CANSCAIP
The Canadian Association of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers is an organization of creative people who write, illustrate and perform for children and young adults.
CCBC
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre promotes, supports and encourages the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens.
DUNDURN PRESS
Dundurn Press is a Toronto-based publisher with more than 2500 books in print and 1700 ebooks available. In 2012 Dundurn celebrated 40 years in Canadian publishing. Dundurn published my two historical novels: Stealing Time and The Baby Experiment.
JEWISH BOOK WORLD
The Jewish Book Council is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1943 to promote the publishing, writing, and reading of quality books of Jewish interest. In sponsoring Jewish Book World, the Council aims to meet the need for a journal devoted to providing thoughtful reviews of new Jewish books.
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
The OAC was established in 1963 to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. The OAC is an arm’s-length agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The OAC’s grants and services to professional, Ontario-based artists and arts organizations support arts education, Indigenous arts, community arts, crafts, dance, Francophone arts, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, touring, and visual arts.
SECOND STORY PRESS
Second Story Press has published my two biographies of amazing Canadian women: Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything and June Callwood: A Life of Action, as well as the collective biography, Dynamic Women Dancers (part of its Women of Fame series). SSP also published three of my historical novels: The Orphan Rescue, 44 Hours or Strike!, and A Cage Without Bars.
SCBWI
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is one of the largest existing organizations for writers and illustrators. It is the only professional organization specifically for those individuals writing and illustrating for children and young adults in the fields of children’s literature, magazines, film, television, and multimedia.
THE WRITERS’ UNION OF CANADA
The Writers’ Union of Canada is a national organization that fosters and promotes writing in Canada. TWUC sponsors the Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program and national public readings in Canada.