What's New
Issue 306 Launch Party!
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We’re excited to invite you to celebrate the launch of The Fiddlehead Issue 306 on Saturday, February 7, 2–3 PM Atlantic Time, both in person at the Fredericton Public Library and online via Zoom.
Join us for an afternoon of readings by Ariadne Asho, winner of the 2025 Fiction c
Stop! Look! Listen! José Teodoro's Listening Recommendation
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Ripples in air, soft and immense. Bells curl round a hillside to be cradled in an ear. Small animals worry their paws. A dazzle of piano, a glittery sheet of salt water. A cart lopes along a country road. Ghosts play ping-pong. Cascades from outer space. Some strange vessel encircles us in a scalded wood.
Excerpt from "The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
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Excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
"The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
Content note: discusses child abuse.
Features
Creative Nonfiction
Excerpt from "The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
Excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
"The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
Content note: discusses child abuse.
Fiction
Excerpt from "Faultline" by Ariadne Asho
Excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
"Faultline" by Ariadne Asho
Winner of The Fiddlehead's 2025 Fiction Contest
The car stopped at a field full of houses. Houses like autumn squash. Houses like spiral-rolled bales of hay.
Poetry
"Love Poems for Landlords" by Geordie Miller
An excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
— Geordie Miller teaches at Mount Allison University. His coauthored long poem, Disharmonies (Hardscrabble Press, 2022), addresses the topic of revolutionary commitment in dialogue with Marilyn Lerch. He is currently completing a poetry manuscript with his sister, Kate Miller.
"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma
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"My Mother's Hair" by Nancy Holmes
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"have you seen my father" by Jaeyun Yoo
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Stop! Look! Listen!
Stop! Look! Listen! José Teodoro's Listening Recommendation
Ripples in air, soft and immense. Bells curl round a hillside to be cradled in an ear. Small animals worry their paws. A dazzle of piano, a glittery sheet of salt water. A cart lopes along a country road. Ghosts play ping-pong.
Interviews
An Interview with Kate Cayley
Editorial Assistant Sophia T. R. Godsoe's Interview with Kate Cayley whose story "Certainty" was published in Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)
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An Interview with Shelley Pacholok
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An Interview with Danica Klewchuk
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An Interview with Nancy Hui Sulaiman
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An Interview with Mike Barnes
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