J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

06/13/2025

Congratulations to Tara Beagan, whose play The Ministry of Grace won the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award last night at the Alberta Book Awards celebration!

06/05/2025

“I wanted to ensure the play didn’t take a stance but instead created space for multiple perspectives to coexist, allowing audiences to engage with the moral and ethical complexities on their own terms.”

Read more about the play In Seven Days by Jordi Mand at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/playwright-examines-polarizing-topic-of-maid-and-jewish-faith-with-flashes-of-humour.

06/03/2025

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Ring in the month with these 20 new and notable books from LGBTQSIA+ writers.

https://alllitup.ca/book-list/pride-reads-2025/

04/28/2025

Join Tracey Erin Smith on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7:00 pm at the Toronto Reference Library in Beeton Hall (789 Yonge Street) for the Toronto book launch, writing workshop, and live Firecracker Department Podcast recording.

Tracey Erin Smith, with host of the Firecracker Department podcast Naomi Snieckus, will discuss Tracey's new book Flying SOULO and lead the audience through a guided writing exercise.

Flying SOULO details the innovative SOULO storytelling and creation method that can transform personal experience into a moving, entertaining, and powerful one-person show.

04/03/2025

📖✨ Join us at the Segal Centre on April 8 for the Flying SOULO Book Launch & Workshop with award-winning director & TV host Tracey Erin Smith!
Get inspired, sharpen your storytelling skills, and leave with a polished piece of writing - plus, a signed copy of the book! 📚✍️

📅 April 8 @ 6 p.m. at the Segal Centre
🎟️ $36 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flying-soulo-book-launch-workshop-tickets-1309263114219



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📖✨ Joignez-vous à nous au Centre Segal le 8 avril pour le lancement du livre Flying SOULO et un atelier avec la réalisatrice primée et animatrice de télévision Tracey Erin Smith!
Laissez-vous inspirer, affinez vos talents de conteur et repartez avec un texte bien ficelé - en plus d'une copie signée du livre! 📚✍️

📅 Le 8 avril à 18 h au Centre Segal
🎟️ 36 $ Billets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flying-soulo-book-launch-workshop-tickets-1309263114219

07/09/2024

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01/16/2024

Join John Lazarus for the launch of Two Ways About It on Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00 pm at the Novel Idea Booksore.

Kingston folks! Don't miss the launch of Two Ways About It: The Inside and Outside of Playwriting by John Lazarus!

12/15/2023

A suggestively romantic first-encounter from Kristen Da Silva's play WHERE YOU ARE (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing) closes out our final day of : get comfy and tune in for a reading from the playwright herself at the link.

alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-kristen-da-silva-where-you-are/

12/13/2023

08/08/2023

Small publishers across Ontario mortgage their homes and work without pay to tell stories that give voice to the voiceless

08/01/2023

We'd like to extend our gratitude to the Scirocco Drama for their sponsorship of the Carol Bolt Award! Your support is truly appreciated—thank you! ✨😀

08/01/2023

It's the this Sunday, so we're taking a look at ten literary friendships from fiction, plays, memoir, and more.

https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2023/Top-10-Literary-Friendships