Riptides Nominated for an Atlantic Book Award

Riptides: New Island Fiction (Acorn) has been nominated in the category of APMA BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD. Orysia and I both have stories in the collection, so the nomination is exciting news! The winner will be announced on May 16th in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia . Keep your fingers crossed!

Read more about it here.

 

Yvette’s Poetry to Appear in New Anthology

Yvette Doucette is one of the poets included in a new anthology called The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry.  The launch is going to take place in Halifax next week, and Yvette will be there to participate in the reading. Details:

• When: Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 pm
• Where: Black Cultural Centre, 1149 Main Street, Halifax
• What: The Great Black North is Edited by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron with an introduction by George Elliott Clarke and a Preface by Karina Vernon

For more about the anthology, check out their website by clicking here.

Check out Yvette’s cool page and gorgeous photo at the anthology’s website by clicking here.

Congratulations, Yvette! We are all looking forward to seeing your work in this new book.

 

A Poet Laureate among us!

Dianne Hicks Morrow & Robert Henderson

We are all thrilled that Dianne Hicks Morrow has been named PEI’s 5th poet laureate! A quote from Dianne:

In my new role, I plan to build on the excellent work already done by my predecessors…. I believe that a poem can be about anything, and that anyone can write a poem, so I enjoy proving that in workshops and readings. And as a long-time community developer, I look forward to hearing what the Island community wants me to do.

She’s going to do a great job! I’m looking forward to your “reign”, Dianne!

You can read the official news release and see a couple of nice pics by clicking here.

 

photo credit of Morrow & Henderson: Brian Simpson

 

Beth reads with DGAP in Moncton

I’m spending the winter in Moncton, and I’ve been incredibly fortunate. I connected with other writers right away (thanks to Lee Thompson) and am attending a poetry group one Wednesday and a fiction group the next Wednesday. Each small group meets at the cosy home of Kerry-Lee Powell, which happens to be a 20 minute walk from the house where I am house-sitting.

The poetry group is informally dubbed DGAP. The “D” stands for Dominion, which is the name of the street where Kerry-Lee lives. We had a reading on January 31st at the Cafe Aberdeen and it was a great evening. We had a good crowd and a good time! To see more pictures, head over to my blog by clicking this link.

Lee Thompson, Beth Janzen, Thomas Hodd, Allan Cooper, Kerry-Lee Powell