poetry
Contemporary Poetries 📚
Microsoft TeamsContemporary Poetics 1 October 4, 11, 18, & 25: 7:00 - 9:00 pm via Microsoft Teams. Hosted by UNB Writer-in-Residence Di Brandt. Email j.hallett@unb.ca to register. Enrollment Limit: 18.
Fredericton Poetry Bash 📓
Charlotte Street Arts Centre 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB, CanadaPhD student Amber McMillan will be launching her new poetry collection THIS IS A STICKUP on October 6th. All are welcome to attend this exciting event with poetry readings, giveaways, and a cash bar. Celebrate the launch of Amber McMillan's new collection This Is a Stickup! This launch party will feature readings from Amber and […]
The Slow Word Uncurls: A Tribute to Joe Blades ✍️📙
Event Space – Harriet Irving Library, UNB Fredericton 5 Macaulay Ln, Fredericton, CanadaJoe Blades brought his passion for poetry with him everywhere, much like the journals that were his constant companion. Joe was a poet, a publisher, an artist, and champion of the literary arts. He passed away April 22nd, 2020, at age 58, leaving behind a wealth of written and artistic contributions that span 40 years […]
Fiddlehead Autumn Issue Launch 🍂
Milham Room - Harriet Iriving Library 5 Macaulay Lane, University of New Brunswick, FrederictonJoin 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 […]
Icarus, Falling of Birds 🔥
Westminster Books 445 King Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, CanadaIcarus, Falling of Birds. A conversation and reading presented by UNB English, UNB French, and the UNB Arts Centre in partnership with Westminster Books and Goose Lane Editions. Harry Thurston, Thaddeus Holownia, and Sonya Malaborza. Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 3:30pm, Westminster Books, 88 York St., Fredericton. We invite you to attend ICARUS, FALLING OF […]
Poetry as Locomotion: How Poems Get Around with Sue Sinclair 🖊
Community Peace Centre 22 Church Street, Moncton, CanadaThe first Frye Festival workshop of 2023 is coming up on January 21, facilitated by author and creative writing teacher at the University of New Brunswick Sue Sinclair! Entitled ‘Poetry as Locomotion: How Poems Get Around’, the workshop will mark an opportunity to craft poems that explore some of the ways in which poetry can […]
Word Feast Annual Meeting 🗓️
Virtual - Zoom Link Provided Prior to EventWord Feast Literary Society will hold its Annual Meeting on January 25, 2023. All are welcome.For more information, contact us at info@wordfeast.ca. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Atlantic Vernacular Artist Talks: Karen LeBlanc, Carols Morales, Tracy Austin, Gabriel Robichaud ⚓︎
Resurgo Place Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaOur fourth and final Atlantic Vernacular Artist Talk coming soon! Join us Saturday, January 28th from 10am to 12pm (storm date Feb 4th) in MONCTON and ONLINE! That’s right! We will be holding this Artist Talk will be a physical event, as well as be livestreamed! This Artist Talk will feature two pairs of artists […]
Fiddlehead Winter Issue Launch ❄️
Milham Room - Harriet Iriving Library 5 Macaulay Lane, University of New Brunswick, FrederictonJoin 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 […]
Writing in the Folds 📙
Community Peace Centre 22 Church Street, Moncton, CanadaOn Saturday, February 18, join us for a hybrid memoir writing workshop with poet Sina Queyras. Never write alone and yet be only yourself. Write with form, with constraints, but find your own shape; your own relationship to constraints. Good writing usually has two qualities: intense familiarity and surprise. A good sentence often changes direction completely midway through. […]