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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 March 2009 ATLANTIC INK, The Writers Festival announces 2009 Short List Four provinces! A weeklong fanfare of writers, books, readings, workshops! May 4 to 9, 2009! The shortlists have been announced. Five first time writers are being recognized for debut novels championed by some of Canada’s most innovative small presses. [...]

The Arvon Foundation – help us by completing our Online Survey Over the next two years The Arvon Foundation – a UK charity that supports emerging writers – has the opportunity to develop the main house at The Hurst in Shropshire (UK) as a place for writers and provide a new space for retreats and small [...]

FRYE FESTIVAL UPDATE Hello, Bonjour! As many of you might have heard, the Frye Festival will be hosting its 2nd annual Community Read on October 26, 2008 at 2pm at Moncton High School.  We are really excited to be welcoming Kathy Reichs, best-selling author, forensic anthropologist and producer of the Fox TV series Bones! To help us with the [...]

MEDIA RELEASE Release date: October 1, 2008 Library Launches Poet Laureate Map of Canada The Poet Laureate Map of Canada (www.poetrymap.ca) is unique to Canada, and the world! There are literary maps and poet maps, but we haven’t yet found a poet laureate map. Our map features a photo, bio and poem from Canada’s [...]

How do our writers work and feel about their literary lot? Wordwrights Canada has developed a set of annotated links to books of essays, memoirs, and interviews on their own creative experience by writers from Margaret Atwood through John Metcalf to Peter Van Toorn. “Canadian Poets and Fiction Writers on Their Art and [...]

“Where poetry is more than just words” Save Al Purdy’s Home Tribute To tear the roots of Canadian poetry is like felling the maple tree a century of words left to rot. His home & verse, trunk and branches together with his friend Acorn, our national history grew leaves… flowers & fruits as heritage, from coast to coast, leagues of poets germina […]

CARFAC Maritimes Annual General Meeting Saturday, September 27 at the Port Campus of NSCAD University, Halifax Before there was CARFAC Maritimes, there were CARFAC Nova Scotia (CARNS), CARFAC PEI and CARFAC New Brunswick. All three have an exciting history, reaching back almost to the beginning of CARFAC itself! This year, CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representa […]

September 3, 2008, 7:00 pm. Town Hall Meeting REGARDING CUTS TO CULTURAL AND HERITAGE GRANTING PROGRAMS.  Board Room, Museum London, 421 Ridout St. North, London, Ontario.   Invited speakers include Grand Theatre’s Deb Harvey, Controller Gord Hume, Sunfest artistic director Alfredo Caxaj and Penn Kemp. Contact Carol Kehoe, ckehoe@museumlondon.ca or 519 […]

A message to all members of Poets for Human Rights Dear Poets, Poets for Human Rights announces the 3rd Annual Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest and the 3rd Annual Alexander Popoff Youth Award Poetry Contest. Both contests offer $100 first prize. Entries for both contests should relate to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Poets are encouraged to […]

The 2008 CBC Literary Awards competition is now open! The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 2008. The Awards are Canada*s only literary competition celebrating original, unpublished works in both official languages. There are three categories: short story, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with cash prizes totaling $60,000, courtesy of the Canada Coun […]