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Having written about the idea of “Readerity” in Then & Now: On the Celebration of First Books … & Writing About, I was invited by Dan and Marlene MacDonald, the proprietors of Bookmark in Charlottetown and Halifax, to develop an annual series to be known as Bookmark Readerity Series: Readers & Writers on Books & Reading. We launched the series in the downtown libraries of both cities in early November. Copies of the booklets are available at no cost at both Bookmark locations while supply lasts.   Drop in at Bookmark in Charlottetown or Halifax for your free copies of Readerity …  Volume 1, Then & Now:...

We know you have been waiting a long time for this, and finally, here it is ... the complete animated video of Wade Hemsworth performing his composition, “The Story of the I’m Alone.” Stick around for the credits to roll around and view the entire cast and crew, including Allison Wolvers and her reimagining of Peter Whalley’s artwork.  

If you have been following the saga in our production of the animated video, “The Story of the I’m Alone,” you will know it has garnered over twenty film festival awards, four of them first-place. Encouraged by that success, we decided to take on another similar project by singer/songwriter Wade Hemsworth and cartoonist Peter Whalley. “Remember Moose Mountain” is an animated video based on a tune by that title with vocals and acoustic guitar by Wade Hemsworth and bass by Peter Weldon, and on drawings once again by Peter Whalley, the same illustrator who provided the original storyboard for the “I’m...

The Story of the "I’m Alone,” produced by Penumbra Press, was recently selected as the winner in the Animated Short category at the Toronto Independent Film Awards. The Wade Hemsworth video animation was directed by Allison Wolvers.The animation is about Prohibition, and the “I’m Alone,” a contraband schooner out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, that was attacked and sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1929.Wade Hemsworth is the singer and songwriter who also sang “The Blackfly Song” (an Oscar nominee in 1991 in the Animated Short category) and “The Log Driver’s Waltz,” both NFB animations. https://buzzpei.com/the-story-of-the-im-alone-wins-at-tifa/

Since our last posting, we are pleased to announce that The Story of the “I’m Alone” has garnered another First Place Award in the film festival competitions, bringing our total awards to two first place wins (Toronto Independent Film Festival and Canada Shorts: Canadian& International Short Film Fest); four semi-finalist placements; one nominee; and thirteen screen selections. In addition, we are proud to announce that the video is scheduled for broadcasting in its entirety on Season Six of Reel East Coast available on CBC Gem. Here’s a link to the schedule.   https://gem.cbc.ca/season/reel-east-coast/season-6/018ae86e-2a24-485a-8d0e-8dabc655781f   We have also learned that one of our books...