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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 093 – Interviews from When Words Collide

by kobowritinglife | Sep 27, 2017 | KWL Podcast

Episode 93 includes a series of short interviews that KWL Director, Mark Lefebvre conducted at the 2017 When Words Collide conference in Calgary, Alberta. Mark speaks with authors Robert J. Sawyer and C.C. Humphreys as well as marketing consultant Mickey Mikkelson...

Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 87 – Perils, Pitfalls and Perseverance with Eve Silver

by kobowritinglife | Jul 12, 2017 | KWL Podcast

Episode 87 of the Kobo Writing Life podcast features a keynote address from one of When Words Collide’s 2016 Guest of Honour, Eve Silver. Eve is a national bestselling author of books for adults and teens, has won the Ontario Library Association’s “Forest of Reading...

Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 79 – Julie Czerneda on Dreamers & Dreamweavers

by kobowritinglife | Mar 29, 2017 | KWL Podcast

Julie Czerneda, an international bestselling science fiction and fantasy author from Canada, was one of the Author Guests of Honour at the 2016 When Words Collide conference which takes place in Calgary each year in late summer. When Words Collide is an annual...

ATTENTION MARKETING: LUCKY PENNY

by kobowritinglife | Jan 3, 2017 | The Business of Writing

Creating interesting merchandising and swag to help gain attention for your products always involves a combination of creativity and business savvy. We were quite delighted to see what author Madison Avery did when we met her launching her book at When Words Collide...

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