Spotlight

Ayelet Tsabari
A picture of Ayelet wearing a traditional Yemeni head covering at the home of her singing teacher.

Cooper Lee Braithwaite
Through the Professional Development Grant Cooper Lee Braithwaite received from the Foundation in 2021, he was able to deepen his craft through a two-week writer’s residency at Nova Scotia’s Port Bickerton Lighthouse as well as two virtual creative writing workshops he attended.
The Port Bickerton Lighthouse, in a photo taken by Cooper during his residency there.

CANSCAIP
CANSCAIP’s Events Grant from Access Copyright Foundation in 2020 helped it to host the I Write Canadian Festival which occurred virtually during 2021’s I Read Canadian Day. The festival saw four videos (three in English, one in French) launched on YouTube featuring 20 children’s authors and illustrators.

Maria Sabaye
Maria Saba’s Professional Development Grant helped to cover expenses related to a residency at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan as she worked on revising the first draft of her upcoming novel.

Frye Festival
Access Copyright Foundation’s 2020 Events Grant to the Frye Festival supported the creation of seven Story Time readings featuring English- and French-language Canadian writers that were made available on YouTube.

The FOLD
Through the FOLD’s Events Grant from the Access Copyright in 2020, it helped ensure that the Festival could welcome over 30 authors from Canada and internationally to the Zoom platform for five days of dynamic literary events and discussions.