An Invitation from P.E.I. People First!! People First Group Writes for Change You are invited to the release of a collection of stories, called “Writing for Change”, on Thursday, December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, at the offices of the P.E.I. Council for People with Disabilities, 5 Lower Malpeque Road in Charlottetown. …
Category: Book Launches
New Memoir: My Mi’kmaq Mother
Nov. 19, Charlottetown, PEI: Julie Pellissier-Lush, the author of a memoir, My Mi’kmaq Mother, was greeted today with a standing room only crowd of well wishers at the launch of this her first book. The event took place in Studio 1 of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. Dennis King, Director of Communications…
Book Launch: House of Bears by Orysia Dawydiak
Everyone is invited to the launch of House of Bears, a new novel by Orysia Dawydiak. WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7-9 p.m. WHERE: Haviland Club, 2 Haviland Street, Charlottetown House of Bears is Orysia Dawydiak’s first novel. When Luba Kassim reluctantly returns home to Northern Ontario, the strained relationship with her traditional Ukrainian mother…
My Mi’kmaq Mother: Book Launch
Retromedia Publishing Inc. is launching My Mi’kmaq Mother by Julie Pellissier-Lush on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. in Studio One of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. This young publishing house has published a best seller on PEI (2008), which is now approaching best seller status in Atlantic Canada, called Behind the Gate by…
Black Raspberries: Robert Acorn to Launch 3rd Book
What do you serve after White Strawberries? The answer, according to writer Robert Acorn is Black Raspberries. Acorn’s third book, Black Raspberries will be launched at the Confederation Centre Library on Sunday, November 22nd from 2-4 pm . Acorn’s first collection of poetry White Strawberries was released in 2000. His first book of prose was…
SAGE PEI Book Launch
Host: SAGE PEI Type: Causes – Fundraiser Network: Global Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: The Guild, Charlottetown, PE Description SAGE is very pleased to invite you to the official book launch of Beyond Silence! Thursday November 5th at The Guild in Charlottetown. Reception will begin at 6:30pm and the program will…
What are afternoon horses?
What are afternoon horses? The phrase comes from a poem in Deirdre Kessler’s poetry book, AFTERNOON HORSES, to be launched October 20th at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House by Acorn Press. Though Kessler has been writing poetry for more years than she has been writing fiction and nonfiction and has had poems published in chapbooks and in…
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 :…
Pen & Inkling Festival : Event Details
Pen & Inkling Festival The Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) turns twenty this year and are celebrating with the Pen & Inkling Festival on the weekend of September 18 – 20, 2009. This three-day, three-county event will celebrate Island writers through the Island Literary Awards ceremony, a conversation about poetry between John Smith and David…
Acorn launches LOOKBOOK! A Children’s Guide to Prince Edward Island
If you’re looking for something to do with your children this Sunday afternoon, join us for the launch of LOOKBOOK! A Children’s Guide to Prince Edward Island, written by Jordan McIntyre, and illustrated with paper collage by Catherine Miller. The launch is at the Carriage House at Beaconsfield, 2 Kent Street (please use the West…
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!…
The Writing Pool 