Member Review
I’ll never forget the letter from Pierre Berton urging me to join the Writers' Union. I remember the giddy feeling of being taken for someone who might actually belong to the same club as Berton, Frye, Findley, Mitchell, and Laurence. They’re all gone now, bless them, but TWUC soldiers on. Something grand, something beyond getting that first book published: a community, a career. A life.
News & Events
Sep. 12 2019
The federal election will be held on Monday, October 21. Follow this link to the Elections Canada webpage for all of your riding and voting information.
The Writers' Union of Canada is approaching the 2019 federal election with the goal of ensuring a properly protected and well-funded cultural... Read More
Call for Applications
Aug. 27 2019
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY in partnership with the HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARYMabel Pugh Taylor WRITER IN RESIDENCE POSITIONSeptember 1, 2020-April 30, 2021/September 1, 2021-April 30, 2022/September 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023
The Department of English & Cultural Studies at McMaster... Read More
Event
Aug. 15 2019
Writers of all levels are invited to learn the dos and don’ts of navigating the public funding landscape and tips on writing a persuasive grant proposal.
Panelist include Jacqueline Steudler (Nova Scotia Talent Trust), Lauren Williams (Arts Nova Scotia), and Stephanie Azoulay (Canada Council for... Read More
Event
Aug. 14 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 – 6:30pm
Literary readings by: Catherine Hernandez, Anubha Mehta, Téa Mutonji, and Charlene Challenger with special guest speaker playwright Rosamund Small speaking on collaboration on playwriting
Glad Day Bookshop499 Church Street, Toronto
PWYC (suggested $3-$5) and... Read More
Event
Jun. 25 2019
Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 6:30 pm
Glad Day Bookshop
499 Church Street, Toronto
Pay What You Can
Literary readings by Teddy Syrette, Jenny Yuen, Terri Favro, and SK Dyment with special guest speaker spec novelist Leah Bobet on world building through character development.
Q&A with the writers... Read More
Press Release
Jun. 5 2019
After well over a year of intensive study and testimony during the copyright review, Canada’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) has released its report. While confirming what we know from the courts, the Copyright Board, and the Heritage committee — that there is a... Read More
Press Release
May. 28 2019
The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Sheilagh Guy Murphy has won the $2,500 cash prize for its 26th annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, for the best story under 2,500 words, with her piece “Lost: My Immortal Soul.” In addition, the Union will... Read More
Press Release
May. 28 2019
HALIFAX – The Writers’ Union of Canada announced this evening that Carrianne Leung is the recipient of the $10,000 first prize in the 22nd annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, recognizing the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2018 in the... Read More
Event
May. 22 2019
Guernica Editions in collaboration with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia and Bookmark Halifax presents: An Evening of Poetry and Prose
Join Guernica Editions and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia for a night of new readings from George Elliott Clarke, Michael Mirolla, Giovanna Riccio,... Read More
Press Release
May. 16 2019
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday released its long-awaited report on artist remuneration, as part of Parliament’s Statutory Review of the Copyright Act. Titled Shifting Paradigms, the report makes twenty-two key recommendations focused on strengthening the... Read More
