PLR program an investment in Canadian culture

I’m so incredibly grateful to have received my latest payment from the Canada Council’s Public Lending Right program, which compensates Canadian authors for libraries providing free public access to their books. There are many reasons I love the PLR:

I love libraries!The PLR payment helps keep me writing!I believe strongly in supporting Canadian writers!

The last point is probably the most important one in these challenging times. The PLR program is about more than just compensating writers. It’s an investment in the future of Canadian culture in many, many different forms. Each one of those payments helps a writer to buy time to create new works and add to the rich cultural history of this country. At a time when the very future of Canada seems at stake, you can’t put a price on this sort of support.

So thanks, PLR and Canada Council! And thanks to all of you who have bought my books and others from Canadian writers!