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

Awards and nominations

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 TidlerNomitated
1981§Theatre of the Film NoirGeorge F. WalkerNomitated
1982§ClayLawrence JefferyNomitated
1982§Jennie's StoryBetty LambertNomitated
1984§White Biting DogJudith ThompsonWon
1985§Salt-water MoonDavid FrenchNomitated
1985§Gone in the Burning SunKen MitchellNomitated
1985§Criminals in LoveGeorge F. WalkerWon
1986§Odd JobsFrank MoherNomitated
1986§DocSharon PollockWon
1986§PapersAllan StrattonNomitated
1987PragueJohn KrizancWon
1987Walt and RoyMichael D.C. McKinlayNomitated
1988Skin from Skin and LiarsDennis FoonNomitated
1990Scientific AmericansJohn MightonNomitated
1991The Trial of Judith K.Sally ClarkNomitated
1991Where is Kabuki?Don DruickNomitated
1992Possible Worlds and A Short History of NightJohn MightonWon
1992Serpent in the SkyDianne WarrenNomitated
1993The Saints and ApostlesRaymond StoreyNomitated
1994If We Are WomenJoanna McClelland GlassNomitated
1995Three in the Back, Two in the HeadJason ShermanWon
1996The Little YearsJohn MightonNomitated
1996Mad Boy ChronicleMichael O'BrienNomitated
1996The MonumentColleen WagnerWon
1997Reading HebronJason ShermanNomitated
1997SledJudith ThompsonNomitated
1998Not SpainRichard SangerNomitated
1999The Drawer BoyMichael HealeyWon
1999Beating Heart CadaverColleen MurphyNomitated
2000Alien CreatureLinda GriffithsNomitated
2000It's All TrueJason ShermanNomitated
2001Monsieur d'EonMark BrownellNomitated
2001Building JerusalemMichael RedhillNomitated
2001An Acre of Time: The PlayJason ShermanNomitated
2001The Harps of GodKent StetsonWon
2002The Gwendolyn PoemsClaudia DeyNomitated
2002The Shooting StageMichael MacLennanNomitated
2003Rice BoySunil KuruvillaNomitated
2003Last RomanticsMichael MacLennanNomitated
2003Einstein's GiftVern ThiessenWon
2004Robert Chafe: Two Plays. Butler's Marsh, Tempting ProvidenceRobert ChafeNomitated
2004Rune ArlidgeMichael HealeyNomitated
2004The Red Priest Mieko OuchiNomitated
2005Half LifeJohn MightonWon
2006Cast IronLisa CodringtonNomitated
2006I Still Love YouDaniel MacIvorWon
2006Adapt or Die: Plays New and UsedJason ShermanNomitated
2007In Gabriel's KitchenSalvatore AntonioNomitated
2007The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay BlackAnosh IraniNomitated
2007LeoRosa LabordeNomitated
2007The December Man Colleen MurphyWon
2008Bone CageCatherine BanksWon
200810 Days on EarthRonnie BurkettNomitated
2008Palace of the EndJudith ThompsonNomitated
2009East of BerlinHannah MoscovitchNomitated
2009TalkMichael NathansonNomitated
2010AfterimageRobert ChafeWon
2010ScratchCharlotte Corbeil-ColemanNomitated
2010CourageousMichael HealeyNomitated
2010Such CreaturesJudith ThompsonNomitated
2010lady in the red dressDavid YeeNomitated
2011House of Many TonguesJonathan GarfinkelNomitated
2011If We Were BirdsErin ShieldsWon
2011Gas GirlsDonna-Michelle St. BernardNomitated
2011Lenin's EmbalmersVern ThiessenNomitated
2012It is Solved by WalkingCatherine BanksWon
2012The Romeo InitiativeTrina DaviesNomitated
2012Brothel #9Anusree RoyNomitated
2013Blood: A Scientific RomanceMeg BraemNomitated
2013Shakespeare's NiggaJoseph Jomo PierreNomitated
2014The Secret MaskRick ChafeNomitated
2014That Elusive SparkJanet MunsilNomitated
2014Age of Minority: Three Solo PlaysJordan TannahillWon
2015The Gravitational Pull of Bernice TrimbleBeth GrahamNomitated
2015MahmoudTara Grammy and Tom Arthur DavisNomitated
2015carried away on the crest of a waveDavid YeeWon
2016Kill Me NowBrad FraserNomitated
2016Pig GirlColleen MurphyWon
2016A Man A FishDonna-Michelle St. BernardNomitated
2016Concord FloralJordan TannahillNomitated
20171979Michael HealeyNomitated
2017The Colony of Unrequited DreamsRobert ChafeNomitated
2017Indian ArmHiro KanagawaWon
2017The Virgin TrialKate HennigNomitated
2018Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in SodomJordan TannahillWon
2018Gertrude and AliceAnna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry and Karin RandojaNomitated
2018Paradise LostErin ShieldsNomitated
2018This Is How We Got HereKeith BarkerNomitated
2019Other Side of the GameAmanda ParrisWon
2019What a Young Wife Ought to KnowHannah MoscovitchNomitated
2020Guarded GirlsCharlotte Corbeil-ColemanNomitated
2020Quick Bright ThingsChristopher CookNomitated
2020Sound of the BeastDonna-Michelle St. BernardNomitated
2021SelfieChristine QuintanaNomitated
2021Sexual Misconduct of the Middle ClassesHannah MoscovitchWon
2021Take d Milk, Nah?Jivesh ParasramNomitated

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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 MurrellNomitated
2010ForestsLinda GaboriauWon
2012The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs and Thinking of YouJohn MurrellNomitated
2012The ListShelley TeppermanNomitated
2019Birds of a KindLinda GaboriauWon
2020Amaryllis & Little WitchAlexis DiamondNomitated