The award, supported by RBC since 2007, aims to advance the careers and development of emerging Canadian creatives through skills development, mentorship programs, education, and access and exposure to new audiences. writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
A jury composed of Alison Calder, Robert McGill, and Padma Viswanathan read 108 submissions to select finalists for the 2026 RBC #BronwenWallace Award for Emerging Writers in the creative nonfiction category. Shortlist announced Wednesday! writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
The award, supported by RBC since 2007, aims to advance the careers and development of emerging Canadian creatives through skills development, mentorship programs, education, and access and exposure to new audiences. writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
A jury composed of Jamaluddin Aram, @jennyanne.bsky.social, and @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social read 172 submissions to select finalists for the 2026 RBC #BronwenWallace Award for Emerging Writers in the short fiction category. Shortlist announced Wednesday! writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
The award, supported by RBC since 2007, aims to advance the careers and development of emerging Canadian creatives through skills development, mentorship programs, education, and access and exposure to new audiences. writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
A jury composed of Jeff Latosik, Zehra Naqvi, and Chuqiao Yang read 143 submissions to select finalists for the 2026 RBC #BronwenWallace Award for Emerging Writers in the poetry category. Shortlist announced Wednesday! writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
Conversations in Trust, a national event series, spotlighted in today’s culture section of @thelasource.bsky.social. Purchase tickets to our first event, hosted in Vancouver bit.ly/4vm19ok
WT is hosting authors Kamal Al-Solaylee, Elizabeth Hay, and Eden Robinson for Conversations in Trust Vancouver, moderated by Margaret Gallagher. Join us at @writersfest.bc.ca April 16. Purchase tickets at bit.ly/4vm19ok #WT50
Join @writerstrust.bsky.social on April 16 for Conversations in Trust: Canadian Authors Make Sense of Our World featuring Kamal Al-Solaylee, Elizabeth Hay, and Eden Robinson, moderated by Margaret Gallagher.
Details and tickets at bit.ly/4slWiSb
Conversations in Trust comes to Winnipeg May 21! WT is hosting this edition of our national event series at Winnipeg Art Gallery in partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers. Featured authors are Zilla Jones, Tanya Talaga, and katherena vermette. Tickets at bit.ly/4v6wknD
Conversations in Trust comes to Calgary May 13! This edition of our national event series is hosted at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in partnership with @wordfest.com & features Marcello Di Cintio, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Jenny Heijun Wills & Shelley Youngblut. bit.ly/4slWiSb
A huge thank you to our friends @blockshopbooks.bsky.social for partnering with us for this year's #WTAmplifiedVoices program! Stop by their gorgeous store in Lunenburg, NS for your next fave Canadian read 🍁📚
We're thrilled to see Don Gillmor's ON OIL is a finalist for the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing! 🎉
Register now for the @editorscanada.bsky.social Editing in the Age of Misinformation conference, hosted May 21-23 at @dalhousie.bsky.social in Halifax. Spaced are limited so secure your spot early at editors.ca/news/registr...
Reminder: apply to the 2026 #BertonHouse Writers' Residency by March 30! writerstrust.com/BertonHouse
WT comes to Vancouver April 16! Conversations in Trust launches at Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre with @writersfest.bc.ca & features Kamal Al-Solaylee, Elizabeth Hay & Eden Robinson, moderated by Margaret Gallagher. Tickets: bit.ly/4slWiSb
Congratulations to @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, whose book Encampment is one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing!
Learn more about the prize here: www.writerstrust.com/awards/shaug...
Now in its 26th year, the #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing is sponsored by CN, whose support WT is grateful for, and presented at the Politics & the Pen gala. #WT50
On Oil by Don Gillmor, @biblioasis.bsky.social
Encampment by Maggie Helwig, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
On the Ground by Brian Stewart, @simonschusterca.bsky.social
On Book Banning by Ira Wells, @biblioasis.bsky.social
Women Who Woke up the Law by Karin Wells, @secondstory.bsky.social
Announcing finalists for the 2026 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing:
◢ On Oil by Don Gillmor
◢ Encampment by @maggiehelwig.bsky.social
◢ On the Ground by Brian Stewart
◢ On Book Banning by Ira Wells
◢ Women Who Woke up the Law by Karin Wells
writerstrust.com/ShaughnessyCohen
Now in its 26th year, the #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing is sponsored by CN, whose support WT is grateful for, and presented at the Politics & the Pen gala. #WT50
Jurors Norma Dunning, Chantal Hébert & Paul Wells read 51 books from 33 publishing imprints to decide the 2026 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize shortlist. The $40K political writing prize is awarded for a book with the potential to shape thinking on Canadian political life. writerstrust.com/ShaughnessyCohen
It’s #bookgiveaway time! 📚 5 bookstacks are up for grabs featuring six of the twenty-five authors featured in this year’s #WTAmplifiedVoices campaign. Head to our insta or FB @writerstrust to enter. Contest closes March 25 @ 5 pm ET. Good luck! writerstrust.com/AmplifiedVoices #WT50
Attention publishers 📢❗ Submissions are open for the 2026 #NancyFlight Prize for Nonfiction Editing. The first submission deadline is Mar 18 for books published between Oct 1, 2025 - Jan 31, 2026. Submit now at writerstrust.com/NancyFlight
Author Nita Prose on the authors that reflect our values back to us. See our new series where notable Canadian writers share the books, authors, and experiences that shape them and our country. Join us in celebrating 50 years of Canadian literature. From writers, to readers. #WT50
Which book is author Nita Prose excited for Canadians to read? Find out in our series where notable Canadian writers share the books, authors, and experiences that shape them and our country. Join us in celebrating 50 years of Canadian literature. From writers, to readers. #WT50
Author Nita Prose thinks #TheHandmaidsTale is as relevant today as when it was first published. Notable Canadian writers share the books, authors & experiences that shape them and our country in our new video series. Join us in celebrating 50 years of Canadian literature. #WT50
Thank you to all booksellers across Canada who’ve partnered with us for #WTAmplifiedVoices. From coast to coast to coast, these booksellers are mainstays of their communities. Find your next favorite bookstore at writerstrust.com/AmplifiedVoices #WT50
The series is presented with literary sponsors in each city and with the support of #PwCCanada, @writersfest.bc.ca, @wordfest.com, @mcnallyrobinson.com, #PlumeWinnipeg, @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social, #HalifaxPublicLibrary, and @theglobeandmail.com. writerstrust.com/Anniversary
WT’s 50th anniversary series, Conversations in Trust, brings award-winning authors to four Canadian cities to discuss navigating polarization, strengthening discourse & the role of writing in civil society. First stop: Vancouver, April 16. Tickets: writerstrust.com/Anniversary
