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For Kids

Cricket – publisher of the kids’ magazines Babybug, Ladybug, Click, Spider, Ask, Cricket, Muse, and Cicada
Highlights for Children – the magazine of stories, pictures, games, and puzzles for kids
OWL Kids Online – publisher of the kids’ magazines OWL, chickaDEE, and Chirp
Stone Soup – the magazine by young writers and artists

For Children’s Writers

Book Editors: Children’s Books – names and addresses for children’s book editors at every publisher you can think of
Canadian Children’s Book Centre – non-profit organization that promotes, supports, and encourages the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens
Canadian Toy Testing Council – non-profit organization that tests toys and books, helping parents to make good purchases
CANSCAIP – Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers
Children’s Book Council – non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books
The Children’s Literature Web Guide – Internet resources related to books for children and young adults
CWILL BC – Children’s Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia
The Purple Crayon – all about writing, illustrating, and publishing children’s books
SCBWI – Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable – an assembly of enthusiasts who meet to share and discuss good books, meet authors and illustrators, encourage Canadian talent, and promote reading and publishing
Write4Kids.com – billed as “the children’s writing supersite”

For All Kinds of Writers

Canadian Authors Association – Canada’s national writing organization
Federation of BC Writers – a non-profit organization of professional and emerging writers, writing in all genres, from every region of the province
National Writers Union – the union for freelance writers working in US markets
Publishers Lunch – the industry’s daily essential read
The Writers’ Union of Canada – Canada’s national organization of professional writers

Sheri’s Favourite Authors – for Kids & Teens

Judy Blume Ann Brashares Libba Bray Meg Cabot Orson Scott Card Beverly Cleary Rachel Cohn Eoin Colfer Suzanne Collins Kate DiCamillo Cory Doctorow Cornelia Funke Shannon Hale

Richelle Mead Stephenie Meyer Robert Munsch Kenneth Oppel Gary Paulsen Susan Beth Pfeffer Philip Pullman J.K. Rowling Darren Shan Lemony Snicket Scott Westerfeld Lara M. Zeises Gabrielle Zevin

Sheri’s Favourite Authors – for Adults

Douglas Adams Margaret Atwood Douglas Coupland Emma Donoghue Jasper Fforde Diana Gabaldon Lisa Genova Malcolm Gladwell Nick Hornby Marian Keyes Sophie Kinsella

Wally Lamb Stieg Larsson Armistead Maupin Christopher Moore Erica Orloff Jodi Picoult Terry Pratchett David Sedaris Anita Shreve Neal Stephenson Jennifer Weiner

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