Canada Council for the Arts Other Recent News October 14, 2009 Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 14, 2009) – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the finalists for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The finalists include authors, illustrators…
Category: Events
Open Mic Nights with the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild
Open Mic Nights with the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild Join fellow writers and share your poetry, fiction or work-in-progress in any genre. Writers will have a chance to connect with each other and share their work. Confederation Centre Public Library Tuesday, October 20th @ 7:00pm Tuesday, November 17th @ 7:00pm
Book Fair and Writers Meet and Greet
Calling All Authors…An opportunity to sell and showcase your book will be yours at a “Book Fair and Writers Meet and Greet” organized by the Island Writers Association of PEI at the Stratford Town Hall, Dec. 5. Open to the public 2-6 pm with no admission charge. The afternoon event will feature free refreshments, authors…
Publish Your Family Memories, Photos or Recipes – perfect for Christmas giving
The Island Writers Association (PEI) will present a hands-on evening designed to help individuals create a book with or without the use of a computer. To be held at the Stratford Town Hall in late November the evening will provide an opportunity to begin a project that has the potential to be a family treasure….
The Poetic Licence Contest for Canadian Youth 2010
The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Poetic Licence Contest. There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12). First place poems in each category will receive a cash prize of $350, second place winners will receive $300 and third…
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…
Open Mic Nights with the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild
Writers take note… do you have a piece of poetry, fiction or nonfiction you would like to share? Whatever you choose, just make sure you can do it in five minutes or less! Sign up for the Open Mic a half hour beforehand in the library. This Open Mic event is your chance to give…
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series
POETS OF WONDER AND BEAUTY We have a wealth of literary events this fall. The Pen & Inkling Festival. The gala poetry readings on Oct. 15 & 16 as part of the International Symposium on Poetics hosted by the UPEI Faculty of Education. Upcoming launches of books by Deirdre Kessler and Orysia Dawydiak. And, of…
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 :…
PAT LOWTHER AND GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARDS
The League of Canadian Poets is now accepting submissions for our annual book awards for titles published in 2009! The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by…
The Writing Pool 