Whether you are a student, a member, or a non-member, you can find something to enjoy during this 3 day festival.
Remember that the Friday night Literary Soiree celebrating the winners of 2024 NB Writing Competition, as well as the New Brunswick Book Awards on Saturday night are open to the public, and free to attend.
Join local author Vaness C. Hawkins for her workshop on querying publishers!
Crack the code to publishing success and dive into a concise, power-packed session to master the art of crafting attention-grabbing queries. Whether you’re a debut author or a seasoned scribe, let’s unleash the magic that gets your manuscript noticed! To register for this event, please email chair.word.feast@gmail.com. Accessibility information: ASL interpretation will be provided.
To register for this event, please email chair.word.feast@gmail.com. Accessibility information: ASL interpretation will be provided.
Step into the thrilling world of crime and suspense in this exclusive two-hour workshop with Carlos Anthony, the national best-selling author of “Shades Of Black.” Designed specifically for teen crime enthusiasts, this session is a fast-paced dive into the art of crafting a gripping thriller.
Why This Workshop Is A Must:
– Key Focus Areas: In just two hours, delve into crucial elements such as creating suspense, developing intriguing characters, and constructing twisty plots that keep readers guessing.
– Interactive Q&A: Have burning questions about getting published, or getting grants, or making money as a Young Adult author? This is your chance to ask Carlos directly and gain personalized insights.
– Writing Challenge: Engage in a brief, stimulating writing exercise designed by Carlos. Test your creativity and get a taste of writing under the guidance of a seasoned author.
– Inspiration Boost: Whether you’re a budding writer or just love the thrill of a good crime story, this workshop will ignite your imagination and provide valuable tips for your writing journey.
Carlos Anthony is a filmmaker and author who writes about the experiences that Black men have historically avoided talking about. He has been recognized for his video web series, short story series, published essays, and short films that explore the themes of Black adolescence, fatherhood, fidelity, provision and work ethic, healthy relationships, sex and intimacy, overcoming addiction, and abuse. “Shades Of Black” is his first novel. With his wife and children, Carlos lives in Windsor, Ontario.
Join the Word Feast Literary Festival for a big helping of poetry with three local poets, Fawn Parker, author of the Giller longlisted novel What We Both Know and her recent poetry collection Soft Inheritance; Jamie Kitts, author of the forthcoming chapbook, Girl Dinner; and Spencer Folkins whose poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines.
This event is produced with the support of the City of Fredericton. Accessibility information: ASL Interpretation will be provided, venue has stairs.
Join us for a night of celebrating the amazing writers in your neighbourhood with a keynote reading from Fredericton poet laureate Jordan Trethewey and the awarding of the Community Impact Award.
Jordan Trethewey’s These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood is the fulfillment of his legacy project for the City of Fredericton featuring personalized poems for roughly 80 Frederictonians based on the notes and thoughts from two years of collecting personal stories from willing participants.
Accessibility information: ASL Interpretation, stairs to get into venue.
The Writers’ Open Mic is a free monthly event open to all. Come out and read your poems, short stories, comics, novels, essays, twitter posts, stand-up comedy, etc. Or just come to listen. Please wear a mask.
A projector will be set up for those with comics or other images or videos they want to share. Files can be brought on a USB or emailed in advance. Accessibility concerns, general questions, and image or video files can be directed to laurawatsonartwork@gmail.com.
The Writers’ Open Mic is a free monthly event open to all. Come out and read your poems, short stories, comics, novels, essays, twitter posts, stand-up comedy, etc. Or just come to listen. Please wear a mask.
A projector will be set up for those with comics or other images or videos they want to share. Files can be brought on a USB or emailed in advance. Accessibility concerns, general questions, and image or video files can be directed to laurawatsonartwork@gmail.com.
On September 7 at 7 p.m. in Fredericton, join The Fiddlehead for the launch of their 2023 Summer Poetry Issue, with readings from contributors Ali Blythe, Rose Després, Clare Goulet, Jennifer Houle, Kathy Mac, and Carlos Morales. This will include readings of translated works from a partnership with Acadian Literary Journal Ancrages.
This free event will take place in Fredericton, at the Harriet Irving Library’s Milham Room (Rm 100), and on Zoom for those who can’t attend in person (registration required for online participants). An ASL interpreter will be present.
This event is funded in part by the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, and the University of New Brunswick.
Free | Zoom registration: thefiddlehead@gmail.com
On September 13, participants will be invited to discuss Sébastien Bérubé’s bestselling book, Rivières-aux-Cartouches (Éditions Perce-Neige, 2023), while Amber McMillan’s award-nominated short story collection The Running Trees (Goose Lane Editions, 2021) will be featured on September 20. The books’ authors will be attending the book club for a conversation and a Q&A session.
Registered participants will receive a 10 % discount when purchasing the books at Tidewater Books and Librairie acadienne.
Reading Description: Will be reading from Animal Person.
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Workshop Title: “Who are these people and what is happening to them?” Re-thinking the Relationship Between Character and Plot in Fiction.
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Workshop Description: Character and plot. For many readers and writers, these are the two most important narrative elements in any story.
Some people read and/or write primarily for characters. They feel that a story, at its core, has to be about someone or about a collection of figures. A family saga, for example. Others prefer plot. For them, narrative is what happens, and, in the end, a good story – a mystery for example – is essentially a sequence of unfolding scenes or events. What is a writer to do with this back and forth, chicken and egg kind of problem?
Rather than trying to quiet these tensions, this workshop instead explores the vital interdependence of plot and character and it asks us to think deeply about the way characters are produced and /or revealed by what happens to them. Using some key exercises and working with examples selected from masterpieces of literature, we will try to reflect on the ways that these two narrative elements can be strategically combined to produce powerful and memorable scenes. We will also try to branch out a bit to see how good characters and good plotting absolutely require key contributions from the more poetic elements of our writing, such as pacing, tone, rhythm, diction, imagery and sentence structure.
Who are these people and what is happening to them? How does their story “go?” What does it look and sound like? These are just a few of the questions we will try to answer.