POETS OF WONDER AND BEAUTY We have a wealth of literary events this fall. The Pen & Inkling Festival. The gala poetry readings on Oct. 15 & 16 as part of the International Symposium on Poetics hosted by the UPEI Faculty of Education. Upcoming launches of books by Deirdre Kessler and Orysia Dawydiak. And, of…
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Book Launch at the Macphail Homestead
Invitation – Book Launch Tuesday, October 6, 3-6pm. Macphail Homestead, Orwell Please join the Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation for a very special celebration at the Homestead on Tuesday, October 6, from 3-6:00 pm. Together, with the McGill-Queen’s University Press, we are hosting the official launch of Dr. Ian Ross Robertson’s biography, Sir Andrew Macphail :…
Master Play Works
Hi Folks, I had a terrific response to my lecture/workshop for the Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Author’s Association. About fifty Alberta writers attended the Friday night lecture on Adaptation: Importing Excellence. The following day I conducted an exhaustive full-day workshop, The Character Generated Plot in Drama and Prose Fiction. The response to both events…
Bill Richardson Gives Public Reading
Everyone is invited to a free public reading by Bill Richardson at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., an event co-hosted by the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild, the Friends of the Confederation Centre Public Library, the UPEI Department of English, and the Indian River Festival. Bill Richardson is a writer…
Grain Magazine 2009 Short Grain Contest Results
July 6, 2009 — Winners of Grain Magazine’s 21st Short Grain (with Variations) Contest The results for Grain Magazine’s 2009 contest, Short Grain (with Variations) are in. Judges for this year’s contest were Elise Levine, Fiction, and Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Poetry. Winning entries and judges’ comments will be published in Grain’s Winter issue, 37.2. Congratulations…
Celebrate Atlantic Author Day Saturday, July 11!
Join PEI authors John Sylvester and Gerry O’Brien at Indigo in Charlottetown on Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. til noon. They join dozens of other Atlantic authors over four Atlantic provinces in celebrating the first ever Atlantic Author Day. All are featured in this summer’s Summer Reading Guide, produced by the Atlantic Publishers Marketing…
Wild Island Launch on July 9
The Acorn Press cordially invites you to the launch of Wild Island Prince Edward Island’s Hidden Wilderness photos by John Sylvester Thursday, July 9, 2009 7–9 p.m. Beaconsfield Carriage House corner of Kent and West Streets, Charlottetown Author signing – Slide show – Refreshments $1 from every book goes to Island Nature Trust Everyone welcome!…
A Tribute to Frank Ledwell
On July 3rd, tomorrow, beginning at 8:00 p.m. there will be a tribute night of words and music dedicated to Frank Ledwell, beloved poet, educator, husband, father, and much-loved, community-minded Islander with a capital I. It is titled “Back At The Bay” A Tribute to Frank Ledwell ~ Fundraiser ~ Please come and join the…
Carol Little at Beanz Expresso Bar
Carol Little is performing a 15 minute set of poetry with guitar and djembe accompaniment on July 8th, 7-9 pm at the 2nd Annual ARCPEI Coffee House Open Mic for Pride week at Beanz Espresso Bar (rain location is the Studio at Mavor’s).
Malahat wins four NMAs!
The Malahat Review congratulates four of its authors who won 2008 National Magazine Awards, where were announced on Friday, June 5, 2009, in Toronto: Fiction Andrew Tibbetts of Toronto, Ontario, won Gold for “Dead Man’s Wedding” D. W. Wilson of Victoria, B.C., won Silver for “The Elasticity of Bone” Poetry Sina Queyras of Montreal, Quebec,…
Bill Richardson Gives Public Reading
Everyone is invited to a free public reading by Bill Richardson at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., an event co-hosted by the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild, the Friends of the Confederation Centre Public Library, the UPEI Department of English, and the Indian River Festival. Bill Richardson is a writer and…
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs
Dear Fellow Creative Writing Instructors: Many of you may remember an email in November 2008 from the University of Calgary Creative Writing Faculty proposing to form an organization of Canadian creative writing instructors. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and included many concrete proposals. As a result, our committee has expanded and decided to pursue the…
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