The origins of Playing Shylock & creating a play with/for the incredible @saulrubinek.bsky.social This'd be the first draft of the introduction for the script, which is being published Spring 2026 by @sciroccodrama.bsky.social 😍 🎭https://leirenyoung.substack.com/p/the-birth-of-playing-shylock?r=5yij

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

We've got new books on the creative life for you! ...with titles from @houseofanansi.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/New-Releases... #CanLit

The Winnipeg General Strike was the largest strike in Canadian history. For five weeks in 1919, 30,000 workers brought Winnipeg to a halt. The strike changed Canadian history forever. This is the story of that strike. youtu.be/Ti15nRP3zQA

🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶

Check out our Scirocco Drama Fall 2025 releases!

Sanderling on West Sands, St Andrews. #birdingFife #BirdingScotland

Fluffy Stonechat in Snettisham this evening #UKBirding #norfolkbirding #ukwildlife #birds

🚨Attention Writers!🚨 This Magazine is open to pitches for our next issue! We're looking for features, columns, back page letters, and news pieces. (More info about what we look for and how to submit at the link below.) The deadline for pitches is September 12, 2025! this.org/contribute/

Charlie spittin' realness.

We decided to ask the authors of the Bread and Roses Award 2025 shortlist to recommend books from the last five years of shortlists - and we'll be sharing their thoughts with you on our website in the lead-up to the 2025 winner ceremony on 15th September! lighthousebookshop.com/events/bread...

🍂 What a FAB Fall Preview list @alllitupcanada.bsky.social 📚! 🙏 for including A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US by @danilabotha.bsky.social. Happy Reading! 🍂

An interesting lunch read: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Excited to be back on @cfax1070.bsky.social tomorrow (Friday, Aug 15) at 4 with Ryan Price. This week's topic is gonna be octopuses - like the octopus who borrowed someone's camera and started filming... who is almost as cool as Rambo, the New Zealand octopus octographer 🐙 @orcabook.bsky.social

The King Farmhouse William Kurelek 1974

You wouldn't do that, would you?

Big CONGRATULATIONS to Nick Green for the Lambda nod for his smash hit play, Casey and Diana!

The late songwriter Tom Lehrer’s targets are mostly forgotten—so why do new generations keep discovering him?

SPOTLIGHT on: Casey and Diana by Nick Green, a powerfully moving drama set in 1991 in Toronto's Casey House AIDS hospice, as residents anticipate the visit of Princess Diana. “The most moving play of the year…Heartbreaking, deeply resonant, consoling, and a call to action.” —Toronto Star

Wheat Field Paraskeva Clark 1936

AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre, is a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers. AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky

Summer Sky A.J. Casson 1955

The grey roots circle thee, who never knew At any hour within thy travels lone A human shape but mine… —Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag” A #poem for #WorldSnakeDay 🐍 www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-q...

New poetry from the wonderful Lynda Monahan!

Congratulations to Oonya Kempadoo for winning First Prize at the Guyana Prize for Literature in the Fiction category for NANIKI! Through a spirit-inflected world, NANIKI explores the musings and inner workings of the deep blue — the Caribbean Sea — and its shape-shifting sea beings. #BookSky

With the longer days of summer in full swing, we’re having a flash sale so you can stock up & save on our must-have reads. Summer is the ideal time to chill and unwind with a great book. Our Summer Vibes Only sale is on! Save 25% off all available books from July 16-20, 2025. bookhugpress.ca/shop/

Coach House author Martha Baillie (There Is No Blue) will be at the Lakefield Literary Festival! Catch her Sat., July 19, 11:30 AM - view full event details and shop tickets here: lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/2025-festiva...

Huge news in the world of Canadian literature: The Giller Prize says it will shut down at the end of 2025 if it doesn't receive federal funding: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

A gripping and timely tale of climate politics set amidst forest fires in Northern BC, read an excerpt from Peace Country by Pedro Chamale. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Re...

Impromptu book signing! @monicakidd.bsky.social was out for a hike with her family and stopped in to sign copies of her book THE CRANE! You can order it through our website, or stop in to pick up a copy 10:30 - 5 (except Wednesdays)

For a fabulous mix of books and art supplies you need to visit King West Books and its sister store Mixed Media over in Westdale. They have great taste in poetry and pens!

It was very peaceful at the beach this morning. Even the birds were relaxed. #birds #birdphotography #birdsoftheworld #sony #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #photography

A new play from the wonderful Beverley Cooper!

This is Finn. He goes door to door asking if anybody has seen the good boy. They have now, of course. 13/10 would hug softly (IG: finn_thed0g)

This is how to do a poet photo! via @robmclennan.bsky.social robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/12-o...

SPOTLIGHT ON: Beyond the Sea by Kristen Da Silva, a two-hander drama about two strangers: Gwen, who plays roles in a "ghost tour" in her harbour town, and Theo, whose Tinder date fails to arrive. Critics said: "A heartwarming new play about loss, longing and the possibility of brave fulfillment."

SPOTLIGHT ON: Bentboy by Herbie Barnes, a TYA play about an Indiegenous boy with a disability who is sent by an elder on a quest to save his village. Critics said: "The simple story--about empathy, understanding and seeing things through others’ eyes--has an archetypal quality about it."

✨ cover reveal✨ 🏳️‍🌈 Cruising the Downtown with The Edmonton Queer History Project, edited by Kristopher Wells The city of Edmonton has a robust and thriving 2SLGBTQ+ community, with a too often unknown history. #NeWestPress #EdmontonQueerHistoryProject #ReadQueerBooks #2SLGBTQIA

It’s a good time to remind @mark-carney.bsky.social & @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social about the importance of investing in arts & culture which accounts for 3.2% of all jobs in 🇨🇦, and 63.2B in GDP. Moreover, if ever there was time to protect the arts in Canada, it’s now. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Our 2025 season of Poetry in the Gallery opens tonight with the formidable Ashleigh Weeden. Reading starts at 7PM in the gallery beside the box office. No charge. Sponsored by Anne & Les Cook.

SPOTLIGHT ON: The Dark Lady/Pandora, two plays by Jessica B. Hill. The Dark Lady explores the relationship between Shakespeare and Emilia Bassano, the "Dark Lady of the Sonnets," and solo show Pandora is a quest into the meaning of life! Critics said: "Spirited, snappy dialogue cracks like a whip."

Feel like I need to do a "Healthy Reading at the Library with Heather" in which I do a reading of all of the banned books as a series of lectures. What do you think @calgarylibrary.bsky.social? Maybe @wordfest.com could do it & have @shelflifebooks.bsky.social sell copies of all the books? An idea.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Forever Young: A Ghetto Story by Darrah Teitel, a drama about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Three young socialist revolutionaries from different backgrounds rally their elders to fight the Nazis. Critics said: "Finds laughter, entertainment, hope and humanity in the darkest of times."

MT Space presents IMPACT (International Multicultural Platform for Alternative Contemporary Theatre) at Kitchener City Hall on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:00 am Get your tickets online ticketscene.ca/events/54599... #kitchener #tickets #events

🎭 Canadian theatre artists! I'm booking new guests for Stageworthy, Canada’s theatre podcast. Priority to artists outside Toronto, but TO folks welcome too. Got a project or story to share? Let’s talk! DM me or get in touch at stageworthy.ca/contact/

SPOTLIGHT ON: Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence, The Diviners: A Play, is the compelling story of Morag Gunn, a woman who perseveres through challenge after challenge as she attempts to carve out an authentic life as a writer. Critics said: “A brilliant distillation of Laurence’s masterwork.”

Announcing our Fall 2025 slate! This season, our titles include nonfiction dissecting the complicated relationship between money and the arts, a class-conscious Toronto novel which takes place across a single day, poetry subjected to a polygraph machine, and more: chbooks.com/Books/FORTHC...