BOOK(CLUBB)ED Event

BOOK(CLUBB)ED Event, Workshop, Reading and Book Launch with Nova Scotia Author, Christy Ann Conlin. “The PEI public is invited to an open BOOK(CLUBB)ED event with Heave author, Christy Ann Conlin, on May 20, 2011—followed by a workshop and reading on May 21. Sponsored by the Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild, Random House & DB Brickhouse, organized by…

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…

My Mi’kmaq Mother: Book Launch

Retromedia Publishing Inc. is launching My Mi’kmaq Mother by Julie Pellissier-Lush on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. in Studio One of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. This young publishing house has published a best seller on PEI (2008), which is now approaching best seller status in Atlantic Canada, called Behind the Gate by…

SAGE PEI Book Launch

Host: SAGE PEI Type: Causes – Fundraiser Network: Global Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: The Guild, Charlottetown, PE Description SAGE is very pleased to invite you to the official book launch of Beyond Silence! Thursday November 5th at The Guild in Charlottetown. Reception will begin at 6:30pm and the program will…

What are afternoon horses?

What are afternoon horses? The phrase comes from a poem in Deirdre Kessler’s poetry book, AFTERNOON HORSES, to be launched October 20th at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House by Acorn Press. Though Kessler has been writing poetry for more years than she has been writing fiction and nonfiction and has had poems published in chapbooks and in…

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 :…

IAN STRETCH LAUNCHES “MARTY THE MAILBOX”

WHAT: PEIWG member Ian Stretch will launch his latest book for children, Marty the Mailbox WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 2009, noon to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: The Best of PEI Store, University Ave. invitation-to-launch

Acadian Mi-Carême: Masks and Merrymaking by Georges Arsenault

WHAT: Acorn Press invites everyone to the launch of Acadian Mi-Carême: Masks and Merrymaking by Georges Arsenault; translated by Sally Ross. WHEN: Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Beaconsfield Carriage House corner of Kent and West Streets, Charlottetown Features: Reading and slide show by the author; Refreshments; A special appearance by La Mi-Carême!