David Weale

David Weale (born 1942) is a Canadian writer and historian from Prince Edward Island. He released his children's Christmas book The True Meaning of Crumbfest in 1999, which won the Ann Connor Brimer Award in 2000 and has been adapted into a television series.

Biography

Weale was born in 1942, and moved to Prince Edward Island in 1948 at the age of five. He has two siblings, a brother and a sister. ^[1]

Weale released his children's Christmas book The True Meaning of Crumbfest in 1999. ^[2] The book was the winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award at the Atlantic Book Awards in 2000. ^[3] He has written three other children's books: Three Tall Trees in 2004, ^[4] Doors in the Air in 2012, ^[5] and Christmas Star Power in 2015. ^[6]

In 2006, Weale was teaching a course on the history of Christianity at the University of Prince Edward Island when he offered his students a B- grade in exchange for not attending his lectures. Weale stated that he did so because the class was too large and some in attendance were not interested in the material being covered. ^[7] He was fired by the university one month following the incident, ^[8] and later filed a grievance claiming that his dismissal was unjust. ^[9]

Weale is a member of the storytelling group The Four Tellers, which also includes Dennis King, Gary Evans, and Alan Buchanan. The group tells stories about their lives on stage, seated at a kitchen table. ^[10]

Weale has been an outspoken critic of the purchase of large areas of land by foreigners in Prince Edward Island, particularly by Buddhists associated with the group Bliss and Wisdom. ^[11] In 2025, he accused the municipal government of Three Rivers of "treachery", claiming that some councillors were "bought and paid for" by the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Society. Three Rivers councillors characterized his claims as "outlandish" and said they were considering legal action against him. ^[12]

Publications

• Weale, David; Baglole, Harry (1973). The Island and Confederation: The End of an Era . Williams & Crue. ISBN   978-0-9203-0403-7. OCLC   1340051. ^[13]
• — (1992). Them Times . Charlottetown, PEI: Institute of Island Studies. ISBN   978-0-9190-1315-5. OCLC   25871880.
• — (1994). An Island Christmas Reader . Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press. ISBN   978-0-9698-6060-0. OCLC   31292366.
• — (1998). A Long Way from the Road: The Wit and Wisdom of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press. ISBN   978-0-9698-6063-1. OCLC   40300828.
• — (1999). The True Meaning of Crumbfest. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press. ISBN   978-0-9698-6064-8. OCLC   43275679. ^[2]
• — (2001). Everything That Shines . Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press. ISBN   978-0-9698-6068-6. OCLC   47786580. ^[14]
• — (2003). Overheard on the Island: The Funny, Foolish, and Fantastic Things Islanders Come Out With. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9733-7920-4. OCLC   53036957.
• — (2004). Three Tall Trees. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press. ISBN   978-1-8948-3813-9. OCLC   55973864. ^[4]
• — (2004). Pride in Small Places: A Photographic Remembrance of Rural Prince Edward Island 1900-1960. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9733-7921-1. OCLC   56319016.
• — (2007). Chasing the Shore: Little Stories About Spirit and Landscape. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9733-7925-9. OCLC   163696961.
• — (2008). Teeth of the Saw: The Island Book of Insults and Cutting Remarks. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9733-7926-6. OCLC   1015606115.
• — (2012). Doors in the Air . Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. ISBN   978-1-5546-9250-7. OCLC   759669202. ^[5]
• — (2013). Tale Bearer: More Stories From Them Times. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9918-8091-1. OCLC   1015599923. ^[15]
• — (2015). Christmas Star Power. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9918-8095-9. OCLC   1016874906. ^[6]
• — (2016). Over by the Car. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-0-9918-8098-0. ^[16]
• —; Campbell, Loretta (2018). Evelyn: Last of Her Kind. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-1-9886-3002-1. ^[17]
• — (2020). Poison in the Porridge. Charlottetown, PEI: Tangle Lane. ISBN   978-1-9886-3005-2. OCLC   1260468063. ^[18]

Filmography

• Eckhart (television series; creator), based on The True Meaning of Crumbfest. Aired from 2000–2002.
• The Islanders (documentary short; narrator), produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1974. OCLC   897378231 ^[19]

References

Citations

1. Weale (1992).
2. Alward (1999); Goodall (2000).
3. The Daily Gleaner (2000).
4. Kitts (2005).
5. Clare (2012); Heaney (2012).
6. Cole (2015).
7. CBC News (2006a).
8. CBC News (2006b).
9. CBC News (2006c).
10. CBC News (2016).
11. Ross (2024).
12. Campbell (2025).
13. Robertson (1975).
14. MacKeen (2002).
15. CBC Radio (2013); MacKay (2013).
16. Ross (2016); Cole (2016); CBC Radio (2016).
17. McCarthy (2017).
18. Stewart (2020).
19. National Film Board of Canada.

Sources

• Alward, Lisa (4 December 1999). "The true meaning of crumbs". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. p. 79. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Campbell, Kerry (1 February 2025). "Three Rivers council considering legal options around 'outlandish claims' regarding Buddhist land holdings". CBC News . Prince Edward Island: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
• [CBC News] (23 January 2006). "Faculty group deplores free pass for dropping class". CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [CBC News] (23 February 2006). "P.E.I. professor fired for no-show marking". CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [CBC News] (20 March 2006). "Weale files grievance at UPEI". CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [CBC News] (17 June 2016). "The Four Tellers ready with more great Island tales". CBC News . Prince Edward Island: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [CBC Radio] (16 October 2013). "Author David Weale - Stories of Them Times". Island Morning. CBC Radio . Prince Edward Island: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [CBC Radio] (2016). "Over by the Car". CBC Radio . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
• Clare, Kerry (May 2012). "Doors in the Air". Quill & Quire . Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
• Cole, Sally (19 November 2015). "P.E.I. writers David and Davey Weale publish children's literature". The Guardian . Charlottetown, PEI: SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• Cole, Sally (6 October 2016). "Islanders seem to be in love with their cars". The Guardian . Charlottetown, PEI: SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
• [The Daily Gleaner] (1 June 2000). "UNB professor wins regional literary award". The Daily Gleaner . Fredericton, NB. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Goodall, Lian (5 December 2000). "A look at Christmas trees from the outside-in". The Standard . St. Catharines, ON. p. 12. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• Heaney, Ellen (23 March 2012). "Doors in the Air". CM Magazine. Vol. 18, no. 28. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Library Association. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via Library and Archives Canada.
• Kitts, Wendy (28 May 2005). "Three Tall Trees by David Weale". Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, NB. p. 66. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
• MacKay, Mary (16 October 2013). "David Weale digs into his cache of Prince Edward Island stories for sequel". The Guardian . Charlottetown, PEI: SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• MacKeen, Meredith (15 February 2002). "Everything That Shines". CM Magazine. Vol. 8, no. 12. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Library Association. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via Library and Archives Canada.
• McCarthy, Erin (10 October 2017). "P.E.I. author to release book about Alberton's Evelyn Christopher". The Guardian . Charlottetown, PEI: SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• [National Film Board of Canada]. "The Islanders". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
• Robertson, Ian Ross (December 1975). "The Island and Confederation (Book Review)". Canadian Historical Review . 56 (4). University of Toronto Press: 460–461. ISSN   0008-3755.
• Ross, Shane (9 October 2016). "Over By the Car: Documenting Islanders' love affair with their cars". CBC News . Prince Edward Island: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• Ross, Shane (13 November 2024). "Three Rivers councillor feels unjustly targeted by some residents, but won't be bullied into leaving". CBC News . Prince Edward Island: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
• Stewart, Dave (5 November 2020). "P.E.I. author David Weale tackles fundamentalism in his new memoir, Poison in the Porridge". The Guardian . Charlottetown, PEI: SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
• Weale, David (1992). Them Times . Charlottetown, PEI: Institute of Island Studies. ISBN   978-0-9190-1315-5. OCLC   25871880 . Retrieved 3 July 2025.

External links

• David Weale at IMDb  
• Works by David Weale at Open Library
• David Weale at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers