The Acorn Press takes home two out of three book awards
In a ceremony at the Confederation Centre Public Library on November 24, the P.E.I Book awards were announced. We wish to congratulate The Acorn Press and authors Brent MacLaine and John Sylvester for their winning in their categories, poetry and non-fiction respectively.
Shades of Green by Brent MacLaine also received the Atlantic Poetry Prize in 2008.
"Both books were beautifully produced by Laurie Brinklow and I am so pleased for her and the authors that they were honored in this way," says The Acorn Press publisher Terrilee Bulger.
The Prince Edward Island Book Awards are intended to promote and to celebrate excellence in creation and publication of books by Prince Edward Island authors, editors and creators. They are awarded biannually by the Department of Tourism and Culture.
About Shades of Green:
It has been said that there are more than twenty-three shades of green in a Prince Edward Island landscape. Brent MacLaine's newest collection of poetry registers these modulations of tone and hue with an intense visual sensibility. And whether emerging from the local landscapes of memory or the present-day streetscapes of Manhattan, these poems, at once personal and speculative, casual and formal, record the poet's attempt to seize the chromatic complexity of experience.
About Wild Island: Prince Edward Island's Hidden Wilderness:
Whether it is a long walk down a deserted beach, the discovery of spring wildflowers on the forest floor, or the sight of a bald eagle soaring above his canoe, it is the experience of wild things that brings peace, wonder, and inspiration to John Sylvester's work and life. Wild Island gathers together fragments of what remains of the “wild things” found on “The Million-Acre Farm,” presenting a picture of Prince Edward Island as Sylvester imagines it might have appeared before permanent settlement.
For more information, contact Terrilee Bulger at 902-221-1061 or tbulger@eastlink.ca
