The ONRPEI.ca Journalism Contest

ONRPEI.ca was launched last May as PEI’s Source for Opening Night Reviews & Event Listings! Next summer we want to to make our website known to more people from off-Island, so we’re having a contest to encourage Journalism Students to write about PEI’s great venues for live music and theatre. • Get Critiqued: This is…

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, 7-13 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…

24th Annual Island Literary Awards Announce Winners

The 24th Annual Island Literary Awards Ceremony was held Sunday, October 2nd. This annual ceremony was the culmination of the Pen & Inkling Festival, a week-long celebration of literature and the literary arts. The festival included visiting authors, workshops, music and dancing, and was the second of its kind to take place in PEI. Two…

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…

PoeARTry Playoffs

The poeARTry Playoffs is a collaboration between the CCAG, the PEI Writer’s Guild and the UPEI Writing Centre which aims to boisterously welcome UPEI students to Charlottetown’s creative community as part of the Community Roots orientation September 16-18, 2011. The evening brought together poets, artists, enthusiasts, and students to compete in several rounds of on-the-spot…

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….

Get Your Story Straight with Louise Lalonde

“Get Your Story Straight”—Part of The Wyatt Heritage Properties Storytelling Festival, a collaboration with the PEI Writers’ Guild. Where: The Lefurgey Cultural Centre When: 1:00 – 4:00pm Dedicated to the memory of western PEI author Brigitte VanVliet   The final workshop in the 2011 PEIWG Workshops series is being held in honour of esteemed Prince County author, Brigitte VanVliet. It is a…