Canadian Publishing Industry News
11 March 2019,    
MagsWest 21 Speakers Get High Ratings
One of 17 sessions
One of 17 sessions
MagsWest conference had  about eighty delegates registered over the three days, attendees rated most of the 17 sessions and 21 speakers very highly. Of special note were Sarah Hoyles’ Podcasting intensive (“Really engaging. So many takeaways!!” “Really awesome that you got to try out what she was talking about”), Ian MacKenzie’s The Art of Crowdfunding workshop (“Best session of the conference”),
 
Patrick Sauriol’s Discoverability presentation (“Patrick gave very concrete examples and tips. Sarah Veness’ First Impressions intensive lab on optimizing online images ( “Brilliant – magic”) and Phoebe Wang’s Building Relationships with Emerging BIPOC Writers. Many other sessions were also highly rated, including Emilee Gilpin’s The Power of Representation keynote and the Supporting Asian Canadian Writers panel.
 
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