Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. If you want to share any announcements, articles,…
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THE PEIWG WEEKLY 22-28 January 2012
Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. If you want…
THE PEIWG WEEKLY 14-20 November 2011
Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin. This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. If you want to share any announcements, articles,…
THE PEIWG WEEKLY – October 17-23, 2011
THE PEIWG WEEKLY 17-23 October 2011 Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin. This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. If you…
The Pen & Inkling Festival starts today!
It all starts TODAY! Join the PEI Writers Guild tonight at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery tonight at 7:30 and see world-class Canadian author Wayne Johnston! Admission is free for this event! Please help promote the festival by sharing the festival page on your wall! Passes for the entire festival are available from the Guild…
Media Release: Pen & Inkling Festival
A start-studded celebration of the literary arts will take place in Charlottetown between September 27 and October 2, 2011. The festival will kick off with Wayne Johnston, author of *The Colony of Unrequited Dreams*, reading from his new book: *A World Elsewhere* at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Illustrious poet and musician Tanya Davis, as…
Volunteers Needed for Pen & Inkling Festival & ILA’s
An exciting and inspiring series of events, workshops, readings, music, and celebration are planned for the Pen & Inkling Festival this month, from September 27th through October 2nd. However, we need some volunteers to help make it a success! Throughout the week there are a variety of helpful and fun tasks that need your help….
Wayne Johnston to Open Literary Festival
Newfoundland author Wayne Johnston, one of Canada’s most popular, critically heralded, and internationally successful novelists, will open the 2011 Pen and Inkling Literary Festival in Charlottetown with a public reading at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. A reception and book signing will follow. Johnston will…
Call for applications for Book Week 2012 Authors and Illustrators
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is looking for authors and/or illustrators with new children’s books being released in fall 2011 and/or spring 2012, who are interested in touring schools, libraries, bookstores and community centres, outside of their home province, during TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2012. The next Book Week tour will run from Saturday, May 5…
Culture Days PEI pre-registration deadline on April 22nd
The deadline for “early-bird” pre-registration of Culture Days activities is April 22nd. Culture Days will take place September 30th-October 2ndacross Canada. It’s a volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Last year, examples of Culture Days activities on PEI included…
Cultural Capital of Canada Film and Interactive Digital Media Program to produce 5 new works
(Charlottetown, March 10th 2011) As part of Charlottetown’s 2011 Cultural Capital of Canada Designation, the Island Media Arts Coop (IMAC), Island Film Factory (IFF), and Interactive Media Alliance (IMA) are partnering to help in the creation of 5 new short film and interactive digital media works byIsland producers. These works will become lasting documents of Charlottetown’s cultural identity. …
A CELEBRATION OF WORDS TO FIRE THE SPIRIT: Victoria Literary Festival
A CELEBRATION OF WORDS TO FIRE THE SPIRIT! In just two week’s time, the village of Victoria By the Sea is to be host to Prince Edward Island’s first ever literary festival on the South Shore! It will be a summer celebration of poetry and storytelling, featuring all three of Prince Edward Island’s poet laureates: David Helwig,…
The Writing Pool 