August 2022

Cnoc on Chairs Famine Graveyard

Bríd Ni Mhóráin

(May all who sleep here have sight of the Trinity 21 November 1990) Cnoc an Chairn sheds its deep peace Under the encircling hills and heavens O...

2022 Island Literary Awards

Prince Edward Island writers recognized

The PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) honoured Island writers for their works during both the Island Literary Awards and the Rotary Club of Charlottetown R...

The Incredible Adventures of Gilbert à Bénie au petit Jésus

Paul D. Gallant

Paul D. Gallant launched his new book The Incredible Adventures of Gilbert à Bénie au petit Jésus during a dinner theatre show in April. Reinven...

Cranberry Trails: Stories for Young Children Volume 1

Roslyn Gregory

Roslyn Gregory of Grand Tracadie, PEI has been writing stories for more than 20 years. Her debut book, Cranberry Trails: Stories for Young Children Vo...

Fragments of Faith: A Gen X Journey   

Michelle Harris-Genge

PEI author Michelle Harris-Genge released her latest book, Fragments of Faith: A Gen X Journey in April. Warning: This novel will trigger your Gen ...

RED: The Island Storybook, Vol. 28

RED editors commiserate, “How do you do REDheads? Back a little stiff from all the shoveling?” They can not wait to roll in the grass, to kiss the...

Acting on the Island and Other Prince Edward Island Stories: New & Selected 

J. J. Steinfeld

Pottersfield Press recently published fiction writer, playwright, and poet J. J. Steinfeld’s latest book, Acting on the Island and Other Prince Edwa...

Something About Snow

Brent MacLaine

SOMETHING ABOUT SNOW Something about snow today—its flatness in the cold, windless field. The pale sun tries but fails to warm it, even though it ...

A Murmur of Men

Sharon Lucy Robson

“This piece of writing, in fragments and tatters, was on my desk for over twenty years,” says PEI author Sharon Lucy Robson in the forward of her ...

When I Needed You

Susan Rodgers

Drifters Series favourite Matt Kelly returns to the world of country music in When I Needed You, the third book in PEI author Susan Rodgers’ Dallas ...

Still the Water: The Complete Screenplay

Susan Rodgers

Island author and filmmaker Susan Rodgers says that one of the most challenging aspects of filmmaking is leaving parts of the story on the cutting roo...

The Deer Yard and Other Stories

Tom Mahoney

Summerside resident Tom Mahoney is an eighty-seven-year-old retired teacher. His first book, The Deer Yard and Other Stories, came together after year...

Dark | Sanctuary, Issue #2: Bloodied

Dave Stewart and Sandy Carruthers

PEI’s Sandstone Comics returns to horror with the release of Dark|Sanctuary Issue #2: Bloodied, a collaboration between writer D.A. Stewart and arti...

Ancient Land, New Land: Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye —Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada

A.J.B. Johnston and Jesse Francis

Authors A.J.B. Johnston and Jesse Francis recently released their book Ancient Land, New Land: Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst National Historic ...

Plum Duff

Victoria Goddard

In the fantasy novel Plum Duff, the sixth in the Greenwing and Dart series, PEI author Victoria Goddard continues to build her collection of interwove...

Loyalty Above All (there are no exceptions)

Mima

The Canadian author known as Mima recently published her 16th book, Loyalty Above All (There are no exceptions). This is the 11th book in the Hernande...

an impalpable certain rest

Jeff Bursey

Jeff Bursey’s newest book, an impalpable certain rest (corona\samizdat), is a short-story collection. Some of the stories are set on islands, some a...

RED: Special Edition, Vol. 2

RED: The Island Storybook has launched Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural, the second volume in their series of special editions. RED editor...

PEI Writers’ Guild hires new ED

Shawn Hogan replaces outgoing Mo Duffy Cobb

The PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) has hired Shawn Hogan as their new new Executive Director, replacing former ED, Mo Duffy Cobb, who stepped down in Se...

She Rules: What You Didn’t Know Is Holding You Back in Business

Sara Roach Lewis

Sara Roach Lewis recently released her first book, She Rules: What You Didn’t Know Is Holding You Back in Business. How does a women succeed in a w...

The Viet-Co Conundrum

Arlene S. Mighten

Island-based author Arlene Mighton has release her latest book, The Viet-Co Conundrum, about a middle-aged woman, Miranda Olsen, and her two children ...

Pillars of Creation

Judy Gaudet

PILLARS OF CREATION Solar winds are blowing up the pillars of the Eagle Nebula 7000 light years away from Eldon, where terrestrial winds are shapi...

The Odessa Connection

James W. Macnutt

The Odessa Connection, the second volume of James Macnutt’s historical fiction trilogy, was published in November. It is 2008, almost three years h...

In the dark: The Haemot Saga, Vol. 1

K. Trajanovski

Prince Edward Island newcomer Klaude Trajanovski’s debut novel, In The Dark: The Haemot Saga, is the first installment in their brand new series pub...

More Bygone Days: Moonshine, Dancin’ and Romancin’

Reginald “Dutch” Thompson

Reginald “Dutch” Thompson is back with More Bygone Days: Moonshine, Dancin’ and Romancin’. This second collection by Thompson includes stories...

Children of Terra: The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance

By Matty MacLeod

Matty MacLeod, PEI born and raised, has recently self-published his debut novel Children of Terra: The Kids Don't Stand a Chance via Amazon.ca. The...

Harvest time

The potato army moved in before sundown: one International Harvester tractor, two stub-nosed John Deeres, two Allan windrowers, one Allan potato harve...

RED: The Island Storybook, Vol. 27

RED is back with another volume for holiday reading. There is no end to the stories on this enchanted Island and Volume 27 of the Island Story Book is...

The Mendelssohn Connection

by James W. Macnutt

The Mendelssohn Connection, James Macnutt’s first volume of his historical fiction trilogy, is now available in local bookshops. Blending historica...

Choosing the Island “through the warp and woof of time”

by Mary McDonald-Rissanen

Mary McDonald-Rissanen recently released her new book, Choosing the Island “through the warp and woof of time” Women who made twentieth century Pr...

Still More Stubborn Stars

Paul N. Gallant

Toronto-based journalist Paul Gallant will release his debut novel Still More Stubborn Stars on November 1. The story takes place on PEI from the 1970...

Lighting the Way: The Story of Summerside Electric 1920–2020

by Culture Summerside

People could be excused for thinking that perhaps the generating and distribution of electricity might not be the most exciting read on the bookshelf....

Silver Fox

by Margaret Westlie

Margaret Westlie recently published Silver Fox, the fifth novel in her Partners Paranormal series. Silver Fox takes the reader to an old farmhouse in...

Switching Channels: Gamma Healing©

by Gloria Lea

Gloria Lea, an experienced gamma healer practitioner and first time author, transcriber and self-publisher, released her book Omnipresence Power of Lo...

Our Rock and Our Salvation

by Hugh MacDonald

Chosen by CBC as one of the 22 Canadian Young Adult books to watch for in fall 2021, Our Rock and Our Salvation marks the conclusion to The Last Wild ...

Somewhat Absurd, Somehow Existential

by J.J. Steinfeld

Fiction writer, playwright and poet J. J. Steinfeld’s twenty-second book Somewhat Absurd, Somehow Existential has been published by Guernica Edition...