On Stage at the IdeaHUB

Don’t forget to check out the IdeaHUB on Thursday

10:30 am – 11:25 am

CANSCAIP Authors

The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) invites you to join them for a lively session as some of today’s best children’s authors talk up their brand new creations.

  • Hosted by: Karen Krossing
  • Katie Arthur, What If Marty Doesn’t Like My Party? Owlkids Books
  • Lea Beddia, My Green Style, Lorimer Children and Teens
  • Lana Button, First Ones on the Ice, Nimbus Publishing
  • Dana Church, The Monarch Effect: Surviving Poison, Predators, and People, Scholastic Focus
  • Jennifer Harris, The Keeper of Stars, Owlkids Books
  • Nadia Hohn, Getting Us to Grandma’s, Groundwood Books; and Patty Dreams, Owlkids Books
  • Deborah Kerbel, Iggy Included, Scholastic Canada; What About an Octopus?, Owlkids Books; and No Huddles for Heloise, Orca Book Publishers
  • Catherine Little, Anne of the Library-on-the-Hill, Plumleaf Press
  • Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, Tizzy and Me: Fifteen Ways to Love a Mink, Red Deer Press
  • Sylvia McNicoll, Blue to the Sky, DCB Kids
  • Monique Polak, Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory, Orca Book Publishers
  • Anna Rosner, Eyes on the Ice, Groundwood Books
  • Catherine Rondina, Zoom In on Zombies, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
  • Jessica Vitalis, Unsinkable Cayenne, Greenwillow / HarperCollins Canada
  • Zenia Wadhwani, Once Upon A Sari, Tundra Books
  • Kari-Lynn Winters, Hungry for Engineering: Poems to Gnaw On!, Fitzhenry & Whiteside

12:30 pm – 12:55 pm

The Library as a Catalyst for Academic Success

Andres Krisch, Regional Sales Director, JoVE

Discover how librarians can play a pivotal role in enhancing academic success by connecting faculty and students with impactful digital resources like JoVE videos. This session will explore strategies for integrating video content into teaching and learning, fostering deeper understanding of complex topics, and supporting diverse learning styles. Learn how to collaborate with faculty to align resources with curriculum needs and empower students to achieve their academic goals. Together, we’ll discuss how libraries can drive engagement and innovation through thoughtful resource curation and support.

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Crime Time

Moderated by Jass Aujla (Crime Writers of Canada’s Regional Director for Ontario (SWNG) and author of Next of Twin), members of Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) will tantalize you with fast-paced introductions to their mystery, suspense, and true crime titles and deliver an open-and-shut case for listing their books in your library. From cozies to procedurals, thrillers, and hard-boiled, we offer fiction and nonfiction stories for everyone.

CWC is a national non-profit organization for Canadian mystery and crime writers, associated professionals, and others with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing. Our mission is to promote Canadian crime writing and to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers with librarians, readers, reviewers, fans of the genres, booksellers, and media.

  • David W. Barber, Hedshot and Mugshot, Indent Publishing
  • Paul Egli, PROPOFOL, Amazon
  • Irene Fantopoulos, All the Evil Scatters, and Luck of the Draw, KDP Publishing
  • C. Fitton, Her Dead Boyfriend, Kingsley Publishers
  • Alice Fitzpatrick, Secrets in the Water, Stonehouse Publishing
  • Susan Goldenberg, Deadly Triangle: The Famous Architect, His Wife, Their Chauffeur and Murder Most Foul, Dundurn Press
  • Madeleine Harris-Callway, The 13th Letter, Carrick Publishing
  • Gordon Jones, Fighting for Decency, DarkWinter Press
  • Sylvia Maultash Warsh, The Orphan, Auctus Publishers
  • Jim McDonald, Altered Boy, AmalitBooks
  • Jaroslav (Jerry) Petryshyn, Burdens To Bury, Iguana
  • Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, The Road to Heaven, Dundurn Press
  • Lorne Tepperman, Deadly Donation, Rock’s Mills Press
  • David Wickenden, The Origami Deception, David Wickenden