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.

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.

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 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...

Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti In this daring and disruptive double bill, Zaiba Baig dismantles the white saviour complex and demolishes the fourth wall with two subversive tales told by unreliable narrators.In Kainchee Lagaa, the ...

Pre-order her upcoming book, Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays here: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/K/Kain...

"I know so many trans girls who have been in survival mode for decades": Zaiba Baig on her new theatre show, Kainchee Lagaa and Jhooti - Toronto Life Baig is no longer playing the nice girl in her diptych of plays, opening at Buddies in Bad Times this week

Zaiba Baig muses about survival, trans representation and no longer being the nice girl in this excellent feature in Toronto Life: torontolife.com/culture/zaib...

Playwright Keith Barker Reflects on Love, Loss, and Laughter After a Life RAISED BY WOMEN Memory and family are brought into sharp focus in Raised by Women (Playwrights Canada Press), a new play in which a son looks back after suffering significant ...

Check out this Open Book interview with playwright Keith Barker about the upcoming release of his poignant new play, Raised by Women.
open-book.ca/News/Playwri...

On a yellow, pink and purple background, the words “2026 Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama Finalists” in black text above beside a Alberta Literary Award Finalist round yellow emblem with a flower in the middle. Below that are the book covers for Mermaid Legs and Rise, Red River side by side and the Playwrights Canada Press logo underneath.

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).

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.

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

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.

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

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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-...

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.

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

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.

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...

'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.

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...

World Theatre Day Sale & Open House Playwrights Canada Press. Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books.

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

The book cover for An IMM-Permanent Resident features a wooden tabletop with a green coffee mug on top and two pages of a permanent residency application form on the table. Each page is filled out with answers in blue pen as well as doodles of hearts and the CN Tower and an Indian-style building. Paperclipped to each page is a standard government-issued photograph of the authors Neha and Himanshu. Their bodies are illustrated beneath their individual photographs in blue pen and they are each holding hands across the two separate pages. The title and author’s names appear in orange, white and green text above the pages.

A Bollywood-infused romance stuck in the bureaucratic limbo of immigration, today we celebrate the publication day of An IMM-Permanent Resident by Neha Poduval and Himanshu Sitlani. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/A/An-I...

The book cover for Against the Night features a picture of an orange and yellow sunset with a dark silhouette of trees at the bottom and a dark night sky overtop of the sunset. The title and authors are written in thin orange and yellow text at the bottom.

A reality-bending tragicomedy about a family on the verge of collapse, today we celebrate the publication day of Against the Night by Evelyne de la Chenelière, translated by Linda Gaboriau. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/A/Agai...

On a mustard yellow background, the book cover for The Art of War appears with a dark blue and gold finalist sticker on it. Above are the words “2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards Shortlist, Book of the Year Award, City of Saskatoon Book Award” in blue and red text. The Saskatchewan Book Awards logo appears in the top left corner. To the left of the cover are the words “The Art of War by Yvette Nolan, Available now at playwrightscanada.com” in blue and red text and the Playwrights Canada Press logo underneath. The book cover features an expressionist painting of a war cannon entrenched in a swampy patch of a meadow surrounded by World War Two army soldiers with an orange sky in the background. The title and author are featured at the top and bottom in red and yellow faded text.

A big congratulations to Yvette Nolan whose play The Art of War has been shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award AND the City of Saskatoon Book Award at the 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards! www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-...

PYPER "Follow me.”An assembly of ten cyborg-AI teenagers known as REAL Kids are trying to build a time capsule to prove they exist. Or maybe . . . it’s actually a play? Together they trace their origins bac...

And purchase the play on our website here: www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/P/PYPER3

Pyper lives in world where AI-generated teens struggle with their own reality, at Frederic Wood Theatre from March 11 to 28 — Stir Award-winning play by Susanna Fournier offers an unsettling, witty update of fairy-tale themes as old as Pinocchio and the Pied Piper

Susanna Fournier’s PYPER is making its West Coast premiere at UBC Theatre from March 11-28. Read this feature in Stir: www.createastir.ca/articles/pyp...

Read an excerpt from Red Like Fruit Playwrights Canada Press. Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books.

A metatheatrical tour de force about complicity, consent and power in the post #MeToo era, read an excerpt from Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Re...

April Office Hours Playwrights Canada Press. Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books.

Publisher Annie Gibson is holding space in her calendar once a month to speak with playwrights about any questions you may have about publishing a play. The calendar is now open for April 2026. Learn more and book a spot now: www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2026/Ap...

Hannah Moscovitch's Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is coming back to Audible Theater in NYC by popular demand starring Hugh Jackman & Ella Beatty! Get tickets here audiblexminetta.com and order a copy of the play here www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/S/Sexu...

Hudson Williams’ Casting in Crave’s ‘Yaga’ Adaptation Sends Physical Screenplay Sales Soaring Physical copies of Kat Sandler's Yaga screenplay are selling out since Hudson Williams became attached to the TV adaptation of the mystery thriller.

Our Yaga book is featured in Variety this morning! 🤩🤩🤩 variety.com/2026/shoppin...

The book cover for Chasing Champions features a cropped old black and white photo of the boxer Sam Langford in a fighting stance with his hands in fists. Behind the photo on a yellow background are the words “Samuel Langford” in black text and underneath is a red banner with the title and author in yellow, white and black text.

The true story of a Canadian boxing legend, today we celebrate the publication day of Chasing Champions: The Sam Langford Story by Jacob Sampson. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/C/Chas...

Kat Sandler play Yaga sells out after Heated Rivalry star cast in upcoming TV adaptation A surprise casting announcement sold out stock of Sandler’s play, a remix of the myth of Baba Yaga, at multiple booksellers

Our publisher had an impromptu interview with The Globe and Mail to talk about the unprecedented spike in sales for Kat Sandler’s play Yaga after Hudson Williams from Heated Rivalry was cast in the television series adaptation!
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Hudson Williams Re-Teams With ‘Heated Rivalry’ Streamer Crave for ‘Yaga’ Series Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid and Clark Backo are also set to star in the half-hour drama series that “reimagines the myth” of Baba Yaga.

Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams and Carrie Anne-Moss star in the upcoming series Yaga based on Kat Sandler’s play published by Playwrights Canada Press! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/c...

The book cover for Rogers v. Rogers features the title in big bold red font with the words “Rogers” sideways on either side. There are multiple lines like computer wires stretched vertically from top to bottom and weaving within the words. The rest of the title and author are featured in the middle of the image in red and white text.

An electrifying solo show about Canada’s ultimate corporate feud, today we celebrate the publication day of Rogers v. Rogers by Michael Healey. www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/R/Roge...

Read an exclusive excerpt on All Lit Up from Maryline Chery’s solo show AFRODISIAC, a vibrant celebration of womanhood and the magic of natural hair. alllitup.ca/excerpted-af...