Essay published in Queen's Quarterly

Anna Shannon | POSTED: Jan 2, 2026

New Publication

I am pleased to announce that my essay 'How to Restore a Family Quilt' appeared in the latest issue of Queen's Quarterly. Winter 2026, Vol. 132, No. 4)  More

Stitching Canada Together One Story at a Time

Arianna Dagnino | POSTED: Dec 21, 2025

Literary Reading or Event

Writers Arianna Dagnino and Stefano Gulmanelli will present Canada, In Person: Meeting the People Who Make a Country in an illustrated talk in Vancouver on Thursday, 29 January 2026 at SFU Morris J.… More

The Writer's Guide to Obsidian

P.D. Workman
POSTED: Dec 21, 2025

New Publication

Are your writing notes scattered across apps, folders, and notebooks? Tired of word processors that crash, lose formatting, or don’t match your creative flow?The Writer’s Guide to… More

Author Barbara Black Wins 2025 City of Victoria Book Prize

Barbara Black | POSTED: Dec 15, 2025

Congratulations

Little Fortified StoriesBarbara Black | Caitlin PressFrom the jury:Little Fortified Stories, Barbara Black’s award-winning collection of flash fictions, is a beautiful combination of powerful… More

Halifax Writer on TMR Best Fiction List

Gina Brown
POSTED: Dec 10, 2025

Contest or Award

Gina Brown’s third novel, Pickled in Love, appeared on The Miramichi Reader's 2025 Best Fiction list -- a romantic comedy about the challenges of two hesitant fifty-somethings pursuing second-chance… More

Time Enough Book of Year 2025 Bronze Medallion

Lise Mayne | POSTED: Dec 9, 2025

Contest or Award

Delighted to announce that my novel Time Enough was selected by Coffee Pot Book Club for a Book of the Year 2025 Award, Bronze, Category: Historical Fiction, Westward Expansion. Time Enough is about a… More

A Chickpea Festival to Die For!Bald Eagle Falls is buzzing with excitement as it prepares for its inaugural “ChickPea Palooza, the World’s Largest Festival Celebrating the Humble Chickpea.”When a… More

Nasreen Pejvack’s new book, A Call to Unite

Nasreen Pejvack
POSTED: Dec 4, 2025

New Publication

Nasreen Pejvack’s new book A Call to Unite, published in April 2025, is a collection of 20 essays, each focusing on some aspect of our troubles here on our home planet Earth, and the difficulties… More

Forthcoming Book Release

M.A.C. Farrant
POSTED: Dec 3, 2025

New Publication

M.A.C. Farrant's new non-fiction book, Seventy-Two Seasons: a memoir about noticing, will be released by Ronsdale Press on Feb 2nd 2026.“M.A.C. Farrant names the world for us in such a way that the… More

COVID-related almanac 'Road to Recovery' now available.

Jon Peirce | POSTED: Dec 3, 2025

Literary Reading or Event

I will be signing copies of Ann McMillan's and my new COVID-related almanac for seniors, 'The Road to Recovery,' at a lobby sale at 400 Stewart St. this Friday from 3 to 7 p.m., and again on Saturday,… More