Prince Edward Island’s premiere literary awards event celebrates its 21st birthday this year. For over two decades now, the ILAs have encouraged and rewarded some of the province’s best writers in their craft with cash awards and recognition. The PEI Writers’ Guild and the PEI Council of the Arts, sponsors of the event, are excited…

Novelist Kathy Page will give a public reading in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 as part of UPEI’s Winter’s Tales series. Born in London, England, Page was a rising British literary star when she moved to Salt Spring Island, B.C., in the 1990s. She is best-known for her recent novels,…

Best-selling and acclaimed fiction writer Barbara Gowdy will give a reading from her new work on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building.  A reception and book signing will follow. Gowdy burst on the scene in 1989 with Falling Angels, a darkly comic novel about three sisters growing up…

   ACT (A Community Theatre) is proud to present The Blue Castle, a musical by Hank Stinson based on the novel by L. M. Montgomery. This production has been planned to coincide with the “kick-off” for Anne 2008 and with LMM’s birthday. Shows will be at The Guild at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 –…