Six years ago, Making It Work gave Ontario's arts, culture and creative sector crucial workforce data. Today, everything has changed. Post-pandemic realities, AI integration, expanded gig work,… More

The latest stop on Project Bookmark Canada’s CanLit Trail will soon be unveiled at Dalhousie University. On October 18, a Bookmark with a passage from the short story “The Leaving” by Budge Wilson… More

Transdisciplinary residency program for artists, writers, creatives, scientists & researchersPeriods: 1 month (29 day periods)When: April / May / June 2026Where: Arteles Creative Center,… More

BLACK CREEK Montreal and Toronto launch

Susan Grundy | POSTED: Oct 5, 2025

Literary Reading or Event

Please join us for the Montreal and Toronto launch of BLACK CREEK (Inanna Publications) that follows a hard-edged Griffintown/Montreal architect who is held hostage by ancestral trauma from her female… More

Vaughan Public Libraries is looking for an energetic, traditionally published author who resides in Vaughan or the surrounding area to serve as VPL’s Writer-in-Residence. The residency is designed to… More

ANGEL READING SERIES October 3, 2025

Angel Di Zhang
POSTED: Oct 2, 2025

Literary Reading or Event

Angel Di Zhang presents a night of live literary readings by authors who have a recent or forthcoming book in Canada. Come hear poetry, nonfiction, and novel excerpts of 5 to 10 minutes, then meet the… More

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