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Thank you Intermission Magazine for sharing the wonderful news about Tara Beagan’s Governor General’s Literary Award win! www.intermissionmagazine.ca/news/tara-be...
Tara Beagan wins 2025 Governor General’s Award for drama
Her multilingual play 'Rise, Red River' connects environmental devastation with the intergenerational impacts of colonial violence.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama and a prize of $25,000. Get your copy today at www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/R/Rise...
On a background photo of a cracked red clay surface, the book cover for Rise, Red River appears on the right and above the words “Winner 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama” in bold white text beside the gold GG emblem. The book cover features a white background with a leafless tree appearing at the bottom of the image and mirrored at the top of the image upside down. In the center are the imprints of a face and two arms that look buried underground. The title and author appear at the top and bottom in bold red and orange text.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A late-night bender between two friends they’ll never forget, today we celebrate the publication day of Tyson’s Song by Peter N. Bailey. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/Tyso...
The book cover for Tyson’s Song features an orange full moon in the center on a gradient purple and blue background. Inside the moon are the faces of two black men looking up. At the bottom is an image of the Toronto skyline with the CN Tower positioned to look like a tear drop descending from one of the men’s eyes. The title of the play and author’s name appear in rough-edged white text above and below the image.
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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A shocking and suspenseful thriller about a refugee family in grave danger, today we celebrate the publication day of Earworm by Mohammad Yaghoubi. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/E/Earw...
The book cover for Earworm features a light brown illustration of a woman looking forward from the side with enormous flowing locks of hair on a beige background. Inside her hair are the faces of fifteen other women with their eyes closed. The title of the play is spelled out in hair below the image with the author’s name above it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Get 20% off until November 6 when you purchase any of our Governor General’s Literary Award finalists! Order now at playwrightscanada.com #GGBooks2025
On a background with orange and pink triangular shapes, the words “GG SALE 20% OFF UNTIL NOV 6” appear in bold white and black text beside the grey GG emblem and three book covers beside each other.
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A quest for connection inspired by the secret language of trees, today we celebrate the publication day of As Above by Christine Quintana 🌲 www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/A/As-A...
The book cover for As Above features a roughly drawn light green rectangle with an offwhite border. Inside is a watercolour painting of a green cedar tree with exposed roots. Inside the tree in white text, the words “As Above” appear with the “Above” appearing upside down. The author’s name appears below in small green text.
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A beautiful and heartbreaking journey from estrangement to reconciliation, today we celebrate the publication day of Homecoming by Kamila Sediego. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/H/Home...
The book cover for Homecoming features a light brown background resembling a woven basket. At the top is the name of the play and author in dark green text. Below is a thin brown arched line and inside is an assembly of green leaves on a small twig with a white flower on top and surrounded by white butterflies made out of paper.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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An ingenious experiment investigating the role men’s voices play in women’s stories, today we celebrate the publication day of Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/R/Red-...
The book cover for Red Like Fruit features a square image with a blue background of a red lollipop resting on its side with the white stem prominently featured on top of a white background. The words “Red Like Fruit” appear in red on the top left corner and the words “Hannah Moscovitch” appear in blue in the top right corner.
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A standing ovation for our publications shortlisted for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama! www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/Congrat...
On a gold glittering background, the book covers appear in the center beside a grey GGBooks Finalist logo. Above the graphic are the words “2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards Drama Finalists” appear in thin dark blue font.
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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In All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women, playwrights Andrea Scott and Kamila Sediego talk about the emotional and creative depths behind their plays, Get That Hope and Homecoming, which examine family, identity and belonging across cultures and generations. Read the blog here: alllitup.ca/women-asking...
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Join us for Diaspora Dialogues: Writing War at the Toronto International Festival of Authors in partnership with Diaspora Dialogues featuring Sanita Fejzić and Jumoke Verissimo: festivalofauthors.ca/event/diaspo...
Two black and white photos of the authors Sanita Fejzić and Jumoke Verissimo are side by side with pictures of their book covers centered below them. The TIFA logo is in the upper right corner and white text surrounds the image reading: “Diaspora Dialogues: Writing War, Presented in partnership with Diaspora Dialogues, Sat, Nov 1, 4:30pm, Alumni Hall, Victoria College, 91 Charles St W, Toronto, ON, Sanita Fejzić, Author of Blissful State of Surrender, Jumoke Verissimo, Author of Circumtrauma, Get festival passes at festivalofauthors.ca”
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Read this iconic conversation between Jordan Tannahill and Tony Kushner from Interview Magazine last summer about Prince F*gg*t: www.interviewmagazine.com/theater/jord...
Jordan Tannahill Takes Tony Kushner Inside "Prince Faggot"
For Jordan Tannahill, "Prince Faggot" began with a question: what if the heir to the British throne were gay? Here, he joins Tony Kushner for a wide-ranging conversation about kink, shame, fascism, ro...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We’re coming to UofT Mississauga for a pop-up play fair! Browse the best drama books at unbeatable prices on Friday, October 24 from 2-6pm on campus at Deerfield Hall 1st Floor.
Everything will be 30% off OR 50% off if you buy 3 or more books! Don’t miss out on this exclusive sale. See you there!
On a blue background, the words “Playwrights Canada Press Play Fair” appear in bold blue and white diagonal text at the top. On the right is a white speech bubble with the words in blue text “October 24, 2025 Time: 2-6pm.” Below is a typewriter with books surrounding it and a piece of paper coming out of it with black text saying “30% off all plays, 50% off if you buy 3 plays or more!” At the bottom is the Playwrights Canada Press logo in the lower left corner and the words in white text “Deerfield Hall 1st Floor.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Join us for the book launch of Homecoming.
📅 Friday, November 7, 2025 – 7:00 PM
📍 VS. Creative Lab (1884 Main Street, Vancouver, BC)
Hosted by Playwrights Theatre Centre, Mabuhay House Society & Filipino-Canadian Book Festival.
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A gripping allegory of survival and resistance, today we celebrate the publication day of CoyWolf by Colin Wolf 🐺 www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/C/CoyW...
The book cover for CoyWolf features an illustration of three wolves crouched together in a protective stance blurred against a mountain landscape and sunrise sky. In the forested part at the bottom, the text and author name appear in dark green and blue text.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Come to the Black and Caribbean Book Affair at the Blackhurst Cultural Centre on October 18 at 4pm for the "Taking the Stage" event featuring Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, author of The First Stone, and Peter N. Bailey, author of Tyson’s Song. See you there!
On a white background, a large assortment of events are displayed between October 16-18 for the Black and Caribbean Book Affair with dates and times, event listings and author photos.
October 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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We checked in with playwright Donna-Michelle St. Bernard to chat about her ambitious 54ology project, working with collaborators, and the differences between forgiveness and reconciliation explored in her profound new publication, The First Stone. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Au...
On the left is a photo of Donna-Michelle St. Bernard behind a bright red background. On the right is the book cover for The First Stone. The cover features an earthy painting of the heads of two black children. One is facing their back to us and the other is resting their chin on the other’s shoulder. The title and authors are in the bottom left corner in black and brown text.
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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An epic queer tragedy of biblical proportions, today we celebrate the publication day of The Hooves Belonged to the Deer by Makram Ayache 🦌 www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-...
#HoovesBelongedtotheDeer #LGBTQ #Arab #Christianity #Islam #Religion #Books #Theatre #CanLit
The book cover for The Hooves Belonged to the Deer features an illustration of a dark grassy area filled with flowers, shrubs and weeds in accents of red, white, purple and blue. In the center is a naked hairy man with his back to us holding a baby deer in his arms. The title and author appear on top of the male figure in bold red and white text.
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Drama: The Green Line | خطّ التماس by Makram Ayache! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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“There’s a venn diagram [in which] wolf displacement across Canada matches Indigenous displacement.”
Playwright Colin Wolf talks to Intermission Magazine about the complexities of resistance explored in his new hopepunk thriller, CoyWolf: www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/coy...
'CoyWolf' ponders the meaning of resistance
“There’s a venn diagram [in which] wolf displacement across Canada matches Indigenous displacement,” playwright Colin Wolf.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The women of Jordan Tannahill’s Prince F*gg*t talk about being royalty in this must-read feature from Vogue: www.vogue.com/article/the-...
The Women of ‘Prince Faggot’ Take Center Stage
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September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Hey Edmonton! Join us for a free book launch event tonight at the iconic indie bookstore Audreys Books to celebrate the release of Mermaid Legs by Beth Graham 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️
#Books #Theatre #YEG #Arts
An exterior street view photo of Audreys Books with a maroon awning in the front with their logo in white. Above the photo on a dark blue background are the words “Mermaid Legs Book Launch Audreys Books 10702 Jasper Ave Edmonton, AB” in teal, green and white text. At the bottom of the image is a picture of Beth Graham in a circle frame with the words “Featuring Beth Graham” in teal and blue text. Below that image are the words “Wednesday September 24 7pm” in green text. To the right of those words is an image of the book cover for Mermaid Legs. The cover features an illustrated background of blue, teal, purple and light green that resembles the ripples in a body of water. In the center are three dark blue outlines of three women while one of the figures is distorted with an irregular torso and what looks like a tail. The title and author are featured beside the figures in dark blue text.
September 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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A heartwarming exploration of neurodiversity and sisterhood, today we celebrate the publication day of Mermaid Legs by Beth Graham 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️
www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/M/Merm...
The book cover for Mermaid Legs features an illustrated background of blue, teal, purple and light green that resembles the ripples in a body of water. In the center are three dark blue outlines of three women while one of the figures is distorted with an irregular torso and what looks like a tail. The title and author are featured beside the figures in dark blue text.
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Read this spicy interview from Them with Jordan Tannahill talking about his hit play Prince F*gg*t: www.them.us/story/prince...
Pre-order your copy of the book: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/Prin...
Jordan Tannahill's ‘Prince F*gg*t’ Delves into Prince George, Gay Fetish Sex and Class Politics
“I think the theater is a site of reckoning and a place to work through complicated, difficult, uncomfortable ideas.”
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September 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Award-winning playwright Beth Graham is coming to Edmonton’s iconic indie bookstore, Audreys Books, on Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm to launch her brand new book, Mermaid Legs. Meet the author and purchase your copy hot off the press!
#Edmonton #Launch #MermaidLegs #Bookstagram #Books #Theatre
An exterior street view photo of Audreys Books with a maroon awning in the front with their logo in white. Above the photo on a dark blue background are the words “Mermaid Legs Book Launch Audreys Books 10702 Jasper Ave Edmonton, AB” in teal, green and white text. At the bottom of the image is a picture of Beth Graham in a circle frame with the words “Featuring Beth Graham” in teal and blue text. Below that image are the words “Wednesday September 24 7pm” in green text. To the right of those words is an image of the book cover for Mermaid Legs. The cover features an illustrated background of blue, teal, purple and light green that resembles the ripples in a body of water. In the center are three dark blue outlines of three women while one of the figures is distorted with an irregular torso and what looks like a tail. The title and author are featured beside the figures in dark blue text.
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM