BOOK LAUNCH (Winnipeg In Person AND online via Youtube) TWUC members Sarah Klassen and Sally Ito, along with League of Canadian Poets member Joanne Epp, are the poet-translators of a new book by… More

BOOK LAUNCH TWUC members Sarah Klassen and Sally Ito, along with League of Canadian Poets member Joanne Epp, are the poet-translators of a new book by CMU Press in Winnipeg: Wonder-Work:… More

Halls Island Artist Residency is accepting applications for 2024. Writers and artists of all kinds are invited to apply for this unique, off-grid residency. Immerse in the natural world in one of the… More

Sylvia Maultash Warsh is thrilled to announce that her historical novel, The Orphan, will be published by Auctus Publishers (Philadelphia) in Spring 2024. In 1844 when his mother drowns,… More

Debbie Bateman & Elizabeth Haynes: Fiction Celebrating Women at Mid-life

Debbie Bateman
POSTED: Dec 18, 2023

Literary Reading or Event

Join fiction writers Debbie Bateman (Your Body Was Made for This) and Elizabeth Haynes (The Errant Husband) for a lively reading and discussion about women at mid-life. Body image, intimacy, the… More

Bev Brenna to edit anthology of YA short stories

Beverley Brenna | POSTED: Dec 12, 2023

Call For Submissions

Bev Brenna, Saskatoon freelance editor and author, has been invited to edit a short story collection for young adults, published by Red Deer Press. Red Deer Press is committed to publishing… More

Poetry and Prose: crossing genre boundaries to strengthen your writing - a workshop with Amanda Earl and Kate Heartfield

Amanda Earl
POSTED: Dec 12, 2023

Workshop or Retreat

I’m pleased to announce that brilliant fiction writer Kate Heartfield and I are going to be doing a workshop together. Poetry and Prose: crossing genre boundaries to strengthen your… More

New book launched in Canadian Historical Mysteries series

donalee Moulton | POSTED: Dec 11, 2023

New Publication

donalee Moulton's new book, Conflagration, a historical mystery, has been published by BWL Publishing. Her poem "Price of Admission" has been accepted for publication in Canadian Literature, and her… More

Poetry*Hornby Island (*not just poetry) brings Joan Thomas and Anita Anand to Hornby Island

Cornelia Hoogland
POSTED: Dec 7, 2023

Literary Reading or Event

Joan Thomas will be reading from her thrilling new novel, Wild Hope, published this year. The Former Govenor  Award Winner will be joined by Anita Anand who will be reading from her new book, A… More

Capturing the Summit: historical writing from diary sources

Trevor Marc Hughes
POSTED: Dec 1, 2023

Literary Reading or Event

Writing from archival sources can be an intriguing process, but taking the actual writings of historical figures and joining the dots of a story together can be very exciting. Join author and… More