Book Launch with Poet Laureate, Hugh MacDonald this is a Lovesong Travel through a season, a year, or a lifetime with Poet Laureate, Hugh Macdonald, to places that are familiar to all of us with the people we know, as he shows us a series of scenes and snapshots of the human condition in his…
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Malahat Review 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize Deadline Approaches
There are two weeks left for you to send in your creative nonfiction entries to our 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize!! *NOTE: The Canada Post strike is now over. Please feel free and confident to send in your entries. As long as they were put in the mail by August 1st, they will be accepted as entries. …
Lennie Gallant Book Launch
A Day with You in Paradise Singer, songwriter, Lennie Gallant will launch his new book, A Day with You in Paradise, at Confederation Centre Public Library Wednesday July 13th at 7:00pm. The book, with illustrations by Patsy MacKinnon, is based on Lennie’s song of the same name from his Juno-nominated album. This beautiful picture book depicts…
Tatamagouche Centre 2011 Summer Writing Programs
2011 Summer Writing Programs Quick Links More about Writing Retreat More about Writing for Children Program About Tatamagouche Centre Tatamagouche Centre http://www.tatacentre.ca 1-800-218-2220 Independent Writing Retreat July 24-29, 2011 Sunday 7pm to Friday 1pm Tuck Yourself Away for a Week Retreat! Welcome to writers who want to work independently on a manuscript, in…
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available If you are part of an English or Creative Writing department, guild, or community we encourage you to forward this email to your colleagues, students—and fellow writers. Dear fellow writers and instructors of creative writing: You are a writer—you know what it’s like to spend a lot…
Writing From Nature with Harry Thurston
Writers’ Workshop Hone skills with one of the best Writing From Nature with Harry Thurston, July 8-10: “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work,” wrote American poet Mary Oliver. Award-winning poet and nature writer Harry Thurston will conduct this Friday evening to Sunday afternoon workshop designed to sharpen observational skills, which are the foundation not…
Call for Papers: A Symposium on Manitoba Writing
Call for Papers: A Symposium on Manitoba Writing to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba May 10-12, 2012, organized by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild (MWG), you are invited to take part in a Symposium on Manitoba Writing in spring 2012. Proposals for papers on all aspects of…
Rachna Gilmore launches novel on June 18th
Rachna Gilmore will launch her newest book, THAT BOY RED, Saturday June 18 at 2:00pm at Confederation Centre Public Library. The novel set in P.E.I. during the 1930s, follows the adventures and misadventures of eleven-year-old Roderick “Red” MacRae and his large and lively family as they struggle through bad weather, plunging crop prices and more during…
Write to Surprise Yourself—in Poetry or Prose
Write to Surprise Yourself—in Poetry or Prose Dianne Hicks Morrow: Writing Workshop Facilitator PEI Writers’ Guild 2011 Workshop Series Saturday, May 28, 2011: Active Communities INC., in cooperation with Montague Library Writers’ Guild & the Southern Kings Arts Council 540 Main Street, Main Floor Boardroom, Montague PE Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (please enter by the side…
Write When You Wonder, Write When You Wander
Write When You Wonder, Write When You Wander, PEI School of the Arts, North Rustico, July 4-8, with Dianne Hicks Morrow =================================================================================================== Through guided writing exercises, you’ll explore your own wonder and wanderings, both inner and outer. Your resulting writing will surprise you. And who knows where it will lead you — into writing a…
An intimate public reading by bestselling Newfoundland author Donna Morrissey
WHEN: Thursday, May 19th at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Confederation Centre Public Library Donna Morrissey has written three vivid novels set within the Newfoundland culture and has received awards in Canada, the U.S. and England. Reviewers have compared her depictions of Newfoundland’s terrain and people to the worlds summoned up by Hardy and Faulkner. Donna’s…
Public reading with author Sheree Fitch
Public reading with author Sheree Fitch Monday May 16th at 1:00 p.m. Confederation Centre Public Library Atlantic Independent Booksellers’ Choice Award nominee Sheree Fitch will present a free public reading from her latest title for young adults, Pluto’s Ghost. The book has been described as “A gripping thriller and a heart-wrenching love story, Pluto’s Ghost…
The Writing Pool 