An exciting and inspiring series of events, workshops, readings, music, and celebration are planned for the Pen & Inkling Festival this month, from September 27th through October 2nd. However, we need some volunteers to help make it a success! Throughout the week there are a variety of helpful and fun tasks that need your help….
Category: Events
Get Your Story Straight with Louise Lalonde
“Get Your Story Straight”—Part of The Wyatt Heritage Properties Storytelling Festival, a collaboration with the PEI Writers’ Guild. Where: The Lefurgey Cultural Centre When: 1:00 – 4:00pm Dedicated to the memory of western PEI author Brigitte VanVliet The final workshop in the 2011 PEIWG Workshops series is being held in honour of esteemed Prince County author, Brigitte VanVliet. It is a…
Wayne Johnston to Open Literary Festival
Newfoundland author Wayne Johnston, one of Canada’s most popular, critically heralded, and internationally successful novelists, will open the 2011 Pen and Inkling Literary Festival in Charlottetown with a public reading at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. A reception and book signing will follow. Johnston will…
Who Dunnit PEI?
The One Book One Island campaign run all summer by the PEI Public Library Service is drawing to a close. Louise Penny draws readers in to the fictional world of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and the community of Three Pines, beginning with Still Life and continuing to the latest release in the series, A Trick of the Light. Penny will…
CALL FOR PAPERS: CANADIAN CREATIVE WRITERS AND WRITING PROGRAMS
CALL FOR PAPERS: CANADIAN CREATIVE WRITERS AND WRITING PROGRAMS CONFERENCE 2012 Deadline: September 30, 2011 ccwwp.ca/conference/call-for-papers
Contest launched to celebrate 2011 Intergeneration Week
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — Islanders are encouraged to participate in Prince Edward Island’s premier celebration of Intergeneration Week, says Minister of Community Services, Seniors and Labour Janice Sherry. “Intergeneration Week is an opportunity to concentrate on the importance of blended generations,” said Minister Sherry. “Unifying Islanders is imperative to our goal of becoming a One Island Community.”…
Get Your Story Straight: Final PEIWG 2011 Writing Workshop
“Get Your Story Straight”—Part of The Wyatt Heritage Properties Storytelling Festival, a collaboration with the PEI Writers’ Guild. Where: The Lefurgey Cultural Centre When: 1:00 – 4:00pm Dedicated to the memory of western PEI author Brigitte VanVliet The final workshop in the 2011 PEIWG Workshops series is being held in honour of esteemed Prince County author,…
One Book One Island Countdown
We are now 4 weeks from Louise Penny’s visit to PEI for the finale to our first One Book One Island campaign. There’s still time to place a request on Still Life by Louise Penny in one of the many formats held by PLS. http://library.pe.ca/onebook The Confederation Centre Public Library has several related programs planned for the coming…
Ainslie Stewart Launches Debut Novel
Ainslie Stewart will launch her debut novel, The Entangling at Confederation Centre Public Library Tuesday August 25, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Brimming with mythology and history, love and intrigue, The Entangling intertwines the lives of 18th century settler Susannah with 21st century widow Ellie in a mystical tale of love, malice, betrayal and forgiveness. For more information, contact: Gary…
Doe Branch Ink Writing Workshops
Announcing Fall Workshops Starting October 9th Fall Workshops Currently Available with These Great Writers and Teachers: Rosecrans Baldwin October 9 to October 15 Michael Malone October 16 to October 22 Judy Dearlove October 23 to October 29 Peggy Payne October 30 to November 5 Visit our Website http://doebranchink.org for details on fees and registration. “I…
Book Launch with Poet Laureate, Hugh MacDonald
Book Launch with Poet Laureate, Hugh MacDonald this is a Lovesong Travel through a season, a year, or a lifetime with Poet Laureate, Hugh Macdonald, to places that are familiar to all of us with the people we know, as he shows us a series of scenes and snapshots of the human condition in his…
Malahat Review 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize Deadline Approaches
There are two weeks left for you to send in your creative nonfiction entries to our 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize!! *NOTE: The Canada Post strike is now over. Please feel free and confident to send in your entries. As long as they were put in the mail by August 1st, they will be accepted as entries. …
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