The 2015 GG Books Finalists!

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists for the 2015 Governor General's Literary Awards. And three Playwrights Canada Press titles are among the finalists in the drama category, including carried away on the crest of a wave by David Yee; The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble by Beth Graham; and Mahmoud by Tara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis! 

For a limited time we have all three plays available in one bundle for only $30. Read them all before the winner is announced on October 28!

A hearty congratulations to our authors, and all the nominees!

Beth Graham reads from The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble

If you missed the launch of The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble by Beth Graham at Audreys Books this week, don't fret! The Pretentious English Major has the whole event on her vlog!

Hear Beth Graham's inspiration behind the play!

Beth Graham at Audreys Books, June 15!

Edmonton! Beth Graham, the co-author of the wildly successful The Drowning Girls and Comrades will be at Audreys Books reading from her latest work, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble!

Check out a preview of the book here. 

Where: Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave NW (Jasper Ave NW / 109 St NW)
When: Monday, June 15, 7pm

Rick Chafe's The Secret Mask wins the Chris Johnson Award

Rick Chafe's The Secret Mask has won the first Chris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright!

The award is presented by the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers.

Click here for a full list of winners.

Mahmoud is back in Toronto, May 13!

After award-winning runs in Toronto and New York City and sold-out runs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Mahmoud is back in Toronto for a final run at The Theatre Centre from May 13 - 24, 2015!

Get your tickets here.

(Mahmoud can also be on your bookshelf.)

Erin Shields in Montreal, April 20

Meet Erin Shields, the Governor General's Literary Award-winning author of If We Were Birds, in Montreal on April 20 when she reads from her latest work, Soliciting Temptation. Check out a preview of the book here. 

Where: Argo Bookshop, 1915 Ste Catherine W (Ste Catherine/Saint Marc)
When: Monday, April 20, 7pm

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!

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