Inaugural Beacon Award for Social Justice Literature Awarded
An excited Jim Williams receives the inaugural Beacon Award for Social Justice Literature. Jim was presented with his award of $1,000 before a crowd of 50 people on November 17th, 2011 at Just Us Cafe Spring Garden Road, Halifax.. Later he answered questions and read from his soon to be published novel Rock Reject. The novel chronicles the personal struggles of Toronto born Peter against the backdrop of the health, safety and environmental issues in an asbestos mine in Northern BC. As part of the award he has negotiated a contract with Roseway publishing with a scheduled release date of...
Read More24th Annual Island Literary Awards Announce Winners
The 24th Annual Island Literary Awards Ceremony was held Sunday, October 2nd. This annual ceremony was the culmination of the Pen & Inkling Festival, a week-long celebration of literature and the literary arts. The festival included visiting authors, workshops, music and dancing, and was the second of its kind to take place in PEI. Two hundred people from all over PEI descended on the Guild on Sunday afternoon for the festival’s crowning event. This event was hosted by Fraser McCallum, Erin Casey, and Lee Ellen Pottie, who brought a bi-lingual element to this celebration. This...
Read MoreVolunteers Needed for Pen & Inkling Festival & ILA’s
An exciting and inspiring series of events, workshops, readings, music, and celebration are planned for the Pen & Inkling Festival this month, from September 27th through October 2nd. However, we need some volunteers to help make it a success! Throughout the week there are a variety of helpful and fun tasks that need your help. By stepping up and helping out, you can be part of making it unforgettable! To be part of the action, contact Josie at peiwritersguild@gmail.com ASAP!
Read MorePoeARTry Playoffs
This September 17th at 7:30pm the Confederation Centre Art Gallery is teaming up with the PEI Writer’s Guild and the UPEI Writing Centre to host an evening of inspiration, creation and competition not to be missed! The poeARTry Playoffs aims to boisterously welcome UPEI students to Charlottetown’s creative community as part of the Community Roots orientation happening September 16-18, 2011. The evening will bring together poets, artists, enthusiasts, and students to compete in several rounds of on-the-spot poetry writing and art making. Creations will be evaluated by a panel of select...
Read MoreLunch Lunchtime Book Discussion
Motorcycles and Sweetgrass was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award in 2010, and Drew Hayden Taylor, a Native Author, Comedian, Playwright and filmmaker, will be visiting PEI on September 30th during the Pen & Inkling Festival. The public is invited to get in early on the conversation with the Confederation Centre Public Library’s lunchtime book discussion on Tuesday September 6th at 12 noon. A copy of this book is available from the Confederation Centre Public Library, and additional copies are for sale from the Bookmark at 172 Queen Street. There are no events to...
Read MoreWorkshop on Writing a Screenplay: “Get Your Story Straight,” Sept. 17
The final workshop in the 2011 PEIWG Workshops series is a collaboration between the Wyatt Heritage Properties and the PEIWG. Presented as part of the Wyatt Heritage Properties Storytelling Festival on September 17, 2011, Louise Lalonde will be facilitating a workshop, “Get Your Story Straight,” an introduction to writing a screenplay for a feature film. Louise Lalonde has been studying screenwriting for several years and is the driving force behind the PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp, a one-week intensive workshop on writing for the silver screen. Louise will illustrate that at...
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