Helena, a woman who has embraced life as though someone left the gate open, is proud to have given birth to her latest book. Dispatches from Canada's North is a memoir that delves into the question of… More
At 92, Ben is more creative than anyone else I know. He will be back to his old stomping grounds on the Sunshine Coast, BC, where he wrote Flying With White Eagle, and where he he found his healing… More
Gina Brown, of Halifax, recently launched her third novel, Pickled in Love, a romantic comedy about life, love and pickleball. The story centers on two fifty-somethings and the challenges they… More
Participating in this year's TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors) with Portuguese author Maria João Lopo de Carvalho
Irene Marques | POSTED: Oct 30, 2025Literary Reading or Event
Participating in this year's TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors) with Portuguese author Maria João Lopo de Carvalho Nov 1 Sat, 2:00pm ↑ 3:00pm. Venue: Emmanuel College (University of… More
Ottawa Romance Writers November Workshop, Romance Meets Strategy: Deep-Dive Business Training for Romance Authors with Kimberley Grabas
Elizabeth F. ShearlyPOSTED: Oct 27, 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, 2… More
Susan McCaslin’s latest volume of poetry, Named & Nameless (Inanna Publications, Aug. 2025) has been launched in Vancouver, and read at a venue in Fort Langley, BC near where she lives. She… More
Book launch for Home for Margaret, by Denise Davy, (published by Groundwood Books) at Different Drummer Books, 513 Locust St., Burlington. More
Shelley A. Leedahl wins poetry award celebrating longtime Ladysmith, BC mayor Kay Grouhel, and reads work at public unveiling of beachside commemorative sign
Shelley A. Leedahl | POSTED: Oct 21, 2025Congratulations
Vancouver Island writer and longtime TWUC member, Shelley A. Leedahl, won a $500 poetry award celebrating former Ladysmith, BC mayor (1964-1975), Kay Grouhel. A public unveiling and reading of the… More
Diana Hayes's debut novella, "Looking for Cornelius"
Diana HayesPOSTED: Oct 21, 2025
New Publication
Poet Diana Hayes’s debut novella, Looking for Cornelius, was published September 2025 by Wipf & Stock/Resource Publications.A gorgeous, poignant tale of homecoming told with a keen sense of poetic… More
A Room in the Forest, was published by Caitlin Press in 2025. Set on "the islands of the people" better known as Haida Gwaii, Lily's story, in some ways, mirrors my own awakening to the injustices… More
