A gala book launch and poetry celebration will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Haviland Club, at Haviland and Water Streets in Charlottetown, The gala is sponsored by the UPEI English Department and PEI Writers’ Guild. The evening features new books by Island authors Richard Lemm and David Helwig, a…
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PEIWG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
You are invited to the 21st PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) Annual General Meeting being held on Saturday, April 24th, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Sean Wiebe’s house at 31 Edinburgh Drive, Charlottetown. Items on the agenda are the Chair’s report, Treasurer’s report, Ratification of Board Members, Island Literary Awards, and Funding Issues. We will also…
Linden MacIntyre, Shandi Mitchell, SS Atlantic big winners at 2010 Atlantic Book Awards
It was standing room only at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS Wednesday night as over 200 of the region’s writers, illustrators, book publishers and readers celebrated the 33 nominees and recipients of 13 different literary prizes at the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. CBC Radio host Costas Halavrezos and Newfoundland playwright, comedian and author…
red earth women presents
April Showers brings us You WITH double-time open mic AND National Poetry Month AND Beth Janzen, special guest MC all more Medicine for the Earth at: red earth women presents thursday, april 15 upei faculty lounge, main building doors 7, sign up for open mic 7:30 http://redearthwomenpresents.wordpress.com Our special guest MC Beth E. Janzen is passionate about writing, teaching, and living a vibrant,…
Atlantic Book Awards & Festival Events
Bob Chaulk, co-author of SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Disaster at Sea and a double Atlantic Book Award nominee, will be speaking at two events in Halifax on April 15. The first event will be a panel discussion with fellow nominee Mike Herffernan, author of Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster. Chaulk…
Commonwealth Prize winners at King’s College/Atlantic Book Awards & Festival
The King’s Co-op Bookstore will host an Atlantic Book Awards & Festival reading with Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winning-authors Shandi Mitchell of Wellington, NS and Michael Crummey of St. John’s, NL: Friday, April 16, 7 pm, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College, Halifax (422-1271, x261) Michael Crummey has won the CWP Canada and Caribbean Region Best…
Bottle Tree Productions One Act Play Competition for Writers 2010
Bottle Tree Productions ONE ACT PLAY COMPETITION FOR WRITERS 2010 http://www.bottletreeinc.com/script_contest.html First Prize $1,000 Second Prize $250 Third Prize $100 One Act Plays of up to 70 minutes may be submitted to Bottle Tree Productions at 445…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival
The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival has released its schedule of free literary events–book signings, launches, panel discussions and readings–taking place in all four Atlantic provinces from Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 18. The festival schedule, as well as the list of titles 28 up for the 11 book awards, is available at www.atlanticbookawards.ca Brochures listing many of the events…
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011 Tour
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is looking for authors and/or illustrators with new children’s books being released in 2010 and Spring 2011 who are interested in touring schools, libraries, bookstores and community centres, outside of their home province, during TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011. The next Book Week tour will run from Saturday, April 30…
23rd Annual Island Literary Awards
23rd Annual Island Literary Awards PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Deadline for Submissions : May 28th 2010 The PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) has decided to go on receiving submissions, longer than originally announced, for the 23rd annual Island Literary Awards (ILAs). The new submission deadline is 4pm on Friday, May 28th, 2010. The PEI Public Library Service…
Prairie Dog Publishing Presents: The Christmas Chaos Writing Contest
For our upcoming anthology, we are looking for your tales of “Christmas gone wrong.” Your stories can be humorous or heart-wrenching, but they must be well-written, and they must be true. Contest deadline: April 30, 2010 For more information: http://www.prairiedogpublishing.ca
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week Moving from Fall to Spring
After 30 years, big changes are coming to Book Week; the annual touring program will re-launch in the spring of 2011. Monday, March 22, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) — The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is moving its annual TD Canadian Children’s Book Week touring program from the fall to the spring. The next Book Week tour will run…
The Writing Pool 