About
I Help Meaningful Work Reach the People It Was Made For
Important work deserves to last. I'm Yvette Farkas — an author, knowledge architect, and publishing strategist whose work sits at the intersection of storytelling, structure, and transformation.
For more than twenty-five years, I have helped founders, professionals, and authors turn expertise and experience into books, thought leadership, and publishing systems that keep working long after the first launch.
From award-winning children's literature to cultural archives and health education, my work has always lived in the same place — where a clear idea, a strong structure, and a human story meet.
The thread
Most expertise never becomes true authority
It stays scattered across presentations, notes, unfinished drafts, and years of experience that never quite reach the people who need them. That is the problem I solve. I work at the meeting point of publishing, editorial leadership, communications strategy, curriculum design, and knowledge architecture — helping people transform what they know into work that creates trust, visibility, and lasting impact. A book should do more than exist. It should move your work forward.
Selected experience
Twenty-five years of publishing
- Built publishing systems, editorial workflows, and knowledge platforms for authors, founders, and organizations across Canada and internationally.
- Published twenty-plus titles across print and digital — award-winning children's literature, a five-hundred-page cultural archive, and health education.
- Created From Manuscript to Market, a ninety-day framework that takes authors from idea to published authority.
- Founded Singing Soul Books, my imprint, and co-founded Booyah Books + Beats with Marcel Szenessy.
- Work as a Knowledge Architect — editorial strategy, systems design, and long-form content architecture for people building premium authority.
Why this work matters to me
I have always believed books should do more than inform. They should change how we see the world — and ourselves.
How a child sees themselves. How a family handles a hard conversation. How an expert finally gives shape to work they have carried for years.
Some books comfort. Some preserve a legacy. Some become the foundation of an entirely new future.
That is the work I care about — not simply publishing. I'm moved by helping meaningful ideas become something people can hold, return to, and remember.
Recognition
Selected honors & features
- Readers' Favorite 5-Star Award
- 2026 American Writing Awards Finalist
- Globe & Mail
- CBC Radio
- National Library of Canada
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Mindvalley University
- Future You Summit Dubai
- Centennial College
- York University
Some ideas are too important to stay in a drawer
Whether it becomes a children's book, a thought-leadership platform, a legacy project, or the foundation of your authority — it deserves to be built properly.