Join us for a weekly “Writing Kid Lit” class

Writing Kid Lit

  ~ Board Books to Young Adult Novels

Online: Monday evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.,
April 13 – June 22. No class April 27, May 18 or June 8
Offered online and accessible from anywhere there's internet 

This course is for adults (or teens) interested in writing Board Books, Picture Books, Chapter Books, Middle Grade books, or Young Adult novels, whether fiction or nonfiction, traditional text or a script for a graphic book. This course is accessible for beginners and meaty enough for advanced writers.

Through lectures, in-class assignments, homework, and feedback on your writing, we’ll give you ins and outs of writing for younger readers. If you want to write for kids, this is the course you need to make sure you’re on the right track.

Guest speaker Lana Button has published well over a dozen children’s books, with Orca, Kids Can Press, Owlkids, Tundra, Nimbus, Groundwood and Pajama Press, including her latest picture books: Time to Leave, Laverne! (Owlkids) and One Can, co-authored with Eric Walters (Groundwood), plus an early chapter book series titled Brianna Banana (Orca).  

Lana has several books scheduled for publication through 2028, including a board book, some picture books and two more books in the Brianna Banana series.

Lana has been awarded the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Award and the Crystal Kite Award. Her picture books have been shortlisted for The Blue Spruce, The Shining Willow, the Jean Throop IODE Award and the Rainforest of Reading, and have been recognized as Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Bets and the IBBY Outstanding Book for Young Children.

Find out more about Lana and her books at www.lanabutton.com, connect with her on social media @lanabuttonauthor, and order her books through Chapters/Indigo here.  

Instructor Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for writers, taught creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Saskatoon to Toronto to Saint John. Brian is the author of a children's version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Tribute Publishing). But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.  

Read pieces about ~ or inspired by ~ Brian's retreats, courses and workshops here (and scroll down).

Fee: $257.52 plus 13% hst = $291

To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See all of Brian’s upcoming weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats here.