January 2021

Epekwitk Assembly of Councils building

The new Epekwitk Assembly of Councils building is nearing completion on the Charlottetown waterfront. The state-of-the-art structure will house the As...

Jay Ruzesky reading and workshops

UPEI Writer-in-Residence Jay Ruzesky will give a public Facebook Live reading on February 9 at 7 pm, and will lead two online half-day creative nonfic...

Book release: RED: The Island Storybook Dog Stories

RED: The Island Storybook has a brand new series of special editions. The inaugural volume in the series is devoted to dog stories. Yes, a full sized ...

Book release: RESET:breathe Journal

By Tracey Gairns Brioux

PEI author and fitness leader Tracey Gairns Brioux will launch her RESET:breathe Journal on February 22 at 8 pm live on the Reset:Breathe FB page. Pu...

Book release: Starfish of David

By Steven Mayoff

Satirical magic-realism abounds on modern-day PEI in author Steven Mayoff’s new ebook Starfish of David. Samson Grief, a reclusive painter living i...

Book release: Morning Bafflement and Timeless Puzzlement

By J. J. Steinfeld

Fiction writer, playwright, and poet J. J. Steinfeld’s twenty-first book and sixth poetry collection, Morning Bafflement and Timeless Puzzlement, ha...

Book release: We’re All Criminals

By Mima

Canadian author Mima recently published her 14th book (9th in the Hernandez series) We’re All Criminals. A former Mexican narco transitions into Ca...

Not just for screenwriters

The annual PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp scheduled for May 22–28 will once again be held in Charlottetown at the Haviland Club.  The six-day event ...

Film 4ward 2021 projects

FilmPEI recently selected four locally-produced film projects from a diverse slate of filmmakers for the 2021 Film 4Ward program. Keara Higgins and S...

Single release: The Bleeding Heart

By Arsenal Mills

East Coast band Arsenal Mills continues their quest to reimagine rock n’ roll as they deliver their sophomore single, “The Bleeding Heart”.But t...

2021 Music PEI Award Nomination Announcement

Music PEI is proud to announce the nominees for the 2021 Music PEI Awards.  Catherine MacLellan leads the way with 9 nominations for her latest al...

Single release: Good Life

By BraedenV

"Good Life" was written by BraedenV and has already been approved for SoundCloud's official radio rotation, and will be added to the SoundCloud VIP ch...

Video release: Song for a Winter’s Night

By Adam Brazier and Tara MacLean

JUNO award winner, Tara MacLean and Tenor Adam Brazier, have released a video for Song For A Winter's Night, a Gordon Lightfoot classic wintertime tr...

Book release: Morning Bafflement and Timeless Puzzlement

By J. J. Steinfeld

Award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and poet J. J. Steinfeld’s twenty-first book and sixth poetry collection, Morning Bafflement and Timeless ...

Music release: Bound By Love

by Dennis Ellsworth

"These strange days are troubling for those of us who make our living writing and recording music," said Ellsworth. "With COVID-19, live music revenue...

Album Release: Hip Hop’s Heel

By Adam Robbins

Adam Robbins has announced the release of his new album Hip Hop's Heel featuring Canadian legend, DJ IV and set for release on all digital platforms...

Album release: On Time

By Noah Malcolm

In June 2018, PEI singer/songwriter Noah Malcolm released ‘Pray’; an emotional tell-all piano ballad about the collision of his faith & que...

Video Release: Expert Mode

By Slime Da Garbage Mane

Slime Da Garbage Mane has released the music video for Expert Mode, a single from his project In Da Crib Music released earlier this year in May of 20...

Holiday Wishbook 2020

Discover Charlottetown Launches Holiday Wishbook to Inspire Shopping Local This Christmas

In the midst of the pandemic, it feels more important than ever to support our friends and neighbours before we go Christmas shopping at big box store...

Montreal Massacre memorial online

Join with others at noon on December 6 for Support Survivors: An online viewing of the Montreal Massacre Memorial Service commemorative video to honou...

Book release: Puggy Joe’s Christmas Stocking

By Katherine MacCallum

Author Katherine MacCallum recently published her book, Puggy Joe’s Christmas Stocking. The Christmas childrens’ book is illustrated by Bobby Mac...

Book release: Jaya’s Magic Wheelchair

Marlene Bryenton | Illustrator Leanne Bowlan

Author Marlene Bryenton recently published her second children’s storybook, Jaya’s Magic Wheelchair. The book is about empathy, inclusion, awaren...

Book release: Here and There

By Roderick MacDonald

Roderick MacDonald will launch Here and There, his new collection of poetry, at the Morell Fire Hall December 5 at 2 pm. Inspired by the places, peop...

Book release: Twitch, the Dog who Loved Carrots

By Margaret A. Westlie | Illustrated by Terry D. Betts

Selkirk Stories Publishing has released a new children’s picture book, Twitch, the Dog who Loved Carrots, a collaboration between PEI author Margare...

Book relesase: GIFt Horse: Episode III—Revenge of the GIFt

By PEI GIFted Genre Writing Group

The Island’s weirdest genre writers are back with GIFt Horse: Episode III—Revenge of the GIFt, the third short story anthology from the PEI GIFted...

Book relesase: Mysie

By Norbert Stewart

At the age of eight, Marjorie “Mysie” MacDonald, with her parents and five siblings, arrived at Scotch Settlement, New Brunswick on November 25, 1...

Book release: Dark | Sanctuary

D.A. Stewart and Sandy Carruthers

PEI’s Sandstone comics are making their first foray into the horror genre with the release of Dark|Sanctuary, a collaboration between writer D.A. St...

Book release: A Girl, Her Mother, and The Forest: A Love Story

By Virginia McGowan

Author Virginia (Ginny) McGowan launched her first children’s book, A Girl, Her Mother, and The Forest: A Love Story, in November. In this melodic ...

Mayoff novel now an ebook

Steven Mayoff’s first novel Our Lady of Steerage, published in 2015 by the late James Munves (Bunim & Bannigan), is now available as an ebook th...

A gift of Island poetry

Judy Gaudet | Making the Sky

MAKING THE SKY Wet the sky thoroughly right down to the treeline. Wrap it round the strait. First add the brightness, leaving either nothing or ...

@billspotting

Retrospective exhibit at Receiver—Dec 14 to Feb 1

this town is small presents @billspotting—A Retrospective, an exhibition curated by Max Knechtel, on view December 14 to February 1 at Receiver Coff...

Damien Worth art

this town is small presents solo exhibit—Dec 8 to Jan 4

this town is small and The Guild present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Damien Worth. The Cusp exhibit will be on view December 8 to January 4 ...

Film Fest Wrap

The 6th Annual Charlottetown Film Festival (ChFF20), which took place in October, showcased close to 60 works from all four Atlantic provinces—both ...

No fiddle on Sunday

Musician Danny Drouin has a new passion: recording

Local musician Danny Drouin was trying to coordinate a jam recently when someone said, “Well, there’ll be no fiddle on Sunday or no bass on Saturd...

Album release: Christmas is Love

By Sheila Ann Smith

Sheila Ann Smith has released her fourth album, Christmas is Love, a celebration of Christmas in a variety of styles including contemporary, jazz, gos...

Free to dream

American Election Night 2020, 3:30 am, results still coming in. I feel like I haven’t had a restful dream-filled sleep in weeks. Every time I close ...