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THE ACORN PRESS is based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and is the Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. We specialize in stories that have PEI interest and global appeal. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/
This Wednesday!
You're invited to a virtual reading with award-winning fiction author Susan White.
Register via Eventbrite to join us - it's free!
August 20th
7-8pm (Atlantic time)
#acornpress #authorreading #readatlantic #lgbtqliterature #historicalfictionnovel
Really enjoyed the performance of "The Creator's Plan" this afternoon at The Mack. Really beautiful work. @confederationcentre.com
09.07.2025 16:02 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Top half: 5 actors portraying a rabbit, a bear, a raccoon, an owl, and a deer | the creator's plan | dark stage with actors holding glowing moons Written by Richard Pellissier-Lush and produced in collaboration with The Miβkmaq Heritage Actors. Please note that smudging/light smoke is an integral part of this show. *No performance on July 28. Performances between July 29 and August 1 will take place in Memorial Hall. The 2025 Charlottetown Festival is presented by Cavendish Farms. Developed with support from TD Ready Commitment. Photos by Simon Reid.
Actors on a stage portraying a rabbit, an owl, a raccoon, a deer, and a bear. The owl is drumming with a traditional Indigenous drum.
Six actors from The Creator's Plan on a stage, all with drums.
Two female actors in The Creator's Plan performing and portraying a smudging ceremony
Meet Owl, Rabbit, Bear, Raccoon and Deer, the woodland creatures featured in π¦THE CREATOR'S PLAN. This interactive lunchtime show for children and families is about identity and self esteem. Entry is by donation.
π Monday-Friday @ noon until Aug 1
πThe Mack
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If you're on the Island, don't miss this performance based on The Creator's Plan, a picture book by Richard Pellissier-Lush, illustrated by Jessica Jerome, and published by us last fall.
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Book: Kiraβs Secret
Author: Orysia Dawydiak
Publisher: Acorn Press @digitallylit.bsky.social @robinseggsblue.bsky.social @acornpress.bsky.social
Book cover for Wrestling with Cadence: Essays on Writing and Intuition by Dennis Lee (Stonehewer), a writing craft book by the author of Civil Elegies and Alligator Pie. Title text on a solid blue background, with a music staff with regularly-spaced black dots and one white x where one missing dot should be. https://www.stonehewerbooks.com/upcoming
Book cover for Cheer by Laura Doyle PΓ©an (Les Γditions de la Bagnole), a book of poems in French, with the word CHEER in white faded university-font against a solid blue background. https://editionslabagnole.groupelivre.com/products/cheer
Book cover for Dinosaurs of the Arctic by Dana Hopkins, illustrated by Aaron Edzerza, for ages 6-8 (Inhabit Media) https://inhabiteducationbooks.com/collections/nunavummi-reading-series/products/dinosaurs-of-the-arctic
Book cover for the children's picture book Follow the Goose Butt to Prince Edward Island by Beth Weatherbee, Colleen Landry, and Odette Barr (Acorn Press) with a goose wearing ca.1945 aviator shades and a white scarf flying over Confederation Bridge. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/store/follow-the-goose-butt-to-prince-edward-island
3/8 #SmallPress #books #BookSky #DSPBposts ππ @acornpress.bsky.social
31.05.2025 18:15 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Book cover for Threshold: Stories by Carol Bruneau (Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing), with a vibrant painting of lupins and flowers lining an oceanside path. Nominated for the 2025 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Contemporary short story collection exploring privilege, perspective, and contradiction from the celebrated author of Brighten the Corner Where You Are and A Bird on Every Tree. https://nimbus.ca/store/threshold.html
Book cover for children's book The Sandcastle That Jack Built by Judith Gravesβ¬, illustrated by Maurice Bernard (The Acorn Press) with a boy in a backwards baseball hat building a sandcastle by the ocean. At once familiar and fresh, The Sandcastle that Jack Built is a lyrical and playful version of the traditional nursery rhyme. In this updated classic, Judith Gravesβs beautiful text is perfectly accompanied by rich, vivid illustrations from renowned Island artist and sandcastle sculptor, Maurice Bernard. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/store/the-sandcastle-that-jack-built
4/10 Threshold: Stories by Carol Bruneau @cbruneau83.bsky.social (Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing @nimbuspub.bsky.social) & The Sandcastle That Jack Built by @judithgraves.bsky.social, illustrated by Maurice Bernard (@acornpress.bsky.social)
See alt-text! #DSPBposts ππ #BookSky #CanadaDay
Join us to celebrate the release of Linda Stewartβs new novel Place of Miracles!
Date: Sunday, June 8th
Time: 2 - 4pm
Location: Plough the Waves Hall, Wood Islands Welcome Centre
13056 Shore Road, Wood Islands, PE
@lindajstewart.bsky.social #readatlantic #acornpress
Announcing THE SANDCASTLE THAT JACK BUILT, written by Judith Graves and illustrated by renowned Island artist Maurice Bernard. Part of Summerside's ARTS FEST 2025, organized by Wyatt Heritage Properties.
Tuesday, June 10
Lefurgey Cultural Centre
Time: 1pm β 2pm
@judithgraves.bsky.social #booklaunch
Hi - sharing news about our seasonal store opening in June!
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Sassy Lassie Vintage: Sassy, Classy, and a Little Badassy
Offering books, art, and vintage decor.
OPEN: WED - SAT
JUNE - AUGUST
11 - 4Π Π
Albany, Prince Edward Island
Itβs a busy book year for me and Iβm super excited for my upcoming (Fall 2025) picture book release with @acornpress.bsky.social THINGS THAT STINK! This one is informative and stinking cute. Lol #kidlit #readatlantic #canscaip #picturebookseh #scbwicanadaeast
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Book cover for the children's picture book Follow the Goose Butt to Prince Edward Island by Beth Weatherbee, Colleen Landry, and Odette Barr (Acorn Press) with a goose wearing ca.1945 aviator shades and a white scarf flying over Confederation Bridge. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/store/follow-the-goose-butt-to-prince-edward-island
Daily #SmallPress #books #DSPBposts: Follow the Goose Butt to Prince Edward Island by Beth Weatherbee, Colleen Landry, and Odette Barr (@acornpress.bsky.social) www.acornpresscanada.com/store/follow...
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-and- 2. www.metafilter.com/208582/-Cana... on @acornpress.bsky.social, @orcabook.bsky.social, and Stonehewer Books.
#Booksky ππ 2/7
Hello Bluesky! I'm a Canadian author who loves all things feminist, fantastical, and folkloric. And books, books, more books.
12.04.2025 15:12 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The Globe and Mail has a list of "Six Canadian mysteries you won't want to put down" and A SEA OF SPECTRES by @nancymltaber is featured alongside other killer reads.
Watch for details on Nancy's next book, A Cove of Witches, releasing in 2026. #readatlantic #nancytaber #acornpress
If youβve been having big feels latelyβ¦youβre not alone. The proof is in the wisdom and hope found in the words of our poets. Hereβs to Poetry Month and to those who feed our souls with words from the depths their own. #readatlantic #peipoetry #poetrylovers #canadianpoetry #acornpress
10.04.2025 11:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Watch for six amazing Acorn Press titles being featured in PEI Living Magazine's upcoming Women in Business issue. Both Acorn Press and PEI Living Magazine are Canadian, female-owned and operated. Whoot!
#readatlantic #canadianpublishing #womeninspiringwomen #princeedwardisland #shoplocalcanada
Poster for event with author Deirdre Kessler holding a small animal, as well as three of her book covers, Darwin's Hornpipe, Afternoon Horses, and Lobster in my Pocket.
"Mark your calendars! Bookmark is excited to be celebrating Deirdre Kesslerβs contributions to the PEI literary community on Thursday, March 20th at 7 pm at the UPEI. Admission is free & everyone is welcome."
#canadianauthors #readatlanticcanadianauthors #readatlantic #deirdrekessler #bookmarkPEI
Did you know? The Digitally Lit Youth Ambassadors are sharing their book reviews on the Digitally Lit websiteβand you can join too! π Whether you're looking for your next great read or want to add your own review, check it out today: www.digitallylit.ca/book-reviews
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The 2025 Freedom to Read Week poster depicting an illustrated bee foraging flowers that look to be made from pages of books.
It's Freedom to Read Week in Canada and we support the intellectual freedom of authors, illustrators, journalists, publishers...and the right of readers to have access to their works.
Find out more: www.freedomtoread.ca
βWhiteβs characters are real people that you pass every day on the street.β A review of the latest novel from Susan White, published by @acornpress.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/such-a-win...
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Book: The Creator's Plan by Jessica Jerome Artwork & Richard Pellissier-Lush #PEIAuthor #CanLit tidewaterbooks
Today's Featured #CanLit #KidLit in-store is 'The Creator's Plan' by Jessica Jerome Artwork & Richard Pellissier-Lush (#PEIAuthor!) Beautiful & Loving! ππ¨π¦π
tidewaterbooks.ca #IndieBookstoreCA #ShopSmall #ThankYouForShopingLocal #Fallinlovewithlocal #SmallBusinessEveryDay @acornpress.bsky.social
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Such a Winter's Day book standing upright on a wood crate with a brick wall blurred in the background.
Support Canadian authors and publishers you LOVE by simply reading their books. Like this one of oursβ¦
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Read Canadian.
Your lives. Your stories. Our books.
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#readatlantic #acornpress #supportlocal #canlit #historicalfiction #lgbtqπ
The Creator's Plan book standing upright on a wood crate with a brick wall background.
Support Canadian authors and publishers by simply reading their books. Like this one of oursβ¦
The Creator's Plan - words by Richard Pellissier-Lush and art by Jessica Jerome
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Read Canadian.
Your lives. Your stories. Our books.
#readatlantic #acornpress #canlit #kidlit #booksforkids #mikmaq
Name Your Game book standing upright on a wood crate near a pair of vintage hockey skates and a brick wall.
Support Canadian authors and publishers by simply reading their books. Like this one of oursβ¦
Name Your Game by Marlene Campbell - a compelling story about family, and community and the ties that bind them.
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Read Canadian.
Your lives. Your stories. Our books.
#readatlantic #acornpress #canlit
The book, TURK, stands upright and on a piece of wood with a brick wall background.
Support Canadian authors and publishers by simply reading their books. Like this one of oursβ¦
TURK: One of the NHL's Great Coaches: From Summerside to Madison Square Garden by Fred Macdonald with Glenna Jenkins
Read Canadian.
Your lives. Your stories. Our books.
www.acornpress.com
My novel has been on more vacations than I have.
31.01.2025 13:55 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A Toronto-based film maker is exploring the possibility of turning my YA novel, Into the Wind, into a film. A βblue skyβ idea, perhaps, but the story would transition smoothly from page to screen.
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