February 2020

Mo Duffy Cobb

Moving words

Author and PEI Writers’ Guild president Mo Duffy Cobb holds a mug of coffee in her Charlottetown kitchen, reflecting on the recent strategic plannin...

Anna’s Pink and Purple Glasses

by Marlene Bryenton and Leanne Bowlan

Anna’s Pink and Purple Glasses, a children’s storybook by Island author Marlene Bryenton, will be launched at Sherwood School in Sarah King’s ki...

Local Author Wins International and National Awards

Last spring, Local author Virginia McGowan PhD's book Harness the Power of Mentoring: How to Find and Work with the Right Mentor—A Guide for the So...

Screenwriters’ Bootcamp

Workshops for screenwriters and producers

The annual PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp event scheduled for May 22 to 28, 2020 will be held in Charlottetown at The Haviland Club. Workshops for emer...

The Devil and His Legacy

Mima

The Island author known as Mima recently published her twelfth book (7th in the Hernandez series), The Devil and His Legacy. If you enjoy reading abo...

Red Mittens Green Socks

Kathy Birt

Kathy Birt will launch her new Children’s Christmas Book Set, Red Mittens Green Socks, December 7 at 2 pm at the Confederation Centre Library, Charl...

Wayne Gray, A Man of Vision

Gary MacDougall

Retromedia Publishing has released the book Wayne Gray, A Man of Vision written by bestselling author Gary MacDougall. This is a true success story ...

Understanding The Impact Of The Addicted Person

A Layperson’s 1st Step Guide to Recovery Through The Eggshell Perspective

Everyone is invited to attend the launch of Jim Good’s new book, Understanding the Impact of the Addicted Person: A Layperson’s 1st Step Guide to ...

Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters

Rosemary Curley, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Donald F. McAlpine, Kimberly Riehl, J. Dan McAskill

Rosemary Curley will launch the new book Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters on December 3 from 7:30 to 9 pm at the Beaconsfiel...

The Spectre of Stanhope Lane

James W. Macnutt

James W. Macnutt has published his latest book, a novel entitled The Spectre of Stanhope Lane. Every summer Frank Longworth, a pragmatic and matter-...

An Island of Lighthouses

John Morris

Local photographer John Morris has released his newest book titled, An Island of Lighthouses. The book features a brief history on each lighthouse of ...

Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles

J. J. Steinfeld

Fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld’s latest book, Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles, has been recently published by Ekstasis E...

Pelikan Hub

The first Charlottetown Pelikan Hub hosted by Hub Master Dan MacDonald (Bookmark) took place recently in the Private Cellar at Sim’s restaurant. Sin...

IN OUR LIFETIME

Bren Simmers

Tomatoes too thirsty, priced out of reach along with almonds, peaches. We’re running out of cheap oil—like the ivory-billed woodpecker last sp...

About Brian Burke

Book launch and screening of documentary

The Confederation Centre Art Gallery (CCAG) will be hosting two events this month to celebrate its current retrospective exhibition on prolific PEI pa...

Ben of Nigglewood

Arlene Mighton

Arlene Mighton has released a new book, Ben of Nigglewood. Ben Nigglewood is a homeless man who is fed up with his predicament in a care facility. T...

Bee Funeral

Sandy McCarney

In fifth grade Crybaby and Almost- Boobs hoarded curios in a Kleenex box: hunks of rock shaped like pizza slices, gel pens’ worn-out tips. Crud....

Hitched

David Weale

Hitched is a collection of short stories and impudent, sometimes scurrilous, quips that Island author David Weale has harvested from Island conversati...

Beyond the Asylum

The Evolution of Mental Health Care in Prince Edward Island 1846-2017

How Prince Edward Islanders have historically cared for those people with mental illness has gone through a cycle starting with sheltering them at hom...

Killings at Little Rose

Finley Martin

Finley Martin has launched his new book, Killings at Little Rose. It takes place in a coastal village where what’s been buried doesn’t stay buri...

Two Talents, One Book

Astrid Johnson, Windsor Arsenault

Astrid Johnson and husband Windsor Arsenault have launched a new book, Two Talents, One Book. It is comprised of poetry by Johnson and artwork by Arse...

Soldier Girl Blue

James Knights

Soldier Girl Blue, by James Knights, is a fictionalized account of the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds of New Brunswick who, disguised as a man, foug...

Pivot Point

Bren Simmers

Local author Bren Simmers will launch her new book Pivot Point on November 15 at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown. Doors will open at ...

Pleasant Valley: Our Community History and Stories

Pleasant Valley History Committee

Everyone is invited to the launch of the new history of Pleasant Valley, Queens Co., on November 17 at 2 pm at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Church. P...

A Time To Remember

Patricia Stanyer

Retired Island teacher and publisher Patricia Stanyer has written a book entitled A Time To Remember looking back at her life. In this memoir Patricia...

GIFt Horse Volume 2: Re-GIFted

Editors Katie Mac, Chris Wilson, Ryan Gallant

The official launch of GIFt Horse Vol 2: ReGIFted will take place October 19 from 4 to 6 pm at bar1911, St. Avard’s, Charlottetown. From killer co...

Avril’s Phoenix

Michelle Harris-Genge

Avril’s Phoenix is Michelle Harris-Genge’s first solo effort. In Avril’s Phoenix, Harris-Genge’s takes the reader on the uplifting, emotional ...

the wither poems

Catherine Edward

Catherine Edward will launch the wither poems on November 1 at 6:30 pm at Beaconsfield Carriage House, Charlottetown. the whither poems is a first p...

Mercy, Mercy

Marlene Stanton

Former CBC reporter Marlene Stanton launches her new political thriller Mercy, Mercy on October 25 at 6:30 pm at Beaconsfield Carriage House, 2 Kent S...

Mrs. Beaton’s Question

Robert Mercer

Robert Mercer will launch his new book Mrs. Beaton’s Question at Indigo in Charlottetown on October 26 from 1 to 3 pm. Robert Mercer’s life coul...

Yesterday, Today

A Portrait of Summerside

Yesterday, Today: A Portrait of Summerside features artwork of older Summerside buildings with paintings, illustrations and commentary by Eddy Schwar...

Money Smarts for Teens & Twenties

Understanding why financial planning works, makes it easy!

Island financial planner Gordon Hughes has published a new book entitled Money Smarts for Teens & Twenties: Understanding why financial planning w...

The Wereduck Code

Dave Atkinson

Join author Dave Atkinson for the launch of The Wereduck Code October 20 at 2 pm at the Confederation Centre Public Library in Charlottetown. This is ...

Genealogy of the Acadian Families of Prince Edward Island c. 1764–c. 1921

Volume 1 Arsenault Book 1 Jean Bernard

The Volume 1–Arsenault from the popular series on the genealogy of the Acadian families of Prince Edward Island was first published in 2009. Author ...

Giller nomination for Adam Foulds

Dream Sequence (Biblioasis) by Adam Foulds is nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Adam is the son-in-law of the late founder of The Bookmark in...

Search for truth

Pages From the Book of Light: Photography by Paul Vreeland

Pages from the Book of Light, an exhibition of photography by Paul Vreeland, will be displayed in Memorial Hall of the Confederation Centre of the Art...