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Current Issue: No. 301

Revision

Posted on February 14, 2011

By Madeline Bassnett

My life is all about revision — and that’s not just a metaphorical statement. It seems I’ve ceased writing anything new: my only task is to complete and repair the old. As if I’ve suddenly entered the field of furniture restoration, sanding the scratches, oiling the bumps, replacing worn nails — a deceptively satisfying comparison. As if revision were simply a matter of priming and primping, of returning to some earlier and idealised state.

Richard Cumyn's "The Young in their Country and Other Stories"

Posted on February 8, 2011

Richard Cumyn’s most recent fiction collection, The Young in their Country and Other Stories, contains two stories that were first published in The Fiddlehead: “In the Wash” (no. 232 summer 2007) and “The Goddess Throws Down” (no. 240 summer 2009)

Writers' Trust Online Auction and Evening Fundraiser

Posted on January 17, 2011

The Fiddlehead is a proud auction donor in support of Margaret Atwood in Vancouver, a fundraiser to benefit the Writer's Trust of Canada. Check out the Online Auction of Literary Collectibles, which runs from January 26th at 12:00 a.m.

Radio Fiddlehead No. 1: Interview with John Barton

Posted on January 11, 2011

In January 2011, Editorial Assistant Peter Forestell sat down with John Barton, poet, editor of The Malahat Review, and the University of New Brunswick's 2010-11 writer-in-residence, to talk about his latest book of poems, Hymn, as well as the politics of being a gay writer in Canada.

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Kwame Dawes on PBS Newshour

Posted on January 6, 2011

Kwame Dawes, who has a MA (Creative Writing) and PhD (English) from the University of New Brunswick, was featured on the PBS Newshour. He spoke about his reporting and poetry on AIDS in Haiti. He has been working with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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The Fiddlehead is published four times a year at the University of New Brunswick, with the generous assistance of the university, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of New Brunswick. First published in 1945, The Fiddlehead is known as a WHO'S WHO in Can. Lit. Many — now well-known — writers have found their first home in our pages. The material on this website may not be cached, distributed, reproduced, transmitted, or otherwise used without the prior permission of The Fiddlehead. Email comments, complaints, or suggestions regarding this website to fiddlehd@unb.ca.

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