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…
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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…
Pen & Inkling Festival : Call for Volunteers
The PEI Writers’ Guild Pen & Inkling Festival is fast approaching beginning on Friday, September 18 through to Sunday, September 20! We are hoping YOU will volunteer to give a little or a lot of time for several different types of activities: – We need a head volunteer for each major event, especially each of…
Pen & Inkling Festival
Dear Reader – Please help the PEI Writers’ Guild celebrate 20 years of encouraging reading and writing on the Island by coming out in support of the Pen & Inkling Festival, September 18 – 20, 2009. Exciting literary events will take place in all three Island counties at Tyne Valley, St. Peters, and Charlottetown. I…
Hedgerow at the Harmony House, Hunter River
Hi there. Hope your summer is going well. It’s amazing how quickly it flies-by, and if you’re like most people, you always lament that you didn’t get to see or do half the things you wanted. If one of those things was enjoying some home-spun Island entertainment with stories and songs, then we have some…
Shelburne Writers Festival
This is the second year for the Shelburne Writers Festival and it’s just as exciting as last year. It takes place August 14-16. Authors include Donna Morrissey, Kenneth J. Harvey, Catherine Banks, Ian Colford, Brian Bartlett, Kathleen Tudor, Stephanie Domet and me, Darcy Rhyno. Events include a production of Bitter Rose, a play by GG…
The New Potato-Time Review
Subject: invitation to The New Potato-Time Review Hi everyone– I’m writing a quick note to invite you to consider coming to a new summer show I’m part of, The New Potato-Time Review. I’ve created the show with the wonderful singer-songwriter Tanya Davis. And it’s playing now at the lovely Victoria Playhouse. The show is running…
‘Nigwek: Street Festival’
MARK YOUR CALENDERS! You don’t want to miss the first annual ‘Nigwek: Street Festival’ Sunday, August 9 Organic Street Festival On Sunday, August 9, Nigwek: A Street Festival for an Organic PEI will take place on Victoria Row from noon to 10pm. Featured acts will be Two Hours Traffic, Meaghan Blanchard, Teresa Doyle, Smothered In…
Bill Richardson Gives Public Reading
Everyone is invited to a free public reading by Bill Richardson at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., an event co-hosted by the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild, the Friends of the Confederation Centre Public Library, the UPEI Department of English, and the Indian River Festival. Bill Richardson is a writer…
Honeymoon Kiss
Theatre Performance supports L.M. Montgomery Institute The Montgomery Theatre in Cavendish is presenting a special performance of the romantic comedy The Fourposter on Friday, July 24th in support of the L.M. Montgomery Institute (www.lmmontgomery.ca). Proceeds from ticket sales for the evening’s performance will go to support the research and educational activities of the LM Montgomery…
The Writing Pool 