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Word of the Week over at REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English (March 30 - April 5): dotard n also daughter, doater, doter, etc do...

Oh, Noble Nature Poet: An interview (of sorts) with Canada’s foremost nature poet, Don McKay (First published in the Gaspereau Press 2001 Om...

Consider this the cyber-space equivalent of a little string tied around your finger: The City of St. John's is hosting an Arts and the C...

Kathleen Winter has been declared the winner of this year's Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador literature for her Metcalf-Roo...

The winner of this year's Winterset Award will be announced later today, March 27, at a ceremony at Government House in St. John's. ...

The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's fundraising dinner for the Cultural Assistance Plan for Emergencies (CAPE--an e...

Word of the Week (March 23-29) bedlamer Entry from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English : bedlamer n also beddamer, bedlemer, bedlimmer, b...

Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 3/19/2008 3000 titles will be available No DRM means compatibility with iPods, iPhones Libraries will remind...

To all Libraries and Librarians interested in audio books (or EarLit as we call it) attending this year's Public Library Association (PL...

S T A N D R A G L A N D' S The Drowned Lands Pedlar Press ------------oOo------------ Tuesday 18 March 2008 7:30PM The Ship Pub 265 ...

The Cuffer Prize Sponsors: The contest is sponsored by The Telegram and Creative Book Publishing, and their parent company, Transcontinenta...

Word of the Week over at REDEFiNE iT (March 16-22) penquin Entry from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: penguin n also pinwing OED ~ ...

The Yarmouth County Vangaurd On Wednesday March 19, Université Sainte-Anne and The Canada Council for the Arts will present readings by two ...

Poet Judith Fitzgerald reviews collections by Mary Dalton and Natalie Stephens from monstersandcritics.com Dalton's Red Ledger opens wi...

Rewriting in the Pen Teaching creative writing to prisoners. (an interview with Joel Thomas Hynes ) The Scope What is the program at the Pe...

The Western Star CORNER BROOK — The Corner Brook campus of Memorial University will welcome back Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate to cam...

The Darren Effect , Libby Creelman's new novel, will be launched on Friday, March 14, from 6PM to 8PM at Bianca's, 171 Water Street,...

The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council has announced its finalists for the 2007 Winterset Award. The three finalists are Newfoundland an...

John Steffler, Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate, has weighed in on the controversial issue of Bill C-10. See his letter to Cross Co...

Word of the Week (March 8 - 14) at our REDEFiNE iT Blog and REDEFiNE iT facebook group maggoty Entry from the Dictionary of Newfoundland En...

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. Grey Islands Grey Islands, group of 2 islands off NE N.F., Canada, in the Atlantic. Largest ...

Annual Report with List of Places Vacated, 1963 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Newfoundland and Labrador) Reference has been made in previous...

Memorial University's Pratt Lecture will be delivered by Parliamentary Poet Laureate John Steffler on Saturday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in ...

The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) is hosting a fundraising dinner on March 17, 7PM at The Ship Pub in St. John...

Artistic Smorgasbord Poets, singers, musicians make mad dash for March Hare Heidi Wicks Special to The Telegram Since 1987, writers, mus...

from The Leader-Post Five Canadian poets laureate will be reading from their works Wednesday in the Student Commons of Campion College at th...

Joel Thomas Hynes wins the 2007 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award March 4, 2008, St. John’s, NL – Joel Thomas Hynes is the winner of the 2007 ...

St. John's livyer , Joel Thomas Hynes is the 2008 recipient of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council's Lawrence Jackson Award....

From the Quill and Quire : Richard Gwyn wins Charles Taylor Prize A book with a distinctly Canadian focus has captured this year’s Charles T...

Launch of The Echoing Years: Wednesday, March 5, at 4:00 pm and the March Hare Wednesday, March 5, 8:00 pm. in St. John's, Newfoundland:...