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Congratulations to this year's winners: Hajer Mirwali, Karen Solie & @rsalazar.bsky.social. @talonbooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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League of Canadian Poets Award winners announced #CanLit #CanPo
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The deadline for eligible creator affiliates to make or revise their Payback claim for 2026 is May 31.
Ensure you are maximizing your 2026 Payback payment, to be distributed in November.
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Seventy-one percent of Canadians surveyed believe the federal government needs to take action to stop the unauthorized use of copyright-protected news content by AI companies.
Great to see so many of our affiliates honoured here: Tim Bowling, reuben quinn, Beth Graham, Therese Greenwood, @jenbdelisle.bsky.social, Patti Edgar, Barb Howard &
@lesliegreentree.bsky.social.
Our 2025 Annual Report is out.
Read all about the work we did last year to build our renewed foundation.
Check it out here: ac-annual-reports.accesscopyright.ca
The claim period for the 2026 Payback payment is now open.
All creators affiliated with Access Copyright as of December 31, 2025 are eligible for the 2026 Payback payment.
More information on this year's claim period can be found by clicking below.
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Congratulations to AC Board member Stephen Kimber on being honoured with the 2026 Atlantic Legacy award as part of last week's Atlantic Book Awards.
We additionally celebrate affiliates @suegoyette.bsky.social & @sarahemsley.bsky.social who were also among this year's award winners.
Congratulations to this year's winners of the Crime Writers of Canada Awards, including affiliates Charis Cotter & Sylvia Maultash Warsh as well as affiliated publishers @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social, @nimbuspub.bsky.social & Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada.
Congratulations to our affiliates @jennifermcgrath.bsky.social & @ianletourneau.bsky.social, as well as affiliated publishers
@gaspereaupress.bsky.social & @gooselane.bsky.social.
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the winners of the 2026 Raymond Souster Award, Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!
PSA to Canadian writers that the annual claim period for Access Copyright is open, for books/articles from 2005 to 2024. This is:
- a different thing than PLR, which is libraries
- typically not big $ (for me anyway - I get ~$150 a year) but every bit helps
- open until May 31
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