David Weale

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.{{Sfnmp|Weale|1992}}

Weale released his children's Christmas book The True Meaning of Crumbfest in 1999.{{Sfnmp|Alward|1999|Goodall|2000}} The book was the winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award at the Atlantic Book Awards in 2000.{{Sfnmp|The Daily Gleaner|2000}} He has written three other children's books: Three Tall Trees in 2004,{{Sfnmp|Kitts|2005}} Doors in the Air in 2012,{{Sfnmp|Clare|2012|Heaney|2012}} and Christmas Star Power in 2015.{{Sfnmp|Cole|2015}}

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.{{Sfnmp|CBC News|2006a}} He was fired by the university one month following the incident,{{Sfnmp|CBC News|2006b}} and later filed a grievance claiming that his dismissal was unjust.{{Sfnmp|CBC News|2006c}}

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.{{Sfnmp|CBC News|2016}}

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.{{Sfnmp|Ross|2024}} 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.{{Sfnmp|Campbell|2025}}

• {{cite book |last1=Weale |first1=David |last2=Baglole |first2=Harry |date=1973 |title=The Island and Confederation: The End of an Era |url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_O6-BZO-128/ |url-access=registration |location= |publisher=Williams & Crue |isbn=978-0-9203-0403-7 |oclc=1340051}}{{Sfnmp|Robertson|1975}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=1992 |title=Them Times |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780919013155/ |url-access=registration |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Institute of Island Studies |isbn=978-0-9190-1315-5 |oclc=25871880 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=1994 |title=An Island Christmas Reader |url=https://archive.org/details/islandchristmasr0000weal/ |url-access=registration |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Acorn Press |isbn=978-0-9698-6060-0 |oclc=31292366}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=1998 |title=A Long Way from the Road: The Wit and Wisdom of Prince Edward Island |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Acorn Press |isbn=978-0-9698-6063-1 |oclc=40300828}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=1999 |title=The True Meaning of Crumbfest |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Acorn Press |isbn=978-0-9698-6064-8 |oclc=43275679}}{{Sfnmp|Alward|1999|Goodall|2000}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2001 |title=Everything That Shines |url=https://archive.org/details/everythingthatsh0000weal/ |url-access=registration |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Acorn Press |isbn=978-0-9698-6068-6 |oclc=47786580}}{{Sfnmp|MacKeen|2002}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2003 |title=Overheard on the Island: The Funny, Foolish, and Fantastic Things Islanders Come Out With |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9733-7920-4 |oclc=53036957}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2004 |title=Three Tall Trees |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Acorn Press |isbn=978-1-8948-3813-9 |oclc=55973864}}{{Sfnmp|Kitts|2005}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2004 |title=Pride in Small Places: A Photographic Remembrance of Rural Prince Edward Island 1900-1960 |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9733-7921-1 |oclc=56319016}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2007 |title=Chasing the Shore: Little Stories About Spirit and Landscape |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9733-7925-9 |oclc=163696961}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2008 |title=Teeth of the Saw: The Island Book of Insults and Cutting Remarks |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9733-7926-6 |oclc=1015606115}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2012 |title=Doors in the Air |url=https://archive.org/details/doorsinair0000weal/ |url-access=registration |location=Victoria, BC |publisher=Orca Book Publishers |isbn=978-1-5546-9250-7 |oclc=759669202}}{{Sfnmp|Clare|2012|Heaney|2012}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2013 |title=Tale Bearer: More Stories From Them Times |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9918-8091-1 |oclc=1015599923}}{{Sfnmp|CBC Radio|2013|MacKay|2013}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2015 |title=Christmas Star Power |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9918-8095-9 |oclc=1016874906}}{{Sfnmp|Cole|2015}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2016 |title=Over by the Car |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-0-9918-8098-0}}{{Sfnmp|Ross|2016|Cole|2016|CBC Radio|2016}}
• {{cite book |last1=Weale |first1=David |last2=Campbell |first2=Loretta |author-mask=1 |date=2018 |title=Evelyn: Last of Her Kind |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-1-9886-3002-1}}{{Sfnmp|McCarthy|2017}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |author-mask=1 |date=2020 |title=Poison in the Porridge |url= |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Tangle Lane |isbn=978-1-9886-3005-2 |oclc=1260468063}}{{Sfnmp|Stewart|2020}}

• Eckhart (television series; creator), based on The True Meaning of Crumbfest. Aired from 2000{{endash}}2002.
• The Islanders (documentary short; narrator), produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1974. {{OCLC|897378231}}{{Sfnmp|National Film Board of Canada|}}

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• {{cite news |last=Kitts |first=Wendy |date=28 May 2005 |title=Three Tall Trees by David Weale |page=66 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal-three-tall-trees-by-da/175817138/ |work=Telegraph-Journal |location=Saint John, NB |publisher= |access-date=3 July 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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• {{cite news |last=Ross |first=Shane |date=13 November 2024 |title=Three Rivers councillor feels unjustly targeted by some residents, but won't be bullied into leaving |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-three-rivers-reaction-1.7382346 |work=CBC News |location=Prince Edward Island |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=10 July 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207153103/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-three-rivers-reaction-1.7382346 |archive-date=7 February 2025}}
• {{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Dave |date=5 November 2020 |title=P.E.I. author David Weale tackles fundamentalism in his new memoir, Poison in the Porridge |url=https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/pei-author-david-weale-tackles-fundamentalism-in-his-new-memoir-poison-in-the-porridge-517130 |work=The Guardian |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=SaltWire Network |access-date=28 June 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710173206/https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/pei-author-david-weale-tackles-fundamentalism-in-his-new-memoir-poison-in-the-porridge-517130 |archive-date=10 July 2025}}
• {{cite book |last=Weale |first=David |date=1992 |title=Them Times |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780919013155/ |url-access=registration |location=Charlottetown, PEI |publisher=Institute of Island Studies |isbn=978-0-9190-1315-5 |oclc=25871880 |access-date=3 July 2025}}

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• [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/836039.David_Weale David Weale] at Goodreads
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5278007/ David Weale] at IMDb
• [https://49thshelf.com/Contributors/W/Weale-David David Weale] at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers

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