PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Deadline for Submissions 23 April The PEI Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that 4pm, Friday, 23 April, 2010 is the submission deadline for the 23rd annual Island Literary Awards The ILAs are being held this year on Sunday, 6 June. The Awards are an important focus for the PEIWG’s vital role…
Network – Learn – Grow
The Atlantic Magazines Association is proud to present its second annual MagazinesEast 2010. Atlantic Canada’s premiere professional development and networking conference for the publishing industry. Don’t miss this year’s exciting line-up of speakers on topics like branding, marketing, editorial, website sales, typography, and much more. Register before March 15th and you could win an iPod…
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series
TWO SPELLBINDING POETS FROM ANTIGONISH: JEANETTE LYNES & DOUGLAS SMITH Two of Canada’s most popular, gutsy, and gripping poets, Jeanette Lynes and Douglas Burnet Smith, will read on Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Both teach literature and creative writing at St. Francis Xavier University. Lynes’ highly accessible,…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlists
33 Authors and Illustrators Up for 2010 Atlantic Book Awards Linden MacIntyre Leads with Three Nominations The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 11 different literary awards that make up the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. Among the 33 authors and illustrators up for awards are three multiple nominees:…
MPW Spring 2010 Best Yet!
Howdy Friends of MasterPlayWorks and all things artistic! Porter Anderson, former theatre critic for The Village Voice and The New York Times, former CNN producer and anchor, is writing his first novel, American Kouros. Along with three other wonderful writers at different stages of their practice (two playwrights and a screenwriter), Porter is taking MasterPlayWorks’ Winter 2010 course in the Character Generated Plot…
2010 Great Blue Heron Writing Workshop
The 2010 Great Blue Heron Writing Workshop (June 29 – July 4) at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, offers mid-level writers a wonderful opportunity to develop their writing by working with some of Canada’s top writers in the areas of fiction, playwriting, poetry, or memoir. In addition this year the Great Blue Heron is offering…
Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) 2010 Short Story Writing Contest
Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) 2010 Short Story Writing Contest Entries: Limit of 2500 words Submissions accepted in English, French, and Italian No previously published or simultaneous submissions. Multiple entries welcome Not restricted to Canadian writers and/or writers Italian descent. Anyone can enter. Contest entrants have two options for submitting their manuscripts: 1. By…
Beyond Silence: Voices of Childhood Sexual Abuse
During Family Violence Prevention Week, Beyond Silence: Voices of Childhood Sexual Abuse, a publication that was written and published on Prince Edward Island, will be distributed to P.E.I. public libraries. On Wednesday, February 17, 12:00-1:00 pm, SAGE will be holding a “brown-bag lunch” session at the Confederation Centre Public Library to celebrate the accessibility of…
Wanted: Executive Director for the Sage Hill Writing Experience
The Sage Hill Writing Experience is a renowned summer residential writing program that draws students from across Canada, offeringlearning opportunities for writers at varying stages of development in a unique environment in the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley. Spring and summer programs provide writers with outstanding professional development opportunities at several levels in fiction, poetry and other creative writing…
J.J. Steinfeld to launch 2nd poetry collection
Award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and poet J. J. Steinfeld will be launching his 13thbook, and second poetry collection, Misshapenness (Ekstasis Editions), at the Confederation Centre Public Library on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at 2:00 pm. All poetry lovers are invited to come in from the mid-winter cold and hear J. J. read some “hot” — or…
Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium and Summer Writing Experience
When: May 7-20, 2010 Facilitator: John Barton Guest Poet: Barbara Klar Application Deadline: February 15, 2010 Sage Hill offers an intensive two-week working and critiquing retreat for published poets seeking to develop their craft and tune a manuscript. The pastoral reflective setting is ideal for such work. The colloquium will include a ‘wired’ follow-up. Writers…
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series Presents ANNE COMPTON AT UPEI
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000168 EndHTML:0000003840 StartFragment:0000000468 EndFragment:0000003823 Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series Contact: Dr. Richard Lemm – 566-0389, rlemm@upei.ca ANNE COMPTON AT UPEI Award-winning poet Anne Compton returns to her native PEI to read from her new book, Asking Questions Indoors and Out, on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:30 in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Her…
The Writing Pool 