Playwrights Canada Press (@playcanpress.bsky.social)

@playcanpress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 2:45 PM

Two searing stories about the moral complexities of courage and truth, today we celebrate the publication day of Ismene & Nassara by Carole Fréchette, translated by Linda Gaboriau. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/I/Isme...

On a background image of sand is the book cover for Ismene & Nassara. The cover features an airborne mist of yellow sand on a black background. The title and authors appear in the center and bottom in white text.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 4:08 PM

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.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 9:56 PM

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...

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 8:50 PM

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.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 5:24 PM

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

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:15 PM

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...

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 5:43 PM

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.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 4:51 PM

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.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 2:12 PM

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.

@playcanpress.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 2:46 PM

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...

@playcanpress.bsky.social Aug 28, 2026, 2:29 PM

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...