SCHEDULE OF FESTIVAL EVENTS

Unless stated otherwise, events are free of charge and everyone is welcome.
Click here for a pdf of the program schedule of events.

See below for invitation to the Award Ceremony and reception.

Keep checking this page for event updates!

New Brunswick I Newfoundland & Labrador I Nova Scotia I Prince Edward Island

NOVA SCOTIA

Tuesday May 5

2pm Presentation:  Joanne Jefferson
Captain William Spry Library, 10 Kidston Road, Halifax

7pm Reading: Sue Goyette
Spring Garden Road Library, Halifax

 

Wednesday May 6

Noon  Reading:  Sue Sinclair, Sara Tilley
Spring Garden Road Library, Halifax

4pm    Signing: Joanne Jefferson
Box of Delights Bookstore, 286 Main Street, Wolfville

6:30pm  Creative Writing Workshop for Teens with Joanne Jefferson
Wolfville Library, 21 Elm Street, Wolfville

Thursday May 7

8:30- 4:00  Workshop: Punctuation an Mechanics with Frances Peck (Editors' Association of Canada)
United Way Board Room, 7th floor, Royal Bank Building, 46 Portland Street, Dartmouth
Register online at www.editors.ca

10am-noon Adult Writing Workshop with Joanne Jefferson
Bridgetown Development Centre, 26 Bay Road, Bridgetown

1pm Presentation: Philip Roy
Tantallon Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon

2:30 Reading: William Naftel
Oakwood Terrace, 10 Mount Hope Avenue, Dartmouth

7pm Reading and Reception: Ian Colford, Stephen Kimber and Sara Tilley
Outside the Lines Bookstore, 6265 Quinpool Road, Halifax

7pm Reading: Marq de Villiers
Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth

7pm Reading: Douglas Arthur Brown
Four Fathers Memorial Library, 21 Acadia Street, Amherst

Friday May 8

10am Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards
Pier 21 Halifax

Noon  Reading:Bill Naftel
Alderney Library, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth

7pm   ATLANTIC INK Awards Celebration
Scotiabank Theatre, Sobey Building (campus map), Saint Mary's University, Halifax
Keynote address by Alistair MacLeod

Announcement and presentation of the Atlantic poetry Prize, Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Prize, Ann Connor Brimer Children's Literature Award and Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize with short readings by each of the winners.

Saturday May 9

ATLANTIC INK Festival Writing Workshops at WFNS
1113 Marginal Road, Halifax

10:30am - noon Poetry with Alan R.Wilson; Writing for Children's
Magazines with Anne Renaud

1pm - 3pm Everything You Need to Know about The Google Settlement - Access Copyright Presentation.

Thursday May 14

10am Presentation: Jill MacLean
Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth

Tuesday May 19

           2 pm Reading: William Naftel
           Northwood Manor, 2615 Northwood Terrace, Halifax

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NEW BRUNSWICK

Tuesday May 5

Noon  Presentation:Marq de Villiers
Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carlton Street, Fredericton

Wednesday May 6

Noon  Reading:Marq de Villiers
Saint John Free Public Library, 1 Market Square, Saint John

Thursday May 7

7pm   Reading: Brent MacLaine, Sue Sinclair, Alan R. Wilson
Study Lounge - Ward Chipman Building (campus map), UNBSJ, Saint John

Friday May 8

8:30- 4:00  Workshop: Clear and Concise with Frances Peck (Editors' Association of Canada)
Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street (Church and St. John Streets), Fredericton
Register online at www.editors.ca

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NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Monday May 4

9am-2:15pm School Presentation: Jill MacLean
Newtown Elementary School, 25 Jackman Drive, MountPearl

7 pm  ReadingIan Colford, Sue Sinclair, Sara Tilley
Bianca's on the Waterfront, 171 Water Street, St. John’s, NL
hosted by the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

Tuesday May 5

9am-2:15pm: School Presentation: Jill MacLean
Mary Queen of Peace Elementary School, 137 Torbay Road, St. John's

Wednesday May 6

9am - 2:15pm School Presentation: Jill MacLean
Hazelwood Elementary, 391 Topsail Road, St. John's

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Monday May 4

            9 am Reading:  Philip Roy
            Crapaud Public Library, 20424 TransCanada Highway, Crapaud

            10:30 am Reading:  Philip Roy
             Hunter River Memorial Library, 19816 Route 2, Hunter River

            1:00 pm Reading:  Philip Roy
             Kensington Public Library, 55 Victoria Street, Kensington

Tuesday May 5

            9 am   School presentation:  Philip Roy
            ParkDale Elementary School, 49 Confederation Street, Charlottetown

            10:30 am Reading:  Philip Roy
             Cornwall Public Library, 39 Lowther Drive, Cornwall

            1 pm School presentation:  Philip Roy
             L.M. Montgomery Elementary School, 69 MacWilliams Road, Charlottetown

Wednesday May 6

            9:10 am Reading:  Philip Roy
            Mount Stewart Public Library, 104 Main Street, Mount Stewart

            10:30 am School presentation:  Philip Roy
            Donagh Regional School, 928 Bethel Road, Route 215, Donagh

            7:30 pm Reading:  Douglas Arthur Brown, Brent MacLaine, Alan R. Wilson
            Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 145 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, hosted by the PEI Writers’ Guild

 

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