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  • An Evening with Emma Donoghue

    Free event
    Florence Simmons Performance Hall 140 Weymouth Street, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Bookmark welcomes bestselling, award-winning novelist Emma Donoghue to Charlottetown for the launch of The Paris Express on April 25 at 7 pm at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall in Charlottetown. The evening will be moderated by Deirdre Kessler. Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series…

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    Spring Park United Church Yard Sale

    Spring Park United Church 65 Kirkwood Dr, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Spring Park United is hosting its annual spring yard sale on April 26 from 8:30 am–12 pm at 65 Kirkwood Drive in Charlottetown. The sale will include a selection of jewelry, household items, sports equipment, furniture, books, puzzles, electronics, bedding, curtains, crafts, children’s toys, home decor, and a variety of plants. A small donation is…

  • home: poems about family Book Launch

    Free event
    The Gallery Coffee House & Bistro 82 Great George St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Celebrate the release of the anthology, home: poems about family, at the book launch on April 27 at 4 pm at The Gallery Coffee House & Bistro in Charlottetown. Editor Julie Bull and many of the authors will be sharing their poetry at the launch. Books will be available for purchase. Seating is limited—register in…

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    Charlottetown Library Book Club

    Free event
    Charlottetown Library Learning Centre 97 Queen St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    The Book Club will meet in the Bluejay Room at the Charlottetown Library on April 28 at 6 pm to discuss The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe. Pick up a copy of the book at the welcome desk. 

  • Global Voices for Peace: An Introduction to Peacebuilders and the Hope They Bring Book Launch

    Beaconsfield Historic/Carriage House 2 Kent St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    A book launch for Global Voices for Peace: An Introduction to Peacebuilders and the Hope They Bring will be held at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown on April 29 from 7–9 pm. The event, co-hosted by PEI-based editor and creator Susan Hartley and musician and climate action advocate Todd MacLean, will feature a panel conversation…

  • Leona Dalton Book Launch

    Beaconsfield Historic/Carriage House 2 Kent St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Getting Baked with Bikers on LSD & other short stories of my life on PEI by Leona Dalton will be celebrated at a book launch at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown on May 10 from 10 am–1 pm. The launch will feature comments from the author and a member of her writers’ group, snacks, tea…

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    Book’in It Walking Book Club

    Family Friendly
    Free event
    Summerside Rotary Library 57 Central St, Summerside, PE, Canada

    The “Book”in It Walking Book Club will meet at Summerside Rotary Library on May 13 at 10 am for a 20-minute stroll and then head inside to discuss the latest reading selection. Register in advance and grab a copy of the book at the front desk. 902-436-7323. 

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    Kindness Story Time

    Free event
    Summerside Rotary Library 57 Central St, Summerside, PE, Canada

    Children can enjoy a special story time all about kindness on Wear Purple Day, during Family Violence Prevention Week, at the Summerside Library on May 14 at 1 pm.

  • Island Reading Series

    Free event
    UPEI McDougall Hall 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Island Studies Press presents a coast-to-coast reading featuring visiting writers Jenna Butler and Karen Loucks from the West Coast, alongside local poets Brent MacLaine and Bren Simmers. The event takes place on May 15 at 7 pm in Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall, UPEI. The event is free and all are welcome. Thanks to Bookmark,…

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    Frank Gillan Book Launch

    Free event
    Haviland Club 2 Haviland St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    They Can’t Take the Kids: The Mooney/McCarthy/Gillan Legacy by PEI author Frank Gillan explores the author’s Irish ancestry and features two matriarchs—the Gillan’s mother and grandmother. Widowed with young children, they each managed to keep their family together in an era when women had few rights. It is a story of courage and resilience, qualities…

  • North Of Nowhere Reading with Marie Wilson

    Spring Park United Church 65 Kirkwood Dr, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Presented by the UPEI Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research and Applied Studies, the PEI Chapter of the Council of Canadians, Spring Park United Church, and Wapna’kikewi’skwaq Women of the First Light, Marie Wilson will read from her book, North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, on May 25, 1 pm, at…

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    Frank Gillan Book Launch

    Free event
    Morell Fire Hall 15 Park St, Morell, PE, Canada

    They Can’t Take the Kids: The Mooney/McCarthy/Gillan Legacy by PEI author Frank Gillan explores the author’s Irish ancestry and features two matriarchs—the Gillan’s mother and grandmother. Widowed with young children, they each managed to keep their family together in an era when women had few rights. It is a story of courage and resilience, qualities…

  • Callum Beck Book Launch

    Free event
    St John's Presbyterian Church 2794 Garfield Rd, Belfast, PE, Canada

    The Belfast Historical Society will host the local launch of Callum Beck’s new book, The Belfast Riot of 1847, on May 25 at 2:30 pm at St. John’s Presbyterian in Belfast. On March 1, 1847, Prince Edward Island experienced the second-worst election riot in Canadian history. During the Belfast Riot, about 200 Scottish Protestants and…

  • An Evening with Carley Fortune

    Limited seating
    The Delta Hotel by Marriott 18 Queen St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Bookmark will welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune back to Charlottetown for the launch of her new book, One Golden Summer, on May 26 at 7 pm in the Bedeque Cardigan Ballroom at the Delta Hotels Prince Edward. “An Evening with Carley Fortune,” moderated by Jessica Doria Brown, will be Carley’s only…

  • Chef Michael Smith Book Launch

    Bookmark 111 Kent St Unit 110, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Chef Michael Smith will celebrate the release of his new cookbook, Wood, Fire & Smoke, at a book launch event during The Inn at Bay Fortune’s opening weekend, May 16–18. Wood, Fire & Smoke: Recipes and Techniques for Wood-Fired Cooking will be featured throughout the evenings, and every guest room or Feast reservation will receive…

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    An Evening of Poetry ft. Maritime poets Cory Lavender, Jessica Hiemstra, & Nick Thran

    Free event
    Bookmark 111 Kent St Unit 110, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    Bookmark, Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, will host an evening of poetry on June 3 at 7 pm, featuring Maritime poets Cory Lavender, Jessica Hiemstra, and Nick Thran.  The larger-than-life characters and stories that tumble out of Cory Lavender’s Come One Thing Another assert the experiences of generations of Lavenders and Roys as a kind of rural…

  • Linda Stewart Book Launch

    Free event
    Plough The Waves Community Hall 13056 Trans Cananda Hwy, Belle River, PE, Canada

    All are welcome to attend the book launch of Place of Miracles by PEI author Linda Stewart on June 8 from 2–4 pm at Plough the Waves Hall, Wood Islands.

  • Judith Graves Book Launch

    The Lefurgey Cultural Centre 205 Prince St, Summerside, PE, Canada

    Acorn Press is hosting a book launch for The Sandcastle that Jack Built, written by Judith Graves and illustrated by Maurice Bernard, will be held at Lefurgey Cultural Centre on June 10 from 1–2 pm. All are welcome to attend.

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    Towards Prosperity: The Transformation of Atlantic Canada’s Economy Book Launch

    Trailside Music Hall 155 Kent St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    The PEI BioAlliance presents the Charlottetown launch of Towards Prosperity: The Transformation of Atlantic Canada's Economy by Don Mills and David Campbell at trailside Music Hall on June 11. The launch starts at 4:30 pm with a reception, followed by a discussion with the authors that will be moderated by Wade MacLauchlan, former Premier of…

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    Heat’N Eat Soup Take-Out, Book, & Bake Sale

    Family Friendly
    Kirk of St James 35 Fitzroy St, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

    A Heat’N Eat Soup Take-Out Sale will be held at St. James Presbyterian on June 14 from 9 am–12 noon. Soup will be available in single servings or one-litre portions, with options including golden harvest, corn & ham chowder, and corn chowder. Each serving includes a roll and butter. Advance orders are encouraged and can…