Posted in Events on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Writer-in-Residence
Call for Applications
Sept. 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 Residency
Regina Public Library invites applications from Canadian creative writers for the position of Writer-in-Residence. The successful candidate will work with the public through individual consultations, community/school visits, and group workshops or seminars. The Writer-in-Residence will devote 80% of his/her time to personal writing projects. The author [...]
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Posted in Events on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
LES CAUSERIES DU MARDI AU MUSÉE ACADIEN /
TUESDAY TALKS AT THE ACADIAN MUSEUM
Miscouche (Î.-P.-É / P.E.I.)
8 juillet / 8 July (En français / In French)
« Les noces d’autrefois »
Invités / Guests : Erma Arsenault, Yvonne Arsenault, Joseph Gallant et Antoine Richard
15 juillet / 15 July (En anglais / In English)
«Voices From the Acadian Deportation of 1758 [...]
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Posted in Events on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
All members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and those interested in joining are cordially invited to our Annual General Meeting, which will be held Saturday, May 3 at the Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus. Activities get underway at noon with a potluck, followed by the business meeting and then an open mic.
The agenda:
Chair’s Report, [...]
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Posted in Events on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
David Helwig, appointed PEI’s Poet Laureate late last year, has received another honour in recognition of his literary achievements.
On April 1, the Writers’ Trust of Canada awarded Helwig the Matt Cohen Award. The Award, which has a monetary value of $20,000, is given to the writer whose life has been dedicated to writing as a [...]
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Posted in Events on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Short Course: “A Poetic Miscellany” with John Smith
April 1 - May 20, 2008
PEI’s first poet laureate and Professor Emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. John Smith was a much-respected and much-loved professor of English for 30 years, whose gift of being able to bring literature alive touched hundreds of students, many of [...]
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Posted in Events on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
CBC Radio’s Matt Rainnie hosts the Battle of the Book Clubs held at The Guild on Feb. 20
Five great works of Canadian fiction; five celebrity panellists; one week of heated debates about Canadian literature: that’s what Canada Reads week is about on the CBC.
But this year, PEI took an advance look at those books, with [...]
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Posted in Events on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The English Department of the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce that novelist and journalist Lawrence Hill returns to the Island as Writer-in-Residence from Feb. 28 - March 12.
Hill’s new novel, “The Book of Negroes” (released in the US as “Someone Knows My Name”), takes readers from an African village to a [...]
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Posted in Events on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Newfoundland-raised novelist Michael Winter returns to PEI with his new novel, The Architects Are Here. Winter will give a public reading on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow.
Winter was born in England, grew up in Corner Brook, Nfld., and divides his [...]
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Posted in Events on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Award-winning and prolific playwright, director, and novelist Don Hannah will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building.
The east coast has long been a focus in the Shediac, NB native’s work. His new novel, Ragged Islands begins in September 2001as 85-year-old Susan Ann Roberts [...]
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Posted in Events, Submissions Wanted on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photo by David Helwig from poetrypei.com website.
PEI’s new Poet Laureate, David Helwig, has launched the Prince Edward Island Poet Laureate Community Website at www.poetrypei.com. The site has information about the PEI Poet Laureate Program; current and historical PEI poets; and poetry resources, events and podcasts.
PEI Writers’ Guild members are invited to submit a poem to [...]
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