THE WRITERS’ UNION OF CANADA ANNOUNCES WRITING FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION 2008 The Writers’ Union of Canada is pleased to launch its 12th annual Writing for Children Competition, which invites writers to submit a piece for children up to 1,500 words in the English language that has not previously been published in any format. A $1,500…
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CBC Sponsors Battle of the Book Clubs
CBC Radio’s Matt Rainnie hosts the Battle of the Book Clubs held at The Guild on Feb. 20 Five great works of Canadian fiction; five celebrity panellists; one week of heated debates about Canadian literature: that’s what Canada Reads week is about on the CBC. But this year, PEI took an advance look at those…
Lawrence Hill Reading & Workshop
The English Department of the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce that novelist and journalist Lawrence Hill returns to the Island as Writer-in-Residence from Feb. 28 – March 12. Hill’s new novel, “The Book of Negroes” (released in the US as “Someone Knows My Name”), takes readers from an African village to…
Michael Winter at UPEI Feb. 11, 2008
Newfoundland-raised novelist Michael Winter returns to PEI with his new novel, The Architects Are Here. Winter will give a public reading on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow. Winter was born in England, grew up in Corner Brook, Nfld., and divides…
Don Hannah at UPEI Feb. 15, 2008
Award-winning and prolific playwright, director, and novelist Don Hannah will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. The east coast has long been a focus in the Shediac, NB native’s work. His new novel, Ragged Islands begins in September 2001as 85-year-old Susan Ann Roberts…
Laureate Launches PEI Poetry Website
Photo by David Helwig from poetrypei.com website. PEI’s new Poet Laureate, David Helwig, has launched the Prince Edward Island Poet Laureate Community Website at http://www.poetrypei.com. The site has information about the PEI Poet Laureate Program; current and historical PEI poets; and poetry resources, events and podcasts. PEI Writers’ Guild members are invited to submit a…
Indie Book Awards Seek Entries
Calling all indie authors and publishers – including small and mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. Enter the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards now to have your book considered for cash prizes of $1000, awards, exposure, and recognition as one of the top independently published books of the year! With…
On-line Magazine Seeks Submissions
Cahoots is a Canadian magazine freshly re-designed for the web for women who want more than the “same old, same old” from a women¹s magazine. Cahoots is a magazine for the creative, engaged, curious, soulful woman in all women. Editors are seeking submissions of articles, visual art, creative writing, and proposals for regular reviews and columns about…
David Helwig New PEI Poet Laureate
The PEI Council of the Arts welcomes David Helwig as PEI’s new poet laureate. Carolyn Bertram, PEI’s Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, announced Wednesday that the author of more than 20 books of fiction and poetry would replace Frank Ledwell, who held the title for three years. Frank was known across the Island…
Island Literary Awards Open for Submissions; Deadline March 7
Prince Edward Island’s premiere literary awards event celebrates its 21st birthday this year. For over two decades now, the ILAs have encouraged and rewarded some of the province’s best writers in their craft with cash awards and recognition. The PEI Writers’ Guild and the PEI Council of the Arts, sponsors of the event, are excited…
Kathy Page at UPEI on Thursday, Jan. 24
Novelist Kathy Page will give a public reading in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 as part of UPEI’s Winter’s Tales series. Born in London, England, Page was a rising British literary star when she moved to Salt Spring Island, B.C., in the 1990s. She is best-known for her recent novels,…
Barbara Gowdy in Charlottetown Nov. 28
Best-selling and acclaimed fiction writer Barbara Gowdy will give a reading from her new work on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow. Gowdy burst on the scene in 1989 with Falling Angels, a darkly comic novel about three sisters growing up…
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