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Welcome to Playwrights Canada Press.Our new website is packed with information, have a look! 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. If you are looking for the Playwrights Guild of Canada, please click here. |
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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). |
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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)
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 | |
