Attention: Songwriters and musicians! Lilith is looking for the next best emerging female musicians across North America. Since its inception Lilith Fair has provided a stage solely for female solo-artists and female-fronted bands in order to celebrate music made by women. This year Lilith will give aspiring female artists the opportunity to perform a set…
red earth women presents
THURSDAY December’s 17th’s red earth women presents reading series draws upon the theme of winter solstice with our guest Mistress of Ceremonies and a writer herself Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie. In the spirit of the season we not only invite you to bring your delicious poems or prose to share, we invite you to bring edible treats…
Malahat Review Upcoming Contests
The Malahat Review Novella Prize Deadline: February 1, 2010 $500 Prize (plus $40/page upon publication) Submit a single work of fiction, with a minimum length of 10,000 words, and a maximum length of 20,000 words. No restrictions as to genre, subject matter, or aesthetic approach apply. Fees: $35 CAD for Canadians $40 USD for US…
POET LAUREATE APPOINTMENT
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — Hon. Carolyn Bertram, Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, has announced the appointment of poet, editor and novelist Hugh MacDonald of Brudenell as the new poet laureate for Prince Edward Island. With nine books to his credit as author and editor, Hugh MacDonald is perhaps best known to Islanders through his…
People First Group Writes for Change
An Invitation from P.E.I. People First!! People First Group Writes for Change You are invited to the release of a collection of stories, called “Writing for Change”, on Thursday, December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, at the offices of the P.E.I. Council for People with Disabilities, 5 Lower Malpeque Road in Charlottetown. …
Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009
Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘From page to screen’ Writers International Premier Screen Talent: ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT! There’s just one week to go to send in your entry for the WIPST competition (Writer’s International Premier Screen Talent). So if your script is still sitting on the computer, it’s time to put the finishing touches and…
New Memoir: My Mi’kmaq Mother
Nov. 19, Charlottetown, PEI: Julie Pellissier-Lush, the author of a memoir, My Mi’kmaq Mother, was greeted today with a standing room only crowd of well wishers at the launch of this her first book. The event took place in Studio 1 of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. Dennis King, Director of Communications…
red earth women presents
arms of the wind nudge the last oak leaves toward you read them, she says red earth women presents guest-artist-from-away & disobedient poet catherine owen reading and touring her latest book Frenzy AND OPEN MIC FOR YOU sign up @7:30 read them read them read them read them read them read them read them…
WINTER’S TALES — CANCELLATION
Anne Michael’s reading, scheduled for Thursday, November 27 at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, has been canceled because of a illness in her family. She sends her regrets, and hopes to visit her in the not-too-distant future.
CANADIAN STORIES
We publish a literary folk magazine called CANADIAN STORIES. Examples can be purchased at the Bookmark in Charlottetown . One of the regular features is the fact that we publish contributions from every province in every issue. CANADIAN STORIES comes out 6 times a year. Although we have an abundance of material from…
Book Launch: House of Bears by Orysia Dawydiak
Everyone is invited to the launch of House of Bears, a new novel by Orysia Dawydiak. WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7-9 p.m. WHERE: Haviland Club, 2 Haviland Street, Charlottetown House of Bears is Orysia Dawydiak’s first novel. When Luba Kassim reluctantly returns home to Northern Ontario, the strained relationship with her traditional Ukrainian mother…
Lion Lounge Press accepting submissions for Anthology
Lion Lounge Press is an independent publishing company based in Oxford and London, that specialises in creative writing, both short creative fiction and non-fiction, as well as poetry. They are currently accepting submissions for their 2010 publications. In August of this year, Lion Lounge Press published its first anthology of creative writing, ‘The Lounge Companion,’ in…
The Writing Pool 