The Canadian Book Market 2025 is out now

BookNet Canada | POSTED: Apr 23, 2026

New Publication

Books by Canadians made up 14% of print book sales in Canada in 2025 — up from 12% in 2024. Canadian-owned publishers made up 6.2% of the total market share of books sold in Canada in 2025, up from… More

Planet Earth Poetry reading featuring Rob McLennan, Anna Yin and Phoebe Wang

Anna Yin | POSTED: Apr 17, 2026

Literary Reading or Event

PLANET EARTH POETRY is a 30-year-old weekly reading series celebrating poets and poetry. Our season runs from September—June (with a break in December) featuring local poets and poets from across… More

EAWLC Dialogue | Borderless: Richard Greene and Anna Yin on Cannibal Rats

Anna Yin
POSTED: Apr 17, 2026

Literary Reading or Event

Come to join two poets for an intriguing evening exploring poetry, translation, human condition and life experience intertwined in between, and contribute your own perspective and interpretation!Time:… More

Gold Star : New Poetry Book Publication

Emma McKenna | POSTED: Apr 16, 2026

New Publication

In this candid and moving collection, Emma McKenna explores the multifaceted themes of bodily autonomy, capturing the empowerment of queer femme identity.Drawn from the experience of growing up in… More

OFFERING EDITING & CONSULTATION SERVICES

C.E. Gatchalian
POSTED: Apr 13, 2026

Employment or Volunteer Opportunity

TWUC member CE Gatchalian is a playwright, novelist, and editor with over two decades of professional experience. He has edited approximately 30 books, in addition to numerous plays and manuscripts at… More

Ruth DyckFehderau and James Bay Cree storytellers win Electa Quinney Award

Ruth DyckFehderau | POSTED: Apr 12, 2026

Congratulations

Ruth DyckFehderau and her James Bay Cree colleagues (Elders, storytellers) have won the Electa Quinney Award for Published Indigenous Stories (Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures)… More

Playwriting and Theatre Arts in Healthcare with TWUC Member Dr Charles Hayter

Charles Hayter
POSTED: Apr 8, 2026

Literary Reading or Event

Drawing on his experience as an award-winning playwright, TWUC member Charles Hayter, author of Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic (UTP, 2022) shines a spotlight on the… More

H. Nigel Thomas's novel Montreal Book Launch A DIFFERENT HURRICANE

H. Nigel Thomas | POSTED: Apr 7, 2026

New Publication

My novel AND THEN AGAIN BEGIN (volume 4 of the NO SAFEGUARDS QUARTET) was published by Guernica on April 1, 2026. It will be launched in Toronto on April 26, 2026 at  3:30 pm at… More

Picture Book: An Ogre in Gnomevale / Un ogre dans la vallée des gnomes

Joanne Lecuyer
POSTED: Apr 3, 2026

New Publication

There is no place like Gnomevale at harvest time. That is, until an ogre decides to join in the festivities. A lovely story about how friendship comes in all sizes. Another wonderful collaboration… More

Call for Submissions: Short Stories

META Talent Agency | POSTED: Apr 2, 2026

Call For Submissions

META Talent Agency is a Canadian film & TV literary agency with a mission to help Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) prose writers adapt their short stories for film & television.… More