LT.-GOVERNOR HERMÉNÉGILDE CHIASSON, ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE Herménégilde Chiasson, the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, is one of Canada’s most accomplished cultural icons. A celebrated playwright, poet, director, curator, researcher, and journalist, His Honour will give a reading and talk at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, June 23, at 7:00 p.m. A reception will follow. His…
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Book Reading and Signing on May 16th
WHAT: Author reading and book signing – The Book of Angels, The Hidden Secrets: Dreams, Signs, Meditation WHO: Kaya and Christiane Muller WHERE: Confederation Centre Public Library WHEN: Saturday, May 16th at 2:00pm Books will be available for purchase. For more information, visit: http://www.ucm.ca/en/shop/the-book-of-angels-the-hidden-secrets.html
Atlantic Ink Writers Festival Free Reading
A free poetry reading will be held on May 6, at 7:30pm, at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. The PEI Writers’ Guild, with the support and direction of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, and in partnership with the UPEI Department of English, the UPEI Robertson Library, and the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, will host…
Bill Richardson to Read at Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Bill Richardson will give a public reading at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:30 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 will be a guest host at 2009 Indian…
Writers and Exile at the Tatamagouche Centre
July 19 to 24, join Shani Mootoo (Cereus Blooms at Night, He Drown She in the Sea,Valmiki’s Daughter) and others for the Writers and Exile program at the Tatamagouche Centre on Nova Scotia’s North Shore. This writing workshop will expand its focus to also give attention to cultural assumptions in a world filled with intercultural…
Atlantic Book Awards and Festival Readings on April 16, 2009
Lovers of Atlantic and Island writing can look forward to a double helping of literary enjoyment this Spring, with two book elebrations being offered at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. This Thursday, April 16th, at 7pm, the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival (http://www.atlanticbookawards.ca) are pleased to present an evening of readings from Award nominated authors,…
Congratulations to Island Author Carol Little: novel nominated for Montaigne Medal
Writer Carol Little just received news that her novel “Hide Your Life Away” has been nominated for the Montaigne Medal. The Eric Hoffer Award for Books presents the Montaigne Medal annually to the most thought-provoking title(s). These are books that either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought. The Montaigne Medal is given in honor of the…
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