Interested in one of my Presentations or Writing Workshops? Good news! Financial assistance for author visits is available throughout Canada, thanks to the generous support of our governments working with the literary non-profit community.
- If you are in an Ontario school, you can get financial assistance for an author visit through the Writers in the Schools Program administered by the Writers’ Union of Canada. (I’m a TWUC member so you can have me into your school through this program.)
- If you’re in any other province or territory, check out the funding sources list provided by The Writers’ Union of Canada.
- If you’re in Quebec at an elementary or secondary school, look me up on the Répertoire des ressources culture-éducation to get help with funding an author visit through the Culture in Schools program of the Quebec Ministry of Education. (I’m in the Repertoire so you can have me into your school through this program.)
- If you’re an English-language school in Quebec, check out ArtistsInspire, which administers funds workshop series in a variety of disciplines through a fabulous program that has been renewed through 2028. (I’m an ArtistsInspire teaching artist, so you can have me into your school through this program.)
- If you’re at a Quebec CEGEP, apply for funding through the Writers in CEGEPs Program administered by the Quebec Writers’ Federation. (I’m a QWF member and you can have me into your CEGEP through this program.)
- If you’d like a visit to your library, bookstore, or other non-school venue anywhere in Canada, funding assistance could be available from the Canada Council for the Arts through the National Public Reading Program administered by the Writers’ Union of Canada. (I’m a TWUC member so you can have me into your venue through this program.)
Wherever you may be, if you want me to come join you, feel free to contact me to arrange a visit.
Catherine Austen 