An Evening with Darcy Shaw and Penny Williamson

Name: An Evening with Darcy Shaw and Penny Williamson
Start: 2025-10-07T19:00:00-03:00
Location: University of Prince Edward Island

Schedule

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-03:00

Location

University of Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown, PE

Bookmark, Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, is launching Darcy Shaw and Penny Williamson’s new book Writing Together: a Year of Meaning Making and Friendship on Tuesday, October 7th at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, UPEI. The event is free and all are welcome.
What happens when two unlikely friends separated by age, gender, profession, and geography commit to writing together for a year? They surprise themselves with what author Parker J. Palmer calls “a unique dual-memoir that guides readers to pen their own creative journeys.”
Darcy Shaw, a veterinary professor, and Penny Williamson, a facilitator and leadership coach, discovered something remarkable. Writing together could be a way to reflect on your life, deepen friendship, and create a powerful antidote to loneliness in a time when people are so disconnected. Using poetry as a catalyst for carefully crafted prompts, they created a process for writing in a trustworthy space that anyone could use.
Drawing from their backgrounds in facilitation and leadership development, Williamson
and Shaw have created more than just a writing guide—they've crafted a lifeline for anyone
feeling stuck, seeking renewal, or longing to understand their life's journey. Writing Together is an exploration of connection, vulnerability, and the transformative power of shared storytelling.
Darcy Shaw is an award-winning veterinarian and Professor Emeritus of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Prince Edward Island. His work spans clinical medicine to communication skills teaching and leadership development. He sees animals as guides to integrity and wholeness.
Penny Williamson is an internationally recognized facilitator, educator and coach for leaders in health care and other serving professions. She is retired Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a founding facilitator and mentor, Center for Courage & Renewal. Her work focuses on living and working with authenticity, courage, and heart.