Readers & Writers

Island poet Roderick MacDonald released his second poetry collection Spells Against the Darkness: Verses of Quiet Magic via Pownal Street Press in October. The collection is a compelling and evocative…

Owl, the third children’s book by PEI author Kara Griffin, illustrated by K. Shawn Larson and published by Acorn Press, will launch at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown on November…

Nocturnal Animals, the enthralling picture book debut from PEI visual artist Ashley Anne Clark, will be released by Pownal Street Press on November 18. To mark the occasion, two launch…

Bookmark, Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, welcomes Olympic champion Jennifer Jones to PEI for the launch of her new book Rock Star: My Life On And Off The Ice on November 29…

Bookmark will welcome bestselling author and host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence Terry O’Reilly to Charlottetown for the launch of his new book Against the Grain: Defiant Giants Who…

Bookmark is hosting two Halifax poets— Annick MacAskill and Nolan Natasha— for An Evening of Poetry in the Bookshop on October 24 at 7 pm. Annick MacAskill’s poetry collection Votive…

Bookmark, Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, will welcome Lesley Crewe to Charlottetown on October 16 at 7 pm for the launch of her new book The Spirit of Scatarie.  The event, which…

Vicki Reddin-Gauthier will launch her book, The Luckiest Ones: A Memoir of Fishing, Family, and Facing Cancer, on October 26 from 1–2:30 pm at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown. Like…

The Lighthouse Keepers, a new work of historical fiction by Faye Pound, is set on early 19th century Prince Edward Island, where Meda MacKenzie lives a life of isolation, tending…