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Reading at Westminster Bookmark: thom vernon and Angel Dionne 📚

February 11 @ 4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Join Word Feast and Westminster Bookmark for our partnering event featuring readings from two New Brunswick fiction writers, Angel T. Dionne, author of the short story collection Sardines, and thom vernon, author of the forthcoming novel The Drifts and I Met Death & Sex Through My Friend, Tom Meuley.

About Sardines: In this, the author’s first collection, readers will find twelve tinned tales of a world both familiar and disquietingly austere.

About I Met Death & Sex Through My Friend, Tom Mauley: In this dark comedy taking place over twenty-four hours, a blizzard pummels Toronto as a beloved high school teacher coerces his teenage student to assist in his violent suicide forcing the student, his best friend, the friend’s bulimic mom, and a down-low cop to outrun each other, the storm, and the ghosts haunting them. Accessibility information: ASL interpretation will be provided.

445 King Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
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Demystifying the Query Letter with Vanessa C. Hawkins 📫

February 11 @ 2:00 pm 3:00 pm

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.

Word Feast Keynote Reading from Jordan Trethewey 📚

February 11 @ 7:00 pm 8:00 pm

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.

796 Queen St.
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
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