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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 2d

The next HEA Canada newsletter will go out on Wednesday. Do you have an event coming up in Romancelandia, Canada? Let me know so I can spread the word! (newsletter signup link in comments)

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Please fill out this form so your event can be quickly and efficiently listed on the website (https://canlitromance.ca/events-in-romancelandia-canada/) and in the newsletter (https://canlitromance.ca/...

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

I often have hours'-worth of event updates to do and, ultimately, I fail to post several because I just run out of time to do it before the event happens :(

Thank you kindly for your time, for your support, and for celebrating Romance writing and reading across Canada!

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

I take a screenshot every time I see an event notice online. If I'm filling out the listing myself, this can take anywhere from 3 to 10 mins., depending on how much research I have to do to verify the information.

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

If you could please share the doc link with your followers on any and all platforms -- including your newsletter if you have one, at your writers meetings, etc. -- I would be so incredibly grateful.

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

Right now my event pages and newsletter are decent resources, but I long for them to be more reliable and robust. This is a community service, and the way these event notices will work to serve everyone in our community is with community help. I KNOW I am missing event listings.

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

My goal is that event hosts (and/or featured guests) always think of HEA Canada for marketing and submit their event listing to my google doc.

This enables me to copy and paste the information in all the places readily and reliably.

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · 22d

Re: Romance Bookish Events in Canada:

If you're reading this post, I would really appreciate your help spreading the news about my Events pages, newsletter, and of equal importance, this form: forms.gle/myQ2tBrAiuQB...

Please fill out this form so your event can be quickly and efficiently listed on the website (https://canlitromance.ca/events-in-romancelandia-canada/) and in the newsletter (https://canlitromance.ca/...

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's Kynk Your Kindle day! Sadie has thoughtfully marked CanLit Romance authors with the Canadian flag. Spice up your ereaders, bookdragons!

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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · Jul 18

The main purpose of my Patreon is to raise funds for a new migraine treatment. Every share helps me find another subscriber, so please boost generously. For $3 a month, you can get a weekly write up about some little known Hollywood history.

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Jul 10

Are you looking for Romance bookish events happening in Canada? Do I have a newsletter for you! Next edition headed to a inbox near you on Tuesday July 15th--but you can head over to the Events page on my website anytime, I update frequently.

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Jun 15

Also asking Romancelandia Canada bookish event hosts and vendors to submit event listings to my form so I can copy and paste into my web pages and newsletter!

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Please fill out this form so your event can be quickly and efficiently listed on the website (https://canlitromance.ca/events-in-romancelandia-canada/) and in the newsletter (https://canlitromance.ca/...

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Jun 15

I'm just a bookish event enthusiast, updating her events web pages, asking the bookish event hosts to please include the city and province/territory of the event location in their marketing.

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Jun 8

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Jun 8

Romancelandia, Canada: What are you doing this summer?
My next newsletter goes out June 15th, tell me what you're up to via this form so that I can tell everyone else!

Newsletter sign-up link in the comments.

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Please fill out this form so your event can be quickly and efficiently listed on the website (https://canlitromance.ca/events-in-romancelandia-canada/) and in the newsletter (https://canlitromance.ca/...

Paul Coccia: 3 Queer YA Emma Retellings to Celebrate Clueless’ 30th and Jane Austen’s 250th

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 29

Southern Ontario, you've got a lot of opportunities to meet Romance authors on Saturday!

Click below for hyperlinked goodness.
(typo on Cheryl's name already fixed!)

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Sara Clement in Cambridge, Sonya Singh in Guelph, Will Forrest in Port Dover, Lindsey-Anne Pontes and Cheryl S Robak in Waterloo, and Romancing the Falls in Niagara Falls.

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 21

My guest blogger today is author Paul Coccia, celebrating the birthdays of Austen and Clueless by deep diving into the delight of 3 queer retellings of Emma. Read all about it!

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Although publishers may have seen three queer Emma retellings as a bad sales omen, rather than creating a Cher and Amber or Emma and Jane Fairfax rivalry, we embraced the rainbow and created distin…

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you so much for this post, Alison! Looking forward to reading your debut!

Alison McKenzie: Who gets an HEA? Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love self-publishing

HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 20

Today's HEA Canada guest blogger is debut author Alison McKenzie @amckenziewrites.bsky.social, who tells the story of how her medieval romance novel went from querying quandary to invigorated indie.

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But “your characters’ identities are such that romance readers won’t want to read about them, and romance publishers won’t want to buy a book about them?” That’s not fixable. I didn’t want to fix i…

Kink Your bookshelf is home to the Kynk your Kyndle free book blast. The place to load up your ereader with free kinky books.

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 16

TODAY ONLY! Kink Your Bookshelf! 70+ freebies to spice up your summer reading list. Canadian authors are marked with the Maple Leaf!

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 16

HIS WEEKEND: Allison Temple's We Love Canada sale! 120 Romance novels by Canadian authors are only 99 cents each until Monday!

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We Love Canada — Allison Temple Books

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 8

Next edition of the HEA Canada newsletter goes out on May 16th: and it's going to have a spicy treat!

Sign up, then have a look at the events page ASAP, May has a lot of fun stuff going on!

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Unlocking Success with Kobo Writing Life: A Guide for Romance Authors

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · May 5

I've seen a lot of curiosity about indie authors selling e-books on Kobo around the skies, and so I'm extra pleased to host this guest blog post by the Kobo Writing Life team!

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Kobo Writing Life (KWL) is a fantastic self-publishing platform that empowers authors to share their love stories with the world. With its Canadian roots and a strong commitment to showcasing local…

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HEA Canada: A CanLit Romance Hub @canlitromance.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you :D