The Word Feast Literary Society is excited to announce the 7th Word Feast Literary Festival!
Join us for eleven events over four days of jammed-packed literary celebration. Feed your hunger for literary nourishment with readings from amazing poets and authors, step into the thrilling world of crime and suspense in this exclusive two-hour workshop with Carlos Anthony, jumpstart your own writing career by demystifying querying etiquette with Vanessa C. Hawkins, or share your own words at our Lunch Time Open Mics.
See all the event details, including accessibility information, on our website.
To pre-register for our Zoom events or to reserve yourself a spot at our Open Mics please email chair.word.feast@gmail.com.
A Literary Translation Workshop led by / un atelier de traduction littéraire animé par
Simon Brown & Jo-Anne Elder
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 4 to 9 pm, at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre
How do literary translators work with poetry or fiction? Is it even possible to recreate an image or a metaphor, maintain a rhythm, or do justice to regional expressions in another language? Join literary translators Simon Brown and Jo-Anne Elder on February 16 to learn more about the literary worlds of Acadie and to translate writing by Jean Babineau, Herménégilde Chiasson, Dyane Léger, and writers from Ancrages. Whether you are a language student, enjoy reading books in other languages, or are bilingual or multilingual, the Bridges between Books workshop is an opportunity to experiment with words and forms and to help build bridges between cultures.
This workshop focuses on French to English translation and takes place on February 16 from 4 to 9 pm in the Community Room at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. An English-French workshop, De la plume au micro, will be held in Moncton on February 11 and 12. Both are offered in partnership with the Frye Festival, The Fiddlehead, Ancrages, LTAC, Fredericton Public Library, and Théâtre l’Escaouette.
Registration: $25, includes light supper. Participants register in advance at info@wordfeast.ca. Fees may be paid by EFT to the same email or by arrangement. Scholarships are available. This workshop will be conducted in English. Participants should have a reading knowledge of French and a good level of reading, writing, and speaking skills in English. A knowledge of another source or target language is welcome. Bring your laptop, assistive devices, or print dictionaries and thesaurus if you prefer. A source text in French by an Acadian writer will be sent when you register, so you can prepare ahead of time if you wish. Other materials will be provided to participants at the workshop.
We ask workshop participants to mask and distance. The building is accessible; please let us know how we can meet your individual needs.
Individual or small group follow-up sessions will be scheduled after the workshop. Participants will also be invited to meet the invited authors and take part in the Many Voices / Multiples voix reading on February 24.
For more information or to register, write to info@wordfeast.ca
We invite you to celebrate language and literature at a multilingual reading on February 24, 2023.
This multilingual reading is a celebration of International Mother Language Day (February 21), which was created by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
Cette lecture multilingue célèbre la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle. Cette journée, créée par UNESCO, vise à promouvoir la diversité linguistique et culturelle et rappeler l’importance du multilinguisme dans nos sociétés.
You’ll have an opportunity to meet renowned Acadian writers Jean Babineau, Herménégilde Chiasson, Dyane Léger, and others. Readings in French from their recent work will be accompanied by brand-new translations created by participants in a literary translation workshop. An open mic for writers and translators who work in a variety of languages will follow. To read at the open mic (February 24), please contact us at info@wordfeast.ca
Join The Fiddlehead, in partnership with Word Feast and FROSTival, as we launch the 2023 Winter issue with readings from contributors Adèle Barclay, Ellie Sawatzky and Tazi Rodirigues. As well as special in-person guest Cody Caetano.
The event will take place in the Milham Room (Room 100) of UNB’s Harriet Irving Library and on Zoom for those who can’t attend in-person. An ASL interpreter will be present on Zoom and coffee and light snacks will be provided. As per UNB policy face masks are encouraged.
The event is free to all. To attend virtually, please register by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. When registering please provide your name and whether or not you require ASL services. If attending in person, registration is not necessary.
This event is funded in part by the Canada Council for the Arts and the University of New Brunswick.
Join The Fiddlehead, in partnership with Word Feast, as we launch the Autumn issue with readings from Jenny Hwang, Griffin Poetry Prize and Governor General’s Literary Prize winner Tolu Oloruntoba, CBC Short Story Prize winner Corinna Chong and Fawn Parker, who has been longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The event will take place in the Milham Room (Room 100) of UNB’s Harriet Irving Library and on Zoom for those who can’t attend in-person. An ASL interpreter will be present and coffee, tea and light snacks will be provided. As per UNB policy facemasks are mandatory when not eating.
The event is free to all. To attend virtually, please register by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. When registering please provide your name and whether or not you require ASL services. If attending in person, registration is not necessary.
This event is funded by the Canada Council‘s Reopening Fund.
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October 17, 2022
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The 2022 edition of Word Feast: Fredericton’s Literary Festival will take place from Tuesday, October 11 to Monday, October 17. The theme of our 6th edition is History and Healing: personal stories, Queer History, healing from grief and trauma and, in November, military history.
We will bring back our children’s menu and feature great new specials as well as favourite items on both our dine-in and take-out menus. Check back here for updates, add your name to our subscriber’s list, or become a member to get the news first every time and discounts on some of our ticketed events.
