Workshops
Papercut & Paste: Make a Zine with Suzanne Sutherland
From sci-fi writers, to punks and riot grrrls, people have been making zines for nearly 100 years. What's a zine about? Anything you want! Join YA author and former zine librarian Suzanne Sutherland to explore the history of zine-making and learn to make your own from start to finish.
Facilitated at various branches of the Toronto Public Library, 2016 to present
This workshop is also available in a virtual format
Selected Panels and Events
FOLD Kids Book Fest: Virtual Pitch Perfect, October 2020
Whistler Writers Festival: Insights from Insiders - Trade Publishing in Canada Today and Virtual Literary Speed-Dating, October 2020
Toronto Public Library Teens: YA Author Virtual Q&A, June 2020
Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD): Virtual Pitch Perfect, May 2020
Northern Hearts Conference: Pitch Sessions and YA Panel, September 2019
Ryerson University: Careers in English Panel, June 2019
Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD): Pitch Perfect, May 2019
West End Phoenix: Co-Host, Double or Nothing Fundraiser, May 2019
Ryerson University: Careers in English Panel, June 2018
University of Toronto Mississauga Scribes: Publishing Panel, February 2018
Whistler Writers Festival: Publishers Roundtable Discussion and Literary Speed-Dating, October 2017
CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination: Publishing Panel and One-on-One Manuscript Evaluations, November 2016
Word on the Street Toronto: Judge, Inspire Teen Reads Competition, September 2016
Canadian Writers' Summit First Page Challenge: YA/Children’s Edition, June 2016
Hart House Literary and Library Committee: YA Panel, November 2014
Word on the Street Toronto: Host, Broken Pencil Magazine's Zine Race, September 2014
Investing in Children's Book Camp London: “My Path to Publication and the World of Children’s Publishing”, August 2014
Word on the Street Toronto: YA Panel "We Found Love in a Hopeless Place", September 2013