What do you serve after White Strawberries? The answer, according to writer Robert Acorn is Black Raspberries. Acorn’s third book, Black Raspberries will be launched at the Confederation Centre Library on Sunday, November 22nd from 2-4 pm . Acorn’s first collection of poetry White Strawberries was released in 2000. His first book of prose was…
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Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series: A CELEBRATION OF NEW LITERARY VOICES
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series Contact: Richard Lemm – 566-0389, rlemm@upei.ca A CELEBRATION OF NEW LITERARY VOICES November 10 The Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series will feature and celebrate thirteen talented Island writers, most of them new voices, several of them familiar to Island audiences, at a public reading on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30…
red earth women presents Catherine Owen
AS ALWAYS there is open mic and Tuesday, November 24 guest artist-from-away Catherine Owen will be reading while touring her sixth collection of poetry, Frenzy. Catherine Owen has been published in literary magazines across Canada, Germany, Britain and Australia and been translated into Korean, Italian and Turkish. She has six collections of poetry out from…
Hilroy Diaries
Do you have a last will and testament you wrote at age 13? How about a love poem to Steven B. (cutest boy in grade 5)? Mortify yourself at the “Hilroy Diaries: Sharing the moving, the odd and the awesomely funny writings from childhood” Women’s Network PEI is holding a fundraising event on Saturday, November…
SAGE PEI Book Launch
Host: SAGE PEI Type: Causes – Fundraiser Network: Global Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: The Guild, Charlottetown, PE Description SAGE is very pleased to invite you to the official book launch of Beyond Silence! Thursday November 5th at The Guild in Charlottetown. Reception will begin at 6:30pm and the program will…
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…
The Writing Pool 