A poster announcing our spring launch event. Saturday, June 13 2026, 7pm ADT

Issue 307 Launch Party!

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We’re excited to celebrate The Fiddlehead’s new spring issue, with another virtual launch!
 
Saturday, June 13 2026, 7pm ADT
 
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Features

Creative Nonfiction

The cover of Issue 306 of The Fiddlehead featuring the photograph “Silent Night” by Kirsten Stackhouse which is of a person standing in a bus shelter at night in winter. The ad on the bus shelter behind the person casts a green glow on the snow around the shelter

Excerpt from "The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger

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The cover of Issue 305

An Excerpt from "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor" by Shelley Pacholok

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Excerpt from "I am a good mother. I am a bad mother. I am no mother at all" by Nancy Huggett

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Excerpt from "Readiness Quiz" by Shirley Harshenin

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Fiction

The cover of Issue 306 of The Fiddlehead featuring the photograph “Silent Night” by Kirsten Stackhouse which is of a person standing in a bus shelter at night in winter. The ad on the bus shelter behind the person casts a green glow on the snow around the shelter

Excerpt from "Faultline" by Ariadne Asho

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The cover of Issue 305

Excerpt from "The Cure" by Michelle Spencer

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Excerpt from "Husbands" by Melissa DaCosta Brown

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2023 Fiction Contest Shortlist Announcement

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Poetry

an orange

"The Orange I Promised" by Maryam Hassanat

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The cover of Issue 306 of The Fiddlehead featuring the photograph “Silent Night” by Kirsten Stackhouse which is of a person standing in a bus shelter at night in winter. The ad on the bus shelter behind the person casts a green glow on the snow around the shelter

"Love Poems for Landlords" by Geordie Miller

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The cover of Issue 305

"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma

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A photo of Robert Gibbs sitting in a chair which was taken in Robert’s backyard where he loved to sit and gain inspiration for his writing.

"My Mother's Hair" by Nancy Holmes

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Stop! Look! Listen!

The album cover of Ada Lea’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece”

Stop! Look! Listen! Sarah Burgoyne’s Reading Recommendation

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The cover of The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

Stop! Look! Listen! Jaime Sugiyama’s Reading and Listening Recommendations

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The album cover for The World Is On Fire by Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few

Stop! Look! Listen! Chris Yurkoski's Listening Recommendation

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The album cover of Roadrunner Twice, the single by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

Stop! Look! Listen! Geordie Miller's Listening Recommendation

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Interviews

A photo of Kate Cayley

An Interview with Kate Cayley

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A photo of Shelley Pacholok

An Interview with Shelley Pacholok

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A black and white photo of Danica Klewchuk

An Interview with Danica Klewchuk

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A photo of Nancy Hui Sulaiman

An Interview with Nancy Hui Sulaiman

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Book Reviews

The cover of In Search of Puffins: Stories of Loss, Light and Flight by Marjorie Simmins

Chris Benjamin Reviews In Search of Puffins: Stories of Loss, Light and Flight by Marjorie Simmins

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The cover of The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana

Brandon Fick Reviews The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana

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The cover of Planet Earth by Nicholas Ruddock

Ian Clay Sewall Reviews Planet Earth by Nicholas Ruddock

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The cover of An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze

Charles Carroll Reviews An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze

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