writing
Word Feast 2022 🍽
Various Venues Fredericton Fredericton , New BrunswickThe 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 […]
What Happened to Ragdoll Cat: A Writing Workshop 😸
Charlotte Street Arts Centre 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB, CanadaDay one of classes for The Charlotte Streets Arts Centre + Next Folding Theatre Company’s collaborative writing class: This is What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat! The eight week course led by playwriting veteran Ryan Griffith will take students through the development of brand new works. The workshop will cover all the basics of developing […]
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. […]
Frye Festival Preview Party 👀
Aberdeen Cultural Centre 140 Botsford Street, Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaOn 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! 📅 March 21, 2023⏰ […]
Frye Festival 2023 📚
Greater Moncton / Grand MonctonThe 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 […]
AX Literary: Alexaner MacLeod 📚
AX: The Arts & Culture Centre of Sussex 12 Maple Ave, Sussex, NB, CanadaReading 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 […]
AX Literary: Alexander MacLeod 📚
AX: The Arts & Culture Centre of Sussex 12 Maple Ave, Sussex, NB, CanadaReading 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 […]
Fiddlehead 2023 Summer Poetry Issue Launch ✍🏽
Milham Room - Harriet Iriving Library 5 Macaulay Lane, University of New Brunswick, FrederictonOn 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 […]
Writers’ Open Mic 🎤
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre 70 Main Street, SackvilleThe 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 […]
Writers’ Open Mic 🎤
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre 70 Main Street, SackvilleThe 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 […]