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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 15h

Margaret McGuffin, CEO of Music Publishers Canada: "We’re in the business of licensing. We know how to do it. And this now needs to extend to the AI companies."

CTV News Winnipeg @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 1d

Music industry asks MPs for action on unauthorized use of works by generative AI

The music industry is calling on the government to take action to address unauthorized use of music by generative AI systems.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 15h

Access Copyright began distribution of this year’s Payback payment to our creator affiliates today.

Payments through direct deposit have gone out. Cheque payments will be mailed once the labour disruption involving Canada Post workers is resolved.

www.accesscopyright.ca/creators/pay...

2025 Payback payment details

Access Copyright began distribution of this year’s Payback payment to our creator affiliates on October 9.

www.accesscopyright.ca

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to AC affiliate Karen Solie on being shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize.

T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social · 3d

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone."

Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 2d

The winners of the First Nation Communities READ Awards for Indigenous storytelling for 2025-2026 have been announced. Congratulations to Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley and Mary Ann Corbiere as well as AC affiliate Stella Shepard.

www.cbc.ca/books/winner...

Winners announced for $5K First Nation Communities READ Awards for Indigenous storytelling | CBC Books

The awards recognize outstanding Indigenous books for children, young adults and adults.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to the authors on this year's Giller Prize shortlist, including AC affiliates @eddyboudeltan.bsky.social, @emmadonoghue.bsky.social & Souvankham Thammavongsa.

Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 3d

We are pleased to share the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Learn more here: gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist

October 6, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian li...

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 3d

Click below for important information from the Writers' Union of Canada for Canadian copyright owners related to the Anthropic copyright settlement. writersunion.ca/news/anthrop...

Anthropic Copyright Settlement | The Writers' Union of Canada

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Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social · 7d

ACP is excited to launch the Certified Canadian Publisher program! 🍁📚

Look for the seal when you buy books and you'll:

📖Support Canadian jobs
🏆Champion Canadian talent
🏘 Strengthen communities
💰Boost our economy
🍁 Preserve Canadian stories

www.certifiedcanadianpublisher.com

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 6d

Access Copyright will begin its distribution of this year’s Payback payment to creator affiliates on October 9.

More information on this year's payment and how we are responding to the labour disruption at Canada Post is available by clicking below.
accesscopyright.ca/creators/pay...

2025 Payback payment details

Access Copyright will begin its distribution of the 2025 Payback payment to our creator affiliates on October 9.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 16d

Great to see AC affiliate Rachel Poliquin among those honoured for the 2024 SWCC Book Awards.

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada @swc-can.bsky.social · 24d

🎉📚 Congratulations to the SWCC 2024 Book Awards winners 🎉📚

We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖

#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards

Photo displaying the covers of the books and photos of the authors who won the SWCC 2024 Book Awards.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to everyone honoured at this year's Alberta Book Publishing Awards, including Kieran Leblanc for her many years of service to Canada's publishing sector as the head of the @abbookpub.bsky.social. www.cbc.ca/books/albert...

Cole Nowicki, Jarret Hartnell and A.J. Devlin among winners of the 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards | CBC Books

The prizes, administered by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, annually celebrate the province's best books of the year across 16 categories.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 21d

Our upcoming webinar is for AC affiliates and members looking to learn more about:

· Key takeaways from global Generative AI litigation

· Government responses to regulating AI

· Private-sector responses to this new technology

Register for free here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to this year's Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize finalists, including AC affiliates Tim Bowling and Robert McGill.

www.cbc.ca/books/5-cana...

5 Canadian writers shortlisted for $70K Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | CBC Books

The award, named after Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, recognizes the best Canadian fiction of the year.

www.cbc.ca

Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 21d

Great to see AC affiliates Nina Berkhout, @robmclennan.bsky.social, Denise Chong & Katherine Leyton
among this year's Ottawa Book Awards finalists!

CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 22d

City announces finalists for 2025 Ottawa Book Awards

The city has named 14 local authors as finalists for the 2025 Ottawa Book Awards.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to everyone longlisted for this year's Giller Prize!

Giller Prize @gillerprize.bsky.social · 24d

Fourteen outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist! gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #canadianshortstories

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 24d

Join us on Wednesday, October 1 at 1:00 p.m. EDT for a one-hour, free online educational session on Generative AI & Strategic Considerations for Creators & Publishers with Erin Finlay, a leading expert on copyright law and AI.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to AC affiliate Nalo Hopkinson!

Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 28d

✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!

Cover photo of Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson, award-winning author of Brown Girl in the Ring. Image of 1 person with two other people's heads behind him. Text that says "Yet another brilliant novel from master writer." -KATE ELLIOT "Truly astounding." -THE WASHINGTON POST

Photo of author Nalo Hopkinson with a bald head, wearing glasses and a shiny green shirt. Photo credit David C. Findlay.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to this year's finalists, including AC affiliates Tessa McWatt & @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social.

Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 29d

Announcing finalists for the 2025 #HilaryWeston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction 🏆 Congratulations to:

◢Omar El Akkad

◢Tessa McWatt

◢Vinh Nguyen

◢ @biidaasamose.bsky.social

◢ @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social

$75K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4lXZqQk

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Sep 9

Access Copyright Foundation is accepting applications for its 2025 round of Events Grants funding.

The Events Grants program is ideal for those planning festivals, reading series, conferences, etc. that will celebrate Canadian literary and/or visual arts.

www.acfoundation.ca/2025/09/09/c...

Call for Applications – Access Copyright Foundation Events Grants. Deadline: November 1, 2025

Access Copyright Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2025 round of Events Grants funding.

www.acfoundation.ca

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 29

'85% of Canadians want government regulation for AI, poll shows' www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

85% of Canadians want government regulation for AI, poll shows

57 per cent of Canadians polled strongly agree that AI tools should be regulated to ensure ethical and safe use

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great to see so many Access Copyright affiliates on this year's finalist list!

The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 CCBC Book Awards. Our congratulations to all of the finalists!

Read the full press release: bit.ly/4fVXjLv

Honouring Excellence in Canadian Books for Young People: Finalists Ann

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto (August 27, 2025)—The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is excited to announce the finalists for the following seven major awards celebrating Canadian books for you...

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Tasha Saecker @tsaecker.bsky.social · Aug 18

CBC Kids Reads 2025 Longlist

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced the Kids Reads 2025 Longlist. The 15 picture books in the longlist will be shortened to five books that will compete to win. The shortlist will be announced on September 17 and the winner announced on October 4. Here…

CBC Kids Reads 2025 Longlist

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced the Kids Reads 2025 Longlist. The 15 picture books in the longlist will be shortened to five books that will compete to win. The shortlist will be announced on September 17 and the winner announced on October 4. Here are the longlisted books: Benny and the Bananasaurus Rex by Sarabeth Holden, illustrated by Emma Pedersen…

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congratulations to our affiliates: @sarahbleav.bsky.social & @zoewhittall.bsky.social on being shortlisted for this year's Lambda Literary Awards!

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Jul 30

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...

Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards

This year marks 37 years

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 7

Access Copyright Foundation grants are awarded through a peer review process administered by SK Arts on behalf of the Foundation. Thank you to the jurors for the 2025 Professional Development program: @jennabutler.bsky.social, Lauren Carter & @allancho.bsky.social.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 7

[email protected], Fiona McGlynn, NorthWords Writers Festival Society, Opera Canada, @rsalazar.bsky.social, Erin Soros & Whistler Writing Society.

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · Aug 7

... @laurairock.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, Taylor Graham, gritLIT (Hamilton Literary Festival Association), Miriam Ho, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Emily Kopley, @eimearlaffan.bsky.social, Nadja Lubiw-Hazard,
Kirsteen MacLeod, Claire Matthews, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz...

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