <a href="https://dannyneville.com/." target="_blank">dannyneville.com</a>.

The Canadian Children's Book Centre

The Business of Writing: Selling Your Books, Selling Yourself Webinar

General Admission

$100

Member Admission

$75

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