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Before the records and JUNOs, Colin James was a Saskatchewan kid sneaking into clubs to play the blues
Long before Colin James had eight JUNO Awards and multi-platinum record sales, he was a Saskatchewan teenager playing clubs he wasn't legally old enough to enter.
Alberta’s book awards spotlight queer history, Indigenous scholarship and independent publishing
Alberta’s book publishing community gathered in Edmonton on Sept. 17 for the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards, with this year’s winners spanning literary fiction, poetry, children’s books, graphic novels, scholarship, regional history and book design.
B.C.-raised Emily St. John Mandel returns with Exit Party as novel heads to television
Emily St. John Mandel’s seventh novel will be published in Canada Tuesday, bringing the B.C.-raised author back to some of the ideas that have run through her work for years: fractured societies, alternate paths, surveillance and the uneasy relationship between safety and freedom.
Darrin Hagen brings Edmonton queer theatre history to the page in The Crown Collection
Thirty years after The Edmonton Queen first reached the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Darrin Hagen’s writing debut is returning in another form.
Toronto writer Terese Mason Pierre brings Canadian BIPOC voices to Worldcon
Toronto writer, poet and editor Terese Mason Pierre has been given one of Worldcon’s featured platforms this week, and she has already said what she wants to do with it.
Amanda Leduc brings disability advocacy and literary mentorship to Calgary residency
Canadian author Amanda Leduc will spend the next 10 months writing, meeting with readers and helping other writers develop their work as the University of Calgary’s 2026–27 Canadian Writer-in-Residence.