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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 7h

Today we honour the Indigenous artists whose stories, traditions, and artistry awaken culture and spirit. Through theatre and storytelling, they invite us to listen, remember, dream, and understand one another and the world around us. #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousArtists

On an orange background, the text “My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.” -Attributed to Louis Riel Featured in Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan” appears on top in black and white text. Below it is the cover for Women of the Fur Trade which features an Indigenous-style painting of a tree on a bright green background with white roots whose many branches sprout different kinds of flowers. The name of the play and author are at the top of the image in black and white text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Zorana Sadiq chats with All Lit Up about her new book Comfort Food, the performative identities in the age of chronic internet use, and the practices that ground her writing process. Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Daniel MacIvor will be featured at the 2026 Cabot Trail Writers Festival alongside a stellar lineup of exciting authors from October 2 to 4, 2026 to talk about playwriting and his new book, Your Show Here. Book tickets here: www.cabottrailwritersfestival.com/currentfesti...

On a peach coloured background, the words “Cabot Trail Writers Festival Oct 2-4, 2026 St. Ann’s We’koqma’q” appears at the top in thin black text. Below it is a nature painting of a seaside landscape beside a photo of Daniel MacIvor and the book cover for Your Show Here. The cover features a close-up photograph of Daniel Brook’s face smiling amidst a bouquet of yellow tulips. Above the photo on a black panel is the title and author in blog white text. Below the book cover are the words “Featuring Daniel MacIvor Author of Your Show Here” in thin black text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Being bad never felt so good. WILDWOMAN now available: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/W/WILD...

On a green fuzzy background is the book cover for WILDWOMAN by Kat Sandler in the center with a light pink shadow underneath. The cover features a dark green background with an Elizabethan woman standing center with her hands in front of her holding a warthog and wearing a neck ruffle and green puffed sleeves. On top of her head is an empty birdcage, antlers at each side of her head with sparrow heads on the tips and her brown hair has two bear heads on each side of her head. The title and author appears on the top and bottom of the image in bright pink text. Above the cover in green text is “From the Author of Yaga” and on the bottom in green and pink text reads: “There’s enough story and colourful, real-life characters to power a couple of seasons of a prestige TV costume drama.” —Toronto Star

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You're invited to our fabulous fall book launch on Monday, September 28 at 7 PM featuring a star-studded lineup of some of Canada's finest dramatists! RSVP for FREE here: www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/Playwri...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A distant woodsman reconnects with his estranged family, today we celebrate the publication day of Come Down From Up River by Norm Foster. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/C/Come...

On a background of a river amidst a fall landscape is the book cover for Come Down From Up River. The cover features an illustration of the front of a public bus driving on the road with the silhouette of a man with a cap inside. The title appears on the front of the bus where the destination would appear and the author’s name appears on the road in yellow diagonal text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two Filipinx women revel in a blissful romance on borrowed time, today we celebrate the publication day of Kisapmata by Bianca Miranda. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/K/Kisa...

On a sparkly pink and purple background is the book cover for Kisapmata. The cover features a swirling sparkly background awash with purple, pink and yellow colours. On top are three sets of eyes on top of each other that go from open to half closed to closed. The title and author appear in the middle in black text. Beneath that are another set of open eyes and inside the pupils are the faces of two brown-skinned women looking at each other.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Being bad never felt so good. From the author of Yaga, today we celebrate the publication day of WILDWOMAN by Kat Sandler. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/W/WILD...

On a background of brown fur is the book cover for WILDWOMAN. The cover features a dark green background with an Elizabethan woman standing center with her hands in front of her holding a warthog and wearing a neck ruffle and green puffed sleeves. On top of her head is an empty birdcage, antlers at each side of her head with sparrow heads on the tips and her brown hair has two bear heads on each side of her head. The title and author appears on the top and bottom of the image in bright pink text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We caught up with collaborators Maddie Bautista and Deanna H. Choi to talk about Pacific Mall, model minority myths, and using comedy as resistance in their uproarious and interactive play, Love You Wrong Time. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Hu...

On a dark purple background, there is an aerial photo of Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista lying on the floor in opposite directions wearing yellow outfits in moody green and pink lighting. Above are the words “Humour became the tool for our resistance” in white text surrounded by light purple quotation marks. The book cover for Love You Wrong Time appears beside the photo eschew and below it are the words “Interview with Maddie Bautista and Deanna H. Choi Co-Authors of Love You Wrong Time”.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What happens when the people shaping history are just as complicated, opinionated, and fallible as everyone else? Read this Open Book interview with Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman about her new book and hit premiere at the Stratford Festival, The King James Bible Play. open-book.ca/News/Four-Ce...

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Four Centuries of Language, Power, and Creation in THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY

What happens when the people shaping history are just as complicated, opinionated, and fallible as everyone else? The King James Bible Play (Playwrights ...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A Bollywood-infused romance stuck in the bureaucratic limbo of immigration, read an excerpt from An IMM-Permanent Resident by Neha Poduval & Himanshu Sitlani. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Re...

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Read an excerpt from An IMM-Permanent Resident

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come visit our exclusive book sale at the Arts Club’s BMO Radar from 6-10pm for four nights only: August 26-29. And we’ll be offering sweet discounts! 30% off everything or 50% off for 3 or more books. To learn more and register for these entirely free events, visit artsclub.com/artistic-pro...

At the bottom is a faded photo of a group gathering together in a circle with a music stand in the foreground with the words “Arts Club Theatre” handwritten on it. Three book covers hover above the image and the event details are written around the image in yellow, green and purple bold text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Summer Sales Week ends this Sunday! Get 30% off everything on our website. www.playwrightscanada.com

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A sacred text and a secular reckoning, today we celebrate the publication day of The King James Bible Play by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-...

On a background of an open bible with verses, the book cover for The King James Bible Play appears in the center. The book cover features a dark grey border of classical Biblical artwork. Inside against a light grey background is hand holding a black pencil with a pineapple eraser on the end. On the hand is the word “Genesis” followed by the opening scriptures of the Bible.” The name and author appear above and below this image in thin black underlined text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Our Fall 2026 Catalogue has arrived! 🍂📚✨ Featuring the latest works from leading dramatists to dazzling debuts from exciting emerging playwrights, you're bound to fall for this dynamic assembly of dramatic literature. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Fa...

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Fall 2026 Catalogue

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 7 PM for a free event with playwright Christine Quintana in conversation with Bethany Caldwell to celebrate the release of Someone Like You. perfectmatchbookshop.com/events/54349...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From Monday, August 3 until Sunday, August 9, enjoy 30% OFF EVERYTHING on our website. That includes pre-orders and international books from Theatre Communications Group (US) and Nick Hern Books (UK). Browse our books here: www.playwrightscanada.com

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A big congratulations to Peter N. Bailey whose play Tyson’s Song has been longlisted for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards! www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/Tyso...

On a background of the Toronto city skyline at night, the book cover for Tyson’s Song appears in the center with the words “Toronto Book Awards 2026 Longlist” above in bold white text. The cover 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.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A heartfelt, funny solo show about matriarchal love and resilience, today we celebrate the publication day of Raised by Women by Keith Barker. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/R/Rais...

On a daylit wooden table with a bookshelf in the background, a copy of Raised by Women sits atop a small stack of book copies. The cover features a painting of a woman's face looking down with eyes closed and smiling. The title and author’s name is written in paintbrush strokes beside it in blue and offwhite.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Join us on Friday, July 24 during the 2 PM matinee of Waiting for Godot, when playwright Keith Barker will be signing copies of his new published play, Raised by Women, at the Festival Theatre Store (55 Queen St., Stratford) from 1–5 PM. Book tickets at: www.stratfordfestival.ca

On an off-white background, the title “Playwright Pop-Ups” appears in blue text at the top. Below that on the right side are the words “Raised by Women Author Signing featuring Keith Barker” in black and blue cursive text with a photo of Keith below. Beside that to the left is the book cover image for Raised by Women. At the bottom left is a cropped photo of the Festival Theatre exterior. Above that is the text: “Friday July 24 1-5pm at the Festival Theatre Store 55 Queen St Stratford ON” in blue and black text. Beneath that are the logos for Stratford Festival and Playwrights Canada Press.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Reading is fundamental! Get your queer lit this Pride Month at the Queer Zine & Book Fair on Sunday, June 14 from 1-6pm at Glad Day Bookshop (32 Lisgar St, Toronto, ON). We’ll be selling our books for 30% off and 50% off when you purchase 3 or more books!

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Congratulations to Michael Healey and Makram Ayache whose published plays Rogers v. Rogers and The Green Line have both been nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play in their respective categories!

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Introducing Playwright Pop-Ups! A new series in partnership with Stratford Festival featuring pop-up book signings at the festival’s flagship stores. Join us on Friday, June 12 when Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy will be signing copies of Salesman in China at the Avon Theatre Store.

On an off-white background, the title “Playwright Pop-Ups” appears in red text at the top. Below that on the left side are the words “Salesman in China Author Signing featuring Leanna Brodie & Jovanni Sy” in black and red cursive text with photos of Leanna and Jovanni side by side. Beside that to the right is the book cover image for Salesman in China. At the bottom right is a cropped photo of the Avon Theatre Store exterior. Beside that to the left is the text: “Friday June 12 1-5pm at the Avon Theatre Store 89 Downie St Stratford ON” in red and black text. Beneath that are the logos for Stratford Festival and Playwrights Canada Press.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Momentum 180 Theatre Collective is celebrating The Parallel Project's inaugural monologue collection published by Playwrights Canada Press on Monday, June 8th at the Arts Club BMO Theatre Centre Atrium (162 W 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC). RSVP here: artsclub.com/education/in...

On a red background, the book cover for The Parallel Project appears at the bottom left with descriptive text in yellow and teal surrounding the image. The book cover features a yellow background with drawn circles, lines and dots in teal scattered amongst the page with the title and author in red text at the top left corner.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A refreshing millennial rom-com dissecting desirability politics, today we celebrate the publication day of Someone Like You by Christine Quintana. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/S/Some...

The book cover for Someone Like You features a warm illustration of the entrance to an apartment complex with a red framed doorway, front door lanterns, a doormat, and green shrubs on either side with a bike wheel peeking out in the bottom left corner. Above is a balcony with an ornate railing and the silhouette of two feet positioned romantically towards each other. In front of the door are the words “Someone Like You” in cursive yellow text and the author’s name at the bottom.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A big congratulations to Colin Wolf whose play CoyWolf is a finalist for the Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose! Order your copy today: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/C/CoyW...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Playwrights Canada Press is back at the Paprika Festival with an exclusive pop-up shop where all books are 30% off OR 50% off for three or more books. Visit us outside the Aki Studio (585 Dundas St E) and book tickets here: paprikafestival.com/festivals/20...

On a white background, a stack of colourful books appear in the center with teal and orange confetti-like dots on the perimeter. In the center are the words 'Pop-Up Shop' in thick blue text. Above are the words 'Paprika Theatre Festival 2026" in cartoon-ish purple text and the same text is used below to feature the dates of the pop-up shop.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Happy Asian Heritage Month! Explore brand new books written by authors with heritage from the diverse continent of Asia. www.playwrightscanada.com/Subjects/Asi...

On a bright orange background, five book covers are jumbled together on the left side with the words “New Plays by Asian Authors” in bold neon letters aligned to the right of the image.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We’re participating in this panel discussion on publishing Canadian theatre hosted by Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre! Learn more and come join us this Saturday, May 9 at 1pm EDT here: playwrightsatlantic.ca/news/parc-to...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

China. The West. Can art bridge the chasm between them? Today we celebrate the publication day of Salesman in China by Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/S/Sale...

The book cover for Salesman in China features a layered tapestry of illustrations. On top are four cyclists on a street riding next to a large billboard with two Chinese scientists amidst images of rockets, space travel, and technological progress. In the middle is a waving Chinese flag and images of workers reminiscent of Chinese communist propaganda. At the bottom is the iconic image of Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman carrying two suitcases. On a red banner at the bottom, the title and authors appear in yellow and white text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In honour of Earth Day, explore these new eco-inspired plays published by Playwrights Canada Press. Hurricane Mona by Pippa Mackie As Above by Christine Quintana Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan www.playwrightscanada.com/Subjects/Env...

On a dark green and orange gradient background, the words “Earth Day Plays” appear in bold yellow text above and three book covers appear side by side below.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A relentless eco-activist creates family chaos amidst a climate disaster, today we celebrate the publication day of Hurricane Mona by Pippa Mackie. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/H/Hurr...

The book cover for Hurricane Mona features a blue background and a square grid with a white ball at the bottom center with a circular dotted trail above it. Overtop of the image are block strips of magazine cut-out-like clippings in pink, yellow and orange colours that feature the title and author of the play as well as images of a mushroom, a burning earth, a dripping slanted gas can with a skull and bones on it, a frog, a raised fist and a drop of oil with a red no symbol on top on it.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Carole Fréchette will present a reading of her play Ismène with a Q&A at the Ottawa Public Library on April 22 at 6 PM organized by the Embassy of Greece in Canada.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Truth and deception unravel in two twisted, trans-led tales, today we celebrate the publication day of Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays by Zaiba Baig. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/K/Kain...

A hand holds up the front cover of Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays in front of a bookshelf. The book cover features a photograph from above of two Brown trans women looking at the camera wearing their undergarments and draped in colourful scarfs lying on a dirt ground surrounded by tree branches, rolls of toilet paper, chicken bones, and scissors. The title and author appear in bright pink and purple horror-themed dripping and scratched texts.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A comedy about grief and a primer on making your own solo show, read an excerpt from Your Show Here by Daniel MacIvor: www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Re...

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Read an excerpt from Your Show Here

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A big congratulations to Beth Graham and Tara Beagan whose plays Mermaid Legs and Rise, Red River have both been shortlisted for the 2026 Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama at the Alberta Literary Awards along with Pochsy IV: Unplugged by Karen Hines (published by Coach House Books).

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We spoke with playwright Susanna Fournier about artificial intelligence, surveillance culture, and the real-world parallels in her angsty sci-fi play, PYPER. bit.ly/3PAJysJ

On a black background, the words “The fastest way to the truth is through illusion.” appear in white italic text at the top with large coral red quotation marks around it. Below that to the right is a black and white photo of Susanna Fournier in a frame with a frayed edge like a torn piece of paper. To the left of the photo is the book cover for PYPER on an angle. Below that are the words “Interview with Susanna Fournier, Author of PYPER” in white italic text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A sensory celebration of Black womanhood, today we celebrate the publication day of AFRODISIAC by Maryline Chery. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/A/AFRO...

The book cover for AFRODISIAC features an illustration of a black woman’s face with her eyes closed wearing a colourful cloth wrapped on her head and a yellow halo-like object above her head against a purple background. The title appears in bold purple text above and the author’s name appears in thin white text at the bottom.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If you missed it, Kat Sandler’s Yaga is featured on this episode of CBC Books The Next Chapter. Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Cyborg-AI teens racing to be remembered before they’re obsolete, today we celebrate the publication day of PYPER by Susanna Fournier. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/PYPER3

A book copy of PYPER is being held for the camera. The book cover features an anime-style drawing in black of a young man in a collared shirt with multiple other heads protruding from and within his own head against a blue background. The title and author appear in bold black text above the drawing.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Song, stand-up, and satire in one fearless Asian femme cabaret, today we celebrate the publication day of Love You Wrong Time by Maddie Bautista & Deanna H. Choi with Erin Brubacher. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/L/Love...

Five book copies of Love You Wrong Time are splayed out on a wooden table. The book cover features a neon yellow background with a large thunderbolt shape in white. In the bottom left corner are illustrations of the two authors Deanna and Maddie carrying bouquets of flowers and musical instruments, a violin case and a handheld keyboard with a strap. They both wear sunglasses. Deanna wears a black top with a red harness, big red pants and red heels. Maddie wears a purple dress with large shoulders and large red boots. The title and authors appear in black text above the drawings.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Check out this excellent interview from Intermission with playwright Tara Beagan about her 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award-winning play, Rise, Red River: www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/tar...

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'Rise, Red River' is a multilingual vision of Indigenous survivance

“A big part of what I consider this writing to be is an honoring of ancestors that I will never meet in person,” says Beagan.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

From March 27–29, enjoy 40% OFF all products on our website! Learn more about our World Theatre Day Open House and Free Book Giveaway on March 27: www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Wo...

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World Theatre Day Sale & Open House

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A big congratulations to Jordan Tannahill whose play Prince Faggot has been selected as a finalist for the 2026 LGBTQ+ Drama Lambda Literary Award! www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/Prin...

On a black background, the book cover for Prince Faggot appears in the lower left corner and the words “Finalist, 2026 LGBTQ+ Drama Lambda Literary Award” appear in yellow text around the cover with the Lamdba Literary gold emblem at the bottom right. The book cover for Prince Faggot features the name of the play in bold black narrow text against a bright yellow background. The author's name appears in between the two words of the title in small handwritten black text.

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Playwrights Canada Press @playcanpress.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In this special blog post, we speak with graphic designer Saman Farzaneh about the story behind the cover design for Earworm by Mohammad Yaghoubi and how its imagery resonates deeply with those acquainted with the recent political uprisings in Iran. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Co...

On a light purple background are the words “Cover Story, Saman Farzaneh on Earworm” in black handwritten text beside the book cover for Earworm and a blob-like frame with a picture of Saman Farzaneh, a middle-aged Iranian man with short hair, a beard and a red plaid shirt. 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.

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