Tariq Malik's poetry book Blood of Stone (Caitlin Press, 2024) wins 2025 BC Book Award from SCWES.

Tāriq Malik
POSTED: Oct 1, 2025

Contest or Award

I am honoured to announce my second poetry book Blood of Stone (Caitlin Press, 2024) has won the 2025 BC Book Award from SCWES. More

Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain

Cait Gordon | POSTED: Oct 1, 2025

New Publication

I’m so excited to announce the release of my first-ever short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain (Dinsdale Press). It has words of praise from Kate Heartfield, Dr.… More

Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award on October 14, 2025 6:30pm in Ottawaa

Amanda Earl
POSTED: Oct 1, 2025

Literary Reading or Event

Amanda Earl hosts the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award reading and ceremony. Bywords.ca will be launching After all this hurt , Mahaila Smith’s chapbook with readings by this year's John Newlove Poetry… More

Ottawa Romance Writers October Workshop, Fated Mates: Tarot and Storytelling

Elizabeth F. Shearly | POSTED: Oct 1, 2025

Workshop or Retreat

Ottawa Romance Writers holds publicly accessible workshops with topic experts the first Sunday of every month! Get your ticket on Eventbrite.Please join us on Zoom at 2pm Eastern on Sunday, 5 October,… More

An Abrupt Departure (A Bleeding Hearts Valley Thriller)

P.D. Workman
POSTED: Oct 1, 2025

New Publication

Welcome to Bleeding Hearts Valley, a standalone series of interconnected thrillers in one twisted midwestern suburb.An abandoned apartment holds deadly secrets.When Graham Hall, owner of "Hall it… More

A raw, searching and intimate memoir, Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a conversation between two acclaimed writers about silence and shame and what it means to come of age as young women.Over the course… More

Awards of Excellence Hosted by Crime Writers of Canada - French

David Wickenden
POSTED: Sep 30, 2025

Contest or Award

 www.facebook.com/Crime.Writers.Canadawww.youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279 www. x.com/crimewriterscan www.instagram.com/crimewriterscanadaAPPEL DE CANDIDATURES : PRIX… More

Awards of Excellence Hosted by Crime Writers of Canada - English

David Wickenden | POSTED: Sep 30, 2025

Contest or Award

 CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2026 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECrime Writers of Canada Opens Submissions for Prestigious 2026 Awards of Excellence with $4,750 in… More

Poetry Book Launch: Ajar by Margo LaPierre

Margo LaPierre
POSTED: Sep 29, 2025

New Publication

Margo LaPierre, freelance editor and writer, has a new poetry collection forthcoming with Guernica Editions this October. Ajar celebrates radical recovery from violence and psychotic… More

Audreys Books in Edmonton (Jasper Avenue and 107 St) is the location of the book launch for my new mystery novel, which takes place in County Wexford, Ireland. Everyone is invited.After all the drama… More