Factory Atlantic

Factory Atlantic -a space for theatre inquiry – invites you to attend Excerpt from a Work in Progress.  The 45 minute presentation will be given Monday, the 30th of November at the yLofts, 252 Prince, in Charlottetown at 7:00pm. Please use the side entrance to Loft Three adjacent to the inn parking lot.  Adults only…

David Francey Songwriting Workshop

The PEI Writers’ Guild is proud to sponsor a David Francey Songwriting Workshop on November 20th, 2-4 p.m. Spaces are limited to participate in this amazing opportunity to work with a world-renowned songwriter/singer. The PLACE IS TO BE DETERMINED, but downtown Charlottetown for sure. Francey is playing the Guild the evening of the 20th, so…

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…

BOOK FAIR and WRITERS MEET AND GREET

CALLING ALL AUTHORS An opportunity to sell and showcase your books   BOOK FAIR and WRITERS MEET AND GREET   December 5th, 2009 2:00 – 6:00 pm Stratford Town Hall Southport Room   $7.00 a table or $5.00 a half table (includes refreshments)   Also happening: – PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED BOOK SALE (Island Writers Association fundraiser)…

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…

Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series: A CELEBRATION OF NEW LITERARY VOICES

Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series Contact: Richard Lemm – 566-0389, rlemm@upei.ca A CELEBRATION OF NEW LITERARY VOICES November 10 The Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series will feature and celebrate thirteen talented Island writers, most of them new voices, several of them familiar to Island audiences, at a public reading on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30…

red earth women presents Catherine Owen

AS ALWAYS  there is open mic and Tuesday, November 24  guest artist-from-away Catherine Owen will be reading while touring her sixth collection of poetry, Frenzy. Catherine Owen has been published in literary magazines across Canada, Germany, Britain and Australia and been translated into Korean, Italian and Turkish. She has six collections of poetry out from…

Hilroy Diaries

Do you have a last will and testament you wrote at age 13? How about a love poem to Steven B. (cutest boy in grade 5)? Mortify yourself at the “Hilroy Diaries: Sharing the moving, the odd and the awesomely funny writings from childhood” Women’s Network PEI is holding a fundraising event on Saturday, November…

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…

Reading book talk with poet/novelist Carol Little

Reading book talk with poet/novelist Carol Little at the Confederation Centre Public Library on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Jason, a grocery store clerk, in Carol Little’s newest book, Hide Your Life Away, finds himself in a weekend romp that might just end up with a trip down the aisle.