Browse here for books that are available electronically on BitLit, and you can get them for $4.99 each as long as you already have the print edition!
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Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Print + ebook bundles!
We've partnered with BitLit, a free ebook bundling app for iOS and Android that allows you to bundle p+e.
Browse here for books that are available electronically on BitLit, and you can get them for $4.99 each as long as you already have the print edition!
How does it work?
Browse here for books that are available electronically on BitLit, and you can get them for $4.99 each as long as you already have the print edition!
How does it work?
Friday, 27 March 2015
World Theatre Day 2015
Happy World Theatre Day! Today is a celebration of the power of theatre and its ability to cross borders and to promote and protect cultural diversity and identity in communities around the world.
Check out these messages from acclaimed Canadian playwrights for World Theatre Day:
Mieko Ouchi's Canadian World Theatre Day message.
Colleen Murphy discusses the act of reading a play versus seeing it performed.
Check out these messages from acclaimed Canadian playwrights for World Theatre Day:
Mieko Ouchi's Canadian World Theatre Day message.
Colleen Murphy discusses the act of reading a play versus seeing it performed.
Monday, 12 January 2015
Spring 2015
It's raining books this spring at Playwrights Canada Press!
Here are just some of the upcoming books to whet your reading appetite: Daniel MacIvor's I, Animal, a collection of three riveting monologues; Hannah Moscovitch's Little One and Other Plays, three must-read one-act plays; Anita Majumdar's Fish Eyes, an illustrated collection of three coming-of-age plays; and Judith Thompson's The Thrill, a meditation on euthanasia. If non-fiction is more your thing, we have two exciting books coming out in the spring, including Yvette Nolan's Medicine Shows: Indigenous Performance Culture, an examination of how theatre has been used to reconnect individuals and communities; and Daniel MacIvor: New Essays on Canadian Theatre, Vol. 5, the first collection of critical essays dedicated to contextualizing and analyzing the work of Daniel MacIvor, edited by Richie Wilcox.
Click here for the full list of spring 2015 titles!
Here are just some of the upcoming books to whet your reading appetite: Daniel MacIvor's I, Animal, a collection of three riveting monologues; Hannah Moscovitch's Little One and Other Plays, three must-read one-act plays; Anita Majumdar's Fish Eyes, an illustrated collection of three coming-of-age plays; and Judith Thompson's The Thrill, a meditation on euthanasia. If non-fiction is more your thing, we have two exciting books coming out in the spring, including Yvette Nolan's Medicine Shows: Indigenous Performance Culture, an examination of how theatre has been used to reconnect individuals and communities; and Daniel MacIvor: New Essays on Canadian Theatre, Vol. 5, the first collection of critical essays dedicated to contextualizing and analyzing the work of Daniel MacIvor, edited by Richie Wilcox.
Click here for the full list of spring 2015 titles!
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Holiday Office Closure
Playwrights Canada Press will be closed for the holidays starting Monday, December 22, 2014 and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Any orders placed via our website during this time will be shipped when the office reopens.
Please contact University of Toronto Press Distribution for large orders in Canada, or if you require a quicker service. US customers can contact Theatre Communications Group to place any orders.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
Any orders placed via our website during this time will be shipped when the office reopens.
Please contact University of Toronto Press Distribution for large orders in Canada, or if you require a quicker service. US customers can contact Theatre Communications Group to place any orders.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
Monday, 1 December 2014
The Fondue-do!
On Monday, December 15 from 11am-7pm we're opening our office to you! Come by and browse our books for some great deals, and enjoy some treats while you do. (There will be chocolate fondue!)
Where: 269 Richmond St W., Suite 202 (west of John St.)
Where: 269 Richmond St W., Suite 202 (west of John St.)
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Jordan Tannahill wins the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama!
A warm congratulations to Jordan Tannahill who won the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama for Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays!
Check out the full list of winners here.
Check out the full list of winners here.
Friday, 7 November 2014
INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair, Nov 13 - 16
Playwrights Canada Press will be at INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair from Thursday, November 13 to Sunday, November 16. We'll have a wide variety of plays available for purchase; find us at our booth and stock up on books!
And if you're checking out author events, don't miss Yvette Nolan! She will be reading from The Unplugging at the Spark Stage on Friday, November 14 at 3pm, and will be part of the panel discussion, Indigenous Theatre and Drama, with Daniel David Moses at the First Nations, Métis & Inuit Literary Circle on Sunday, November 16 at 2pm. Click here for the full programming schedule.
We hope to see you there!
And if you're checking out author events, don't miss Yvette Nolan! She will be reading from The Unplugging at the Spark Stage on Friday, November 14 at 3pm, and will be part of the panel discussion, Indigenous Theatre and Drama, with Daniel David Moses at the First Nations, Métis & Inuit Literary Circle on Sunday, November 16 at 2pm. Click here for the full programming schedule.
We hope to see you there!
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