It was hard to describe the feeling as all thirty-one participants gathered at a family cottage in Stratford, for our final official event to listen to each other’s work. Sharon McKay, the keynote speaker for the event, left us with parting words, and we delved into poems, the short stories and the memoir, which drew […]
Author Roundtable Saturday morning began at the Carriage House at Beaconsfield with Craig Pyette sitting in conversation with Pauline Dakin, Julie Pellissier-Lush, Anne Simpson, and George Elliott Clarke. Back to the Haviland for Workshop Late morning of Saturday in Charlottetown brought three more workshops, Pauline Dakin on Using audio to promote your writing, Julie Pellissier-Lush […]
Wild Threads: Free Public Readings Friday night, participants joined all eight faculty members, who read from their work in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Special guest musician Scott Parsons performed with George Elliott Clarke, and Master of Ceremonies was Prince Edward Island Past President, Keith Burgoyne. Books were available, sponsored by our friend, Dan from […]
The Wild Threads Committee welcomed all of its authors and participants last night at a reception at Peake’s Quay in Charlottetown. We were thrilled to finally meet our guests of honour, Hilary McMahon of Westwood Creative and Craig Pyette of Random House, from Toronto, authors Pauline Dakin and Anne Simpson from Nova Scotia, George Elliott […]
Summer on PEI has arrived! The PEI Writers’ Guild has been working away on all the details for Wild Threads, and we are happy to bring you this update. Please note that there are a few optional events, and all participants registered will be send more information on how to sign up for those. Please […]
Is Prince Edward Island a special place to be a writer? We think so. Join Laurie Brinklow, Co-ordinator, Institute of Island Studies and former book Publisher, Acorn Press, and Richard Lemm from the University of PEI Creative Writing Department, to delve into the mysteries of writing about place, and in particular, Islandness. Both authors have written […]
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The PEI Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce funding from Innovation PEI for five bursaries to attend Wild Threads Writing Symposium, a national writing symposium taking place this summer in Charlottetown. Two of these bursaries are specifically for Indigenous writers. Writers from all stages of their career, along with nationally acclaimed writing facilitators, will gather […]
Islanders gathered today at Fanningbank to welcome and celebrate Prince Edward Island’s new Poet Laureate Julie Pellissier-Lush. In her new role, Ms. Pellissier-Lush will act as a spokesperson for literature in Prince Edward Island and raise awareness of poetry and the spoken word. “It is my great pleasure to welcome Julie Pellissier-Lush as our province’s […]
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Welcome to the heart of downtown Charlottetown. […]
We couldn’t bring you this conference without the help of our sponsors. Dan runs PEI’s best independent bookstore, The Bookmark. Thanks to The Bookmark for coming on as the official bookseller of Wild Threads. We are thrilled to welcome them onboard as a conference sponsor! If you are a Wild Threads participant and would like […]
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