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Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN) is Canada's largest and oldest exclusive publisher of drama titles. Formerly an imprint of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, it was separately incorporated in 2001. Playwrights Canada Press distributes its own titles and those of three non-Canadian drama publishers, Aurora Metro Publications, Nick Hern Books and the Theatre Communications Group. Playwrights Canada Press books are distributed in the United States by the Theatre Communications Group; and in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand by Nick Hern Books.

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Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays In English Translation Vol. 2, 1987-2003

Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays In English Translation Vol. 2, 1987-2003
Louise H. Forsyth, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-719-5

$50.00

The Alberta Advantage: An Anthology of Plays

The Alberta Advantage: An Anthology of Plays
Anne Nothof, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-783-6

$55.00

Bone Cage

Bone Cage
Catherine Banks
ISBN
978-0-88754-787-4

$17.95

Canada and the Theatre of War, Volume I

Canada and the Theatre of War, Volume I
Donna Coates and Sherrill Grace, eds.
ISBN
978-0-88754-834-5

$49.95

Sharon Pollock

Sharon Pollock
Sherrill Grace & Michelle La Flamme, eds.
ISBN
978-0-88754-751-5

$25.00

Theatre in Alberta

Theatre in Alberta
Anne Nothof, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-753-9

$25.00

Collective Creation, Collaboration and Devising

Collective Creation, Collaboration and Devising
Bruce Barton, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-755-3

$30.00

5 Hot Plays

5 Hot Plays
Dave Carley, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-767-6

$25.00

The Foster Season: Three Plays by Norm Foster

The Foster Season: Three Plays by Norm Foster
Norm Foster
ISBN
978-0-88754-823-9

$22.95

The Golden Thug

The Golden Thug
Ed Roy
ISBN
978-0-88754-795-9

$18.95

Have a Heart

Have a Heart
David Sherman
ISBN
978-0-88754-797-3

$16.95

MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas

MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas
Daniel Macdonald
ISBN
978-0-88754-801-7

$16.95

One-Actmanship: Two Plays by Norm Foster

One-Actmanship: Two Plays by Norm Foster
Norm Foster
ISBN
978-0-88754-827-7

$16.95

Ontario Playwrights: Eight Short Plays Selected by Theatre Ontario

Ontario Playwrights: Eight Short Plays Selected by Theatre Ontario
ISBN
978-0-88754-821-5

$29.95

Sharon Pollock Collected Works, Volume Three

Sharon Pollock Collected Works, Volume Three
Cynthia Zimmerman, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-773-1

$39.00

Shatter

Shatter
Trina Davies
ISBN
978-0-88754-813-0

$16.95

Stories from the Bush: The Woodland Plays of De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group

Stories from the Bush: The Woodland Plays of De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group
Joe Osawabine with Shannon Hengen, ed.
ISBN
978-0-88754-815-4

$26.00

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran
Translated by Soheil Parsa, with Peter Farbridge and Brian Quirt
ISBN
978-0-88754-819-2

$23.95

The Taster

The Taster
Geneviève Billette, trans. Bobby Theodore
ISBN
978-0-88754-880-2

$17.95

Triple Play: Three Plays by Norm Foster

Triple Play: Three Plays by Norm Foster
Norm Foster
ISBN
978-0-88754-805-5

$22.95

Vern Thiessen: Two Plays

Vern Thiessen: Two Plays
Vern Thiessen
ISBN
978-0-88754-768-3

$18.95

Vimy

Vimy
Vern Thiessen
ISBN
978-0-88754-781-2

$17.95

Carol Bolt

The Carol Bolt Award is sponsored by the Foundation for the Recognition of Excellence in Drama (FRED), Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN), and is administered by the Canadian Authors Association (CAA).

Carol Bolt

(1941–2000) was born Carol Johnson, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Educated at the University of British Columbia, she was a successful and prolific playwright, who was also one of the founders of the Playwrights Guild of Canada (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada). She was president of the organization at least twice, and chaired many of its committees over the years. Bolt’s work includes Buffalo Jump (1972), Gabe (1973), Pauline (1973), Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists (1974), and One Night Stand (1977).

In addition to her work for adults, Bolt also wrote several plays for children, including My Best Friend is Twelve Feet High (1972), Cyclone Jack (1972), Maurice (1975) and Finding Bumble (1975). In 2008, Playwrights Canada Press will publish a collection of Bolt’s work to be edited and with an introductory essay by Dr. Cynthia Zimmerman, York University.


2008 WINNER!!

Colleen Murphy – The December Man (l’homme de décembre)

Colleen Murphy


Previous winners include:

2007 Stephen Massicotte - Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion

2006 John Mighton - Half Life

2005 Mieko Ouchi - The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye)

2004 Florence Gibson - Home is My Road

2003 Daniel Goldfarb - Adam Baum and the Jew Movie

2002 Kent Stetson - The Harps of God