Playwrights Canada Press


Playwrights Canada Press is a Canadian publishing house founded in 1984 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada. It was incorporated in 2000 as an independent company.

Notable books

Playwrights Canada Press has been nominated for 86 Governor General's Awards, 82 for English-language Drama and 4 for French to English translation, resulting in 21 wins over its 33-year history.

Governor General's Award for English-language Drama

YearNominated workAuthorResult
1981§Straight Ahead and Blind DancersCharles Tidler
1981§Theatre of the Film NoirGeorge F. Walker
1982§ClayLawrence Jeffery
1982§Jennie's StoryBetty Lambert
1984§White Biting DogJudith Thompson
1985§Salt-water MoonDavid French
1985§Gone in the Burning SunKen Mitchell
1985§Criminals in LoveGeorge F. Walker
1986§Odd JobsFrank Moher
1986§DocSharon Pollock
1986§PapersAllan Stratton
1987PragueJohn Krizanc
1987Walt and RoyMichael D.C. McKinlay
1988Skin from Skin and LiarsDennis Foon
1990Scientific AmericansJohn Mighton
1991The Trial of Judith K.Sally Clark
1991Where is Kabuki?Don Druick
1992Possible Worlds and A Short History of NightJohn Mighton
1992Serpent in the SkyDianne Warren
1993The Saints and ApostlesRaymond Storey
1994If We Are WomenJoanna McClelland Glass
1995Three in the Back, Two in the HeadJason Sherman
1996The Little YearsJohn Mighton
1996Mad Boy ChronicleMichael O'Brien
1996The MonumentColleen Wagner
1997Reading HebronJason Sherman
1997SledJudith Thompson
1998Not SpainRichard Sanger
1999The Drawer BoyMichael Healey
1999Beating Heart CadaverColleen Murphy
2000Alien CreatureLinda Griffiths
2000It's All TrueJason Sherman
2001Monsieur d'EonMark Brownell
2001Building JerusalemMichael Redhill
2001An Acre of Time: The PlayJason Sherman
2001The Harps of GodKent Stetson
2002The Gwendolyn PoemsClaudia Dey
2002The Shooting StageMichael MacLennan
2003Rice BoySunil Kuruvilla
2003Last RomanticsMichael MacLennan
2003Einstein's GiftVern Thiessen
2004Robert Chafe: Two Plays. Butler's Marsh, Tempting ProvidenceRobert Chafe
2004Rune ArlidgeMichael Healey
2004The Red Priest Mieko Ouchi
2005Half LifeJohn Mighton
2006Cast IronLisa Codrington
2006I Still Love YouDaniel MacIvor
2006Adapt or Die: Plays New and UsedJason Sherman
2007In Gabriel's KitchenSalvatore Antonio
2007The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay BlackAnosh Irani
2007LeoRosa Laborde
2007The December Man Colleen Murphy
2008Bone CageCatherine Banks
200810 Days on EarthRonnie Burkett
2008Palace of the EndJudith Thompson
2009East of BerlinHannah Moscovitch
2009TalkMichael Nathanson
2010AfterimageRobert Chafe
2010ScratchCharlotte Corbeil-Coleman
2010CourageousMichael Healey
2010Such CreaturesJudith Thompson
2010lady in the red dressDavid Yee
2011House of Many TonguesJonathan Garfinkel
2011If We Were BirdsErin Shields
2011Gas GirlsDonna-Michelle St. Bernard
2011Lenin's EmbalmersVern Thiessen
2012It is Solved by WalkingCatherine Banks
2012The Romeo InitiativeTrina Davies
2012Brothel #9Anusree Roy
2013Blood: A Scientific RomanceMeg Braem
2013Shakespeare's NiggaJoseph Jomo Pierre
2014The Secret MaskRick Chafe
2014That Elusive SparkJanet Munsil
2014Age of Minority: Three Solo PlaysJordan Tannahill
2015The Gravitational Pull of Bernice TrimbleBeth Graham
2015MahmoudTara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis
2015carried away on the crest of a waveDavid Yee
2016Kill Me NowBrad Fraser
2016Pig GirlColleen Murphy
2016A Man A FishDonna-Michelle St. Bernard
2016Concord FloralJordan Tannahill
20171979Michael Healey
2017The Colony of Unrequited DreamsRobert Chafe
2017Indian ArmHiro Kanagawa
2017The Virgin TrialKate Hennig
2018Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in SodomJordan Tannahill
2018Gertrude and AliceAnna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja
2018Paradise LostErin Shields
2018This Is How We Got HereKeith Barker
2019Other Side of the GameAmanda Parris
2019What a Young Wife Ought to KnowHannah Moscovitch
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Governor General's Award for French to English translation

YearNominated workAuthorResult
2007Carole Fréchette: Two Plays: John and Beatrice; Helen’s NecklaceJohn Murrell
2010ForestsLinda Gaboriau
2012The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs and Thinking of YouJohn Murrell
2012The ListShelley Tepperman
2019Birds of a KindLinda Gaboriau
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