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Another Open Door is now available!

Another Open Door: New and Selected Work, by Ann Elizabeth Carson is now available for purchase. Books can be ordered online, at: volumesdirect.com    

BOOK LAUNCH, Loose Ends – Thursday October 13, 2022, 7 – 9pm!

OCTOBER 13th, 2022 Ann Elizabeth Carson is delighted to announce the Zoom launch of her latest book Loose Ends, published by Aeolus House, on Thursday October 13, 2022, 7 – 9 P.M. Included in Ann’s reading will be a video presentation by composer and artist Jana Skarecky, featuring her voice-and-piano setting of Ann’s poem Gravity […]

Heliconian Club April 22nd, 2022

THE LIVING EARTH Earth Day Reading The art and concert both celebrate Earth Day. Join us for the free Opening Reception on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 1 to 4 pm, and for the Concert on Earth Day, April 22, 7:30 pm. (more details on heliconianclub.org.)

Bonnie Kogos: Newly discovered books I could not put down

Published in The Sudbury Star today! They include works by Linda and Chuc Willson, from Manitoulin’s Ice Lake Author of the article: Bonnie Kogos Columnist Publishing date: Apr 18, 2022 Over the years, busy respected authors Linda and Chuc Willson, from Manitoulin’s Ice Lake, have been involved with words, creativity, books, and community. Copy: “Books […]

Gravity Insists – Poem by Ann E. Carson

Gravity Insists is a poem by Ann E. Carson, inspired by summers she spent on Manitoulin Island. The music is by Jana Skarecky. The performance is by Maria Soulis, mezzo-soprano, and Jana Skarecky, piano. Paintings are by Jana Skarecky, and photographs by Ann E. Carson and Jana Skarecky.

Heliconian Club May 21st, 2021

For this week’s spotlight, we present Ann Elizabeth Carson. Ann is a poet, writer, sculptor, feminist, and one of “Toronto’s Mille Femmes” (2008 Luminato Festival), which paid tribute to women who have made a contribution to the arts. She has devoted her career and her work to understanding those in our society who are silenced, […]

MANITOULIN WRITER’S CIRCLE: authors reading on July 1, 2017

Enjoy Canada Day readings Saturday July 1st, 2017, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Gore Bay Harbour Centre (second level) The Manitoulin Writers’ Circle will contribute to the Canada Day festivities at Gore Bay Harbour Centre by presenting stories and poems written especially for this milestone birthday. The readings will include material published in the Manitoulin […]

Spring Whirlwind, Summer Rambles, Fall Explorations

I had planned a less hectic spring than fall and winter, but the winter’s promotions of The Risks of Remembrance produced a flock of readings in tune with the first leaves and the bird’s spring migrations.

2011 Manitoulin Art Tour

Held every year on the 3rd week-end of July the Manitoulin Art Tour showcases a wide variety of art, this year with over 80 artists in 32 locations across the island. Art Tour displays included painting, photography, sculpture, fiber art, dream catchers, and for the first time, interpretations of the spoken word. Painter Nancy McDermid […]

Two projects and a book launch

Margo Little of the Manitoulin Writer’s circle tells me that Cross-pollination 2 was a huge success-more than 200 people at the opening on October 15 and more streaming in over the week-end. I am so sorry I was not able to be there, but my partner Kate Thompson did a fine job of presenting our  […]