Canada Council report analyzes PLR program for writers

By Ken McGoogan | July 31, 2013 |

It’s here at last: the Canada Council’s third and final report on this country’s Public Lending Right Program (PLR). Entitled Options for Renewal, it runs to 58 pages. Exhaustive and authoritative, it lays out the array of choices that face the Public Lending Right Commission. Hats off to Roy MacSkimming, the author and ex-publisher who…

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Your PLR cheque & bravo a l’UNEQ

By Ken McGoogan | February 12, 2012 |

Yes, your PLR cheque is in the mail! That is so, anyway, as of Wednesday, Feb. 15. This year, the Public Lending Right Commission is distributing $9.9 million among almost 18,000 Canadian writers for the use of their books through public libraries. I’ve just returned from Montreal, where UNEQ — the Union des ecrivaines et…

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Canadian literature in libraries

By Ken McGoogan | June 18, 2010 |

I recently returned from Ottawa, where as chair of the Public Lending Right Commission, I reported to the board of the Canada Council. My main message? Next year (2011) marks the 25th anniversary of the PLR Program, which recognizes Canadian authors for the presence of their books in libraries. These are still early days. But…

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