Category: Upcoming Events
Open Mic Nights with the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild
Writers take note… do you have a piece of poetry, fiction or nonfiction you would like to share? Whatever you choose, just make sure you can do it in five minutes or less! Sign up for the Open Mic a half hour beforehand in the library. This Open Mic event is your chance to give…
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series
POETS OF WONDER AND BEAUTY We have a wealth of literary events this fall. The Pen & Inkling Festival. The gala poetry readings on Oct. 15 & 16 as part of the International Symposium on Poetics hosted by the UPEI Faculty of Education. Upcoming launches of books by Deirdre Kessler and Orysia Dawydiak. And, of…
Book Launch at the Macphail Homestead
Invitation – Book Launch Tuesday, October 6, 3-6pm. Macphail Homestead, Orwell Please join the Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation for a very special celebration at the Homestead on Tuesday, October 6, from 3-6:00 pm. Together, with the McGill-Queen’s University Press, we are hosting the official launch of Dr. Ian Ross Robertson’s biography, Sir Andrew Macphail :…
PAT LOWTHER AND GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARDS
The League of Canadian Poets is now accepting submissions for our annual book awards for titles published in 2009! The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by…
Pen & Inkling Festival : Event Details
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…
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…
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…
The Writing Pool 