Chaos Calling wins the 2025 Canadian Book Club Awards for SCI-FI/Fantasy
E. M. WilliamsPOSTED: Feb 11, 2026
Contest or Award
Chaos Calling: Book I of The Xenthian Cycle by E. M. Williams has won the 2025 Canadian Book Club Award in SCI-FI/Fantasy. The annual awards program highlights the best titles in 13 genres, as chosen… More
Groundwood Books’ Karen Li has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Nancy Vo’s Ellway, a gently humorous story about a trio of companions who work together to problem solve when they… More
A Silent Serenade These poems speak lucidly about the beauty of Nature that is awe-inspiring. Its beauty is everywhere—it is mesmerising and spell binding. The poet requests the reader to… More
Self-Publishing 101 (from a 2025 Debut Author)
Elizabeth F. Shearly | POSTED: Jan 27, 2026Workshop or Retreat
Join the Ottawa Romance Writers at our monthly virtual workshop!OverviewThinking about self-publishing but not sure where to start? In this practical, presentation-style workshop, 2025 debut author… More
With the forecast calling for another dreary Sunday, why not get cozy and tune your dial to Readers Delight—a beloved KW literary arts radio program hosted by Suzanne Craig-Whytock, publisher of… More
ATTENTION: Indigenous & Racialized Authors: Become Members of CultureBrew.Art
C.E. Gatchalian | POSTED: Jan 21, 2026Member Activity
A digital platform created by racialized artists for BIPOC artists by Vancouver-based arts company Visceral Visions, CultureBrew.Art (CBA) features a Canada-wide searchable database of Indigenous and… More
Amherst Writers & Artists Write Around the World
Susan WaddsPOSTED: Jan 20, 2026
Workshop or Retreat
In February, Amherst Writers & Artists bring writers across the globe together to write in the AWA Method.AWA-certified facilitators volunteer to offer online writing groups. You’ll find sessions… More
Silence Is Full of Sound (Novmber, 2025, Ekstasis Editions) is a collection of ekphrastic, narrative, and lyric poetry that takes the reader from the Emily Carr and Friends sculpture in… More
from Carolyn Whitney-Brown: I've started a Substack called Comics from a Live Edge: Overthinking and illustrating "hope". https://carolynwhitneybrown.substack.com/about Have a look and… More
North Shore Writers Association 30th Annual Writing Contest
NSWA | POSTED: Jan 7, 2026Contest or Award
The North Shore Writers Association is holding its annual contest: Jan 15th- March 15th 2026. Open to all Canadian residents, the contest is looking for Fiction, Non Fiction, and Poetry under 2,000… More
