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Prince Edward Island News ReleasesSkip to Main Content Home Contact Us govpeca ServicesNews Releases Job Opportunities General GovernmentHealth RecruitmentAbout PEI Weather ConditionsRoad ConditionsIsland CamIsland InformationMapsAddress LocatorPictures and VideosGreeting CardsPlace FinderGovernment Live in PEI Visit PEI Do Business in PEI back to search resultsaussi disponible en franaisDecember 4 2009 For immediate releasePoet Laureate AppointmentCommunities Cultural Affairs and LabourAvailable PhotosView details anddownloadView details anddownloadView details anddownloadHon Carolyn Bertram Minister of Communities Cultural Affairs and Labour has announced the appointment of poet editor and novelist Hugh MacDonald of Brudenell as the new poet laureate for Prince Edward IslandWith nine books to his credit as author and editor Hugh MacDonald is perhaps best known to Islanders through his Random Acts of Poetry which for the past five years have brought poetry to the streets and workplaces of PEI Hugh MacDonald retired after more than thirty years of service in the educational system of the province and since 1999 has been a fulltime writer His work has also been included in four anthologies of the best of Canadian poetry Mr MacDonald has served on the executives of both the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts and the PEI Writers Guild Recognition for his work and leadership includes awards and prizes in the PEI Literary Awards a first prize from the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and first prize in the Atlantic Poetry competition In 2004 he was presented with the Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts on Prince Edward Island Minister Bertram said she was very pleased that Hugh MacDonald agreed to serve as the provinces poet laureate Mr MacDonald is an excellent choice for the position she said He has a dedication and energy and an enthusiasm for poetry which will certainly contribute to the mission of the Poet Laureate to bring poetry into the lives of Islanders Mr MacDonald said he was looking forward to his term as poet laureate He indicated that he felt honoured and humbled by the recognition and that he looked forward to exploring new ways of increasing knowledge of the importance of poetry I am delighted in this poetry blessed province to be chosen as the next Poet Laureate I will do my best to add a new voice to those of my extraordinary predecessors Frank Ledwell John Smith and David Helwig and to do honour to my beloved Prince Edward Island said Mr MacDonaldThe post of Poet Laureate does not have fixed duties and previous holders of the post have used a variety of approaches to making poetry a more central part of the lives of Islanders Minister Bertram also paid tribute to David Helwig who has completed his term I want to thank David Helwig for his service throughout the...