If we take the time to learn their language, we discover that every dream is a masterpiece of symbolic communication. The unconscious speaks in symbols, not to confuse us, but simply because that is its native idiom. —Robert Johnson Muses of the Night: Dreams & Writing Dreams are natural muses for creative writing. They are made…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival
Mark your calendars! The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival will run from Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 18 with literary events taking place across all four Atlantic Provinces. The Atlantic Book Awards celebration, a highlight of the week-long festival, will be held on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing…
Wanted: Readers/Artists for a Cause
We’re two Katimavik volunteers that are working with AIDS P.E.I and ARC to set up a benefit concert to raise money to create a drop-in centre for at risk youth in P.E.I We’re looking for readers/artists to perform for this cause! The concert is on Friday February 12 at 7:30pm at the Confederation Center. We’re…
Protecting Intellectual Properties
Cecile Klein of the Canadian Intellectual Properties Office will present on Feb. 9 between the hours of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the Carriage House at Beaconsfield. The topic will be “Protecting Intellectual Properties”. There is no charge. As space is limited, please confirm your attendance ASAP. Please circulate to others to whom you…
carte blanche is looking for submissions for Spring 2010!
The Montreal-based online literary magazine, http://www.carte-blanche.org is looking for fiction, non-fiction and graphic fiction writers, poets, translators, and photographers from across the country and around the world.We publish high-quality, cutting edge and good old fashioned great writing from both emerging and established writers. New for 2010, carte blanche has been invited to submit fiction for the Journey Prize award. Submission deadline…
Michelle Berry Wins $5,000 Prize from Enfield & Wizenty
Michelle Berry Wins $5,000 Prize from Enfield & Wizenty WINNIPEG, January 18, 2010—Peterborough author Michelle Berry is the winner of Enfield & Wizenty’s inaugural $5,000 fiction prize for her novel This Book Will Not Save Your Life. The $5,000 advance will lead to a fall 2010 publication and was awarded after the company’s editors reviewed dozens of…
Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program
RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS WITH THE MARKIN-FLANAGAN DISTINGUISHED WRITERS PROGRAM The Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program is accepting submissions from emerging Canadian writers for a 10-month residency at the University of Calgary from August 15, 2011 to June 15, 2012. Housed in the Faculty of Humanities, the residency provides a unique opportunity for Canadian writers to devote their time…
The Craft of Poetry or Nothing but the Poem
The Craft of Poetry or Nothing but the Poem at Confederation Centre Public Library Thursday February 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm Fancy a poetry chat… the Craft of Poetry or Nothing but the Poem is a relaxed and informal way to meet and discuss poems moderated by Hugh MacDonald, PEI’s recently inaugurated poet laureate. We…
A NIGHT IN TASMANIA
Island author and UPEI professor Richard Lemm will give a presentation on his recent stay in Tasmania as writer-in-residence. His residency was part of the annual PEI-Tasmania writer-in-residence exchange. His talk, in the UPEI Faculty Lounge on Tuesday evening, January 26 (Australia Day!) at 7:30, will include a slide-show and poems written while in Tasmania….
The Malahat Review’s 2010 Open Season Awards Winners
The Malahat Review is pleased to announce the winners of our 2010 Open Season Awards! Poetry: Lorri Neilsen Glenn, “You think of Meister Eckhart” Fiction: Tricia Dower, “Hallowe’en 1955” Creative non-fiction: Melissa Jacques, “Call and Response” Read more for details.
Open Mic Nights at the Confederation Centre Public Library
Mark your new year’s calendar, polish off a manuscript and come to the library for the winter/spring series of Open Mic nights. The PEI Writers’ Guild and the Confederation Centre Public Library invite you to join fellow writers and share your poetry, fiction or work-in-progress in any genre. Writers will have a chance to connect…
Canadian Mennonite University School of Writing
Creative Writers: join us at the School of Writing at CMU, now in its 4th year. From May 10-14, 2010, Margaret Sweatman (fiction), Barbara Nickel (poetry), Joanne Klassen (life writing), and Anita Daher (writing for children & young adults) will be offering courses in a supportive and challenging environment for writers of many skill and experience…
The Writing Pool 