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.
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.
ArtsLink NB is now accepting applications for the next iteration of our standalone mentorship program. Artists of all disciplines who live in Atlantic Canada face the unique challenge of pursuing their practice from a marginalized area of the country.
Building networks through lifelong engagement in peer-to-peer and mentor-to-mentee discourse is vital to pursuing a career for any arts professional, but the need is especially high in New Brunswick.
(more…)Update 7 August: Pitch Deadline has been extended to Monday August 12th, 11:59pm
Critical writing is essential to a vibrant arts ecosystem. It is a way to celebrate and uplift the arts that is powerful because it brings new ideas and connections into consciousness. It is a bridge between disciplines that helps to build understanding of a wider context.
This opportunity is open to writers at absolutely all career stages and levels of experience. Read on for more information about how to pitch your idea.
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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:Â thefiddlehead@gmail.com
Reading Description: Will be reading from Animal Person.
Register here
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.
Reading Description: Will be reading from Animal Person.
Register here
Workshop Title: “Who are these people and what is happening to them?” Re-thinking the Relationship Between Character and Plot in Fiction.
Register here
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.
The Frye Festival is the largest literary event in Atlantic Canada and a bilingual celebration of books, ideas and the imagination.
Amounting to ten days of festivities, the festival takes place at the end of April and unfolds in the Greater Moncton region, in neighbouring communities, and, in the case of school visits, all over the province.
On March 21, 2023 at 5 p.m., come celebrate the unveiling of the Frye Festival’s 24th annual edition, and be the first to discover the full author lineup and schedule of events!
We will also introduce our new web platform. Participation is free, but please rsvp here: http://bit.ly/3ILsCtF
We are looking forward to seeing you!
đź“… March 21, 2023
⏰ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
đź“Ť2nd floor of the Aberdeen Cultural Centre
♿ Wheelchair Accessible: ramp at the entrance on Alma Street and elevator in the middle of the building.