Readers & Writers

Island author Mary McDonald-Rissanen’s latest book Raven is a hybrid of fact and fiction about an 18th-century woman who lived on PEI in the early 19th century.  Readers enter Raven’s…

The first-ever anthology of Maritime haiku has been published by Haiku Canada Publications. Porch to Porch: A Maritime Haiku Anthology includes the work of 52 poets—among them are such literary…

It’s summer solsticeand a cool wind is carrying the smell oflilacs and cut grass. I didn’t know I missedthe mating calls of lawnmowers, the off-key roofer who belts out every…

Local poet Bren Simmers will launch her new collection, The Work (Gaspereau Press), on July 27 at 7 pm at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown. She will be joined…

Kelly Kieran Sampson will launch her novel, Through the Haze, at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown on July 16 from 7–8:30 pm. Copies of the book will be available…

A book launch for The ANNEthology will be held on June 23 from 7-8:30 pm in the Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild in Charlottetown. Join ten of Canada’s top…

The nominees for the 2024 PEI Book Awards highlight the Island’s best published writings, and demonstrate excellence in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The nominees represent a diverse group…

Bookmark presents the launch of Alan MacEachern’s new book Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse on June 18 at 7 pm in the Schurman…