Readers & Writers
Literary achievements
Bookmark, Charlottetown’s locally owned, independent bookstore, and UPEI’s English Department’s Winter Tales are hosting a celebration of Deirdre Kessler’s contributions to the PEI literary community. The event takes place on…
Read MoreThe Apple Orchard (for Josephine MacDonald)
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The trees in my orchard are coming down,one by one as the quick seasons pass.I did not own them but they were my ownwhen they cast cool shade on the…
Read MoreExchange Publication Award
Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor emeritus of history, UPEI, has been awarded a $7000 SSHRC Exchange Publication Award for his book The Geography of Home: Poems from a Lost Time. The…
Read MoreOn the move
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Since 1972, Bookmark has been a fixture in downtown Charlottetown. The bookstore initially started in a small location on Richmond Street and several years later moved to Queen Street to…
Read MoreRED: The Island Story Book Volume 37
RED: The Island Story Book Volume 37 will be available Island-wide in March. “We’re deeply honoured to have a John Sylvester photo grace the front cover of this volume,” say…
Read MoreIn Flames
In Flames, written by Ally Griffin under the pen name Aurah Poetry, is a collection of reflections from a two-year period of navigating life’s challenges. “Love. Loss. Healing. Mental Health.…
Read MoreBut The Heart Has Its Seasons
Ashleigh Tremere is celebrating the release of her debut poetry collection, But The Heart Has Its Seasons. All are welcome to the book launch on February 28, 7–8:30 pm, at…
Read More2025 Charlottetown Forum
The second Charlottetown Forum will explore topics that are top of mind for people in Canada, including healthcare, climate change, and restoring dialogue in polarizing times. Meeting at Confederation Centre…
Read MoreThe Belfast Riot of 1847
Island Studies Press will launch Callum Beck’s new book, The Belfast Riot of 1847, this month with events in Charlotteown and Summerside. On March 1, 1847, Prince Edward Island experienced…
Read MoreAirs Of Provence
September in southern Franceand the purple and pink bougainvillea still blooms outsidemy hotel room, its honeyed scent almost overpowering,perhaps surprising is better, mixing delicately with wafts of thyme when I walk on the grass or…
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