Frank Ledwell Storytelling and Comedy Festival, St Peter's, 23-25 July
The Frank Ledwell Storytelling and Comedy Festival held in honour of Frank Ledwell, a native of St Peters, former Poet Laureate, and beloved writer/teacher and friend.
The event was held at St Peter’s Court House Theatre in St Peter’s, PEI.
Comedian Fraser MacCallum from the Island Stand-up Comedy Troupe, as well as Hugh MacDonald, the current P.E.I. poet laureate, Island-based poet and writer Deirdre Kessler with Terri Lukacko, an old-time music fiddler from Albany, N.Y., and Sue Dilley, a mandolin, accordion and ukulele performer/singer from Tasmania, Australia. All were part of day 3 in the festival.
Victoria Literary Festival, 16-18 July
Victoria’s first literary festival (July 16-18) was exciting and excellent in PEI’s lovely village of Victoria by the sea.
Poet Laureate's Summit, 14-16 July
The Poet Laureate’s Summit was held in Halifax July 14-16. The Summit featured 10 of Canada’s 16 Poets Laureate and combined the spoken word with some amazing jazz. It was an amazing experience.
More photo galleries inside
We’ve transformed the events page into a rolling gallery … browse our collection of photos from recent literary and cultural events around the island.
Read the Poet Laureate’s new chapbook online
Hugh MacDonald’s chapbook “Through This Rain,” chosen as a finalist for a Writer’s Digest challenge, is now available on this site in a web version. Be sure to see it; there is also a downloadable (and printable) PDF edition.
Regular features on this site
When visiting this site, be sure to see:
- Poetry by currently active Prince Edward Island poets — check back regularly to see if your favourite poets have anything new (writers can update their web presence with a new poem once every three months) on the site ;
- A link to a randomly selected poem from our archives;
- Podcasts of poets reading their own work, which can be downloaded, added to a feed, or played within your browser window;
- Video and audio from the University of PEI’s “Island Voices” series, featuring former Poets Laureate Frank Ledwell and John Smith;
- A selection of poetry for children
- Poetry at school is the newest section on our site, and we are pleased to welcome a large group of poets from Montague Regional High School
- The Historical poets section of our site, which features a long poem, Chaim the Slaughterer, by the late Joseph Sherman; four poems by Lucy Maud Montgomery four poems by Milton Acorn and audio files of readings by Sherman and Acorn;
- Information about the PEI Poet Laureate Program and its current incumbent, Hugh MacDonald;
- A detailed bibliography of island poets ;
- A facility for poets to submit one poem of their choice to the online archive.