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10/08/2026

More fantastic news from Nancy Taber! We're thrilled to announce that we've acquired her upcoming FOLKLORE WITCH DETECTIVE SERIES. Book One releases in 2028.

***The Paranormal Case Files of a Folklore Witch Detective ***

Eager to prove Prince Edward Island legends are more fact than fiction, a cocky folklore detective with an ancestral spellbook leverages her ability to see into the past, but when mythical Island creatures leverage their magic to keep their secrets hidden, she must team up with her tale-telling best friend, witchy cousins, and an enigmatic raven to protect her family, her business, and her life.

10/08/2026

Witches and fishers, police cadets and detectives, spies and criminals. Join us for a double BOOK event full of Island mystery and mayhem.

FRIDAY, OCT 16th at 7:00pm
Beaconsfield Carriage House
Charlottetown

Meet Nancy Taber and Katie Mac, authors of A Cove of Witches and Dunk River Murders, to hear the story behind the story of their most recent novels. Books will be available for purchase and signing via Bookmark Charlottetown.

10/07/2026

Get Repost App • Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail Belleville, Ontario area folks, I’m going to be back in town again this weekend to do the Ontario launch of Flying High on PEI! Woohoo!

I know all you Ontario people LOVE Prince Edward Island. I chatted with lots of you at the Cavendish Literary Festival last month and you’ll be able to appreciate the Island charm and hospitality that unfolded for two lucky flyers in 1930 before they tackled flying the Atlantic Ocean.

Come join in some storytime fun, activities, chats, signed books and more this Saturday!

10/07/2026

Get Repost App • BOOKMARK PEI Mark your calendars! We are hosting a double book launch for two novelists on Friday, October 16th at 7 pm in the Beaconsfield Carriage House. Join us for a wonderful evening featuring Nancy Taber, author of Cove of Witches and Katie Mac, author of Dunk River Murders. This is a free event, and all are welcome. It’s going to be a great evening – you should come!

In Cove of Witches, Nancy has created a fast-paced and thrilling adventure full of folklore, history…and witches set on PEI. If Simone, a clairvoyant police cadet, doesn’t solve the mystery of her family’s relationship with the phantom ship, the Doirons past and present will be in peril. Her ancestors need her but is she powerful enough to save them? And all the while the phantom ship waits, blazing in a hidden cove, calling through the generations. Simone must protect her family’s legacy or be forever haunted by the phantom ship.

From the author of Ken’s Corner, comes a murder mystery set on the Island. Katie’s new novel Dunk River Murders follows Maggie, a woman who is burnt out in her old political job and is running away from her problems by way of fly fishing, until dead bodies keep inconveniently popping up in her river. With a demoralized cop on the case, a traumatized potential survivor, and a web of mob deals to untangle, the only way to solve the murder might be to ask her unsavoury former boss for help.

10/01/2026

Get Repost App • Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award BUTTER TART ISLAND by Hope Dalvay. English fiction nominee.

Twelve-year-old Jane Smith isn’t surprised when her parents announce they’re relocating. Every few years, they move to a different street in their city, in search of the perfect home.

But even Jane is shocked when her parents rely on a dart thrown at a map of Canada to determine their next move. Just where is Fare Thee Well, Prince Edward Island, anyway?

Never mind. The Dart of Destiny has spoken. It’s far away, and that’s all that matters.

Jane arrives on Prince Edward Island at the worst possible time: the horrible, terrible, dreadful winter of 2015. Historic blizzards transform Canada’s smallest province into one long snowbank. Living there is like being trapped in a snow globe.

Not to mention, it’s the middle of the school year — not exactly the best time to make new friends.

That all changes when Jane becomes pen pals with Random Radcliff. He hails from the micronation of Butter Tart Island, and he has the goofiest sense of humour. So what if Butter Tart Island doesn’t show up on any map? And it shouldn’t bother her that Random Radcliff is cagey about revealing anything about his life, right?

Maybe Jane isn’t the only one with secrets.

🖋️ Hope Dalvay Hope Dalvay has a (not so-secret) secret: she’s a daydreamer. To her relief, she’s turned her daydreaming habit into a passion for writing. She writes mainly middle-grade fiction filled with humour and heart.

She often goes for walks with her dog Ruby, hoping inspiration will strike. Hope grew up on Prince Edward Island and now lives with her family in Cape Breton.

📚 BUTTER TART ISLAND is published by Acorn Press. The Acorn Press

09/28/2026

09/21/2026

Get Repost App • Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail Full fall event calendar to launch a new picture book, Flying High on PEI, and continue to share my other titles (like local story Children of the SS Atlantic).

Next up is a pop-up signing at Carrefour Atlantic in Historic Properties on the waterfront on Friday, Sept 25 from 11am-1pm (please note the time change from my earlier fall events poster).

Hope to see you! They’ll have all my titles for sale and signatures, and I’ll be giving out some free treats and activities while they last.

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09/06/2026

Acorn Press authors spotted in the September issue of the glorious The Buzz Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

Hope you can make it to this virtual reading this evening! Join Susan White Author page at 7 pm. It's not too late to sign up :) https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1998253468917?aff=oddtdtcreator