The Atlantic Magazines Association presents Magazines East The First Annual Atlantic Canadian Magazines Conference Sunday March 29th, 2009 Welcome Reception 5 -7 pm Monday March 30th, 2009 Seminars 8am to 5pm Westin Nova Scotian Halifax, Nova Scotia The Atlantic Magazines Association has brought together an outstanding line-up of magazine-industry leaders and experts. With speakers addressing…
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Open Mic Night with the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild
Writers take note… do you have a piece of poetry, fiction or nonfiction you would like to share? Whatever you choose, just make sure you can do it in five minutes or less! Sign up for the Open Mic a half hour beforehand in the library. This Open Mic event is your chance to give…
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation: 2009 Call for Applications
The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation is delighted to announce the 2009 call for applications for the Gordon Global Fellowship programme. The fellowships are targeted towards emerging Canadian leaders who demonstrate potential to enhance Canada’s role on the world stage. The fellowships will provide successful candidates with a cash award of $20,000 as well as…
The Montgomery Theatre 2009: Special Pricing
The Montgomery Theatre 2009 season pricing scheme has been modified to accommodate a new electronic booking system. Special discounts apply until St. Patrick’s Day.
Eighteen Authors and Illustrators up for 2009 Atlantic Book Awards March 3, 2009
The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to reveal the eighteen authors and illustrators and sixteen books that are in contention for the 2009 Atlantic Book Awards. Winners will be announced April 15, 2009 at a gala celebration at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, co-hosted by actor / humorist Bill Carr and…
THE NEWCOMERS ART EXHIBIT
The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts Proudly Presents THE NEWCOMERS ART EXHIBIT Opening Reception From 4 – 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5 Gallery @ The Guild Corner Queen & Richmond Streets Please come, enjoy some refreshments and meet the artists THE ARTISTS * Mauricio Aristizabal, Medellin , Colombia * Natasha Kudashkina, Angarsk ,…
Rattling Books: Publishing Opportunity
Rattling Books invites submissions of previously unpublished short fiction for EarLit Shorts, our new audio short fiction series launched in Fall 2008. Tors Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador – March 3, 2009- Rattling Books is seeking previously unpublished short fiction for EarLit Shorts, a series of audio anthologies. Stories will be available on-line, singly or collectively,…
Put Poetry on Your Wall
11 x 17 broadsheets of original poems by Brian Bartlett, David Hickey, Hugh MacDonald and Richard Lemm will be available for sale @$5 each at the readings at Confederation Art Gallery on March 5th and March 24th. The total price goes to support the League of Canadian Poets. Original poems contributed for this cause combine with…
The Montgomery Theatre 2009: “Plays from the Life & Times of L.M. Montgomery”
WHEN: Tuesdays – Sundays JULY 14 – AUGUST 23 All performances 7:30 pm WHERE: the Church at Avonlea Village, Cavendish Private Lives by Noel Coward. Directed by Duncan McIntosh. Written in 1929, Private Lives contains some of the funniest, wittiest dialogue ever. Like last year’s hit The Importance of Being Earnest, this is a first…
IAN STRETCH LAUNCHES “MARTY THE MAILBOX”
WHAT: PEIWG member Ian Stretch will launch his latest book for children, Marty the Mailbox WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 2009, noon to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: The Best of PEI Store, University Ave. invitation-to-launch
Winter’s Tales Reading: David Hickey and Jeffery Donaldson
PEI native and poet David Hickey and McMaster professor and poet Jeffery Donaldson will read at Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30. David’s first book, In the Lights of a Midnight Plow, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Poetry Book by a Canadian. He is currently…
PEI Annual General Meeting
WHAT: PEI Writers’ Guild Annual General Meeting WHEN: May 23rd, 2:00-5:00 p.m. WHERE: Main Building, Faculty Lounge, UPEI Everyone is invited to join the AGM and be part of the exciting activities lined up to celebrate 20 years of the PEIWG. New members are welcome to join. Former members are invited to renew their membership.
The Writing Pool 