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Jenny Ferguson's Music Recommendation

Posted on August 10, 2022

Jenny Ferguson (she/her) is Michif and white, an activist, a feminist, an auntie, and an accomplice with a PhD. She believes writing, teaching and beading are political acts. THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET, her debut YA novel, was published by Heartdrum/HarperCollins in Summer 2022. She teaches at Loyola Marymount University. Jenny's essay "Floods and Other Disasters" was published in the Summer 2022 creative nonfiction issue of The Fiddlehead.  

Rowan McCandless: Summer 2022 Editorial

Posted on July 5, 2022

Summer 2022 Editorial

A story. A story. Please tell me a story.

I grew up around storytellers. My paternal grandmother offered up family stories alongside Sunday dinners. I myself performed storytelling in schools as an elementary schoolteacher, prior to becoming a writer. When someone shares a personal account, they are offering up the truth of their experience. What a gift that is to be shared and received. That is why I feel so honoured to be The Fiddlehead’s creative nonfiction editor for this special summer CNF issue that is most dear to my heart.

The reality of wilderness: A Review by Warren Heiti of John Steffler's Forty-One Pages: On Poetry, Language and Wilderness

Posted on July 4, 2022

Enjoy a sneak peak from the upcoming Summer Creative Nonfiction Issue! Read Warren Heiti's review of Forty-One Pages: On Poetry, Language and Wilderness by John Steffler. 

Don't forget to pre-order your copy of the Summer Creative Nonfiction Issue today!

With Earmarks of Memoir: A Review by Susan Haley of Kelley Jo Burke's "Wreck" and Michelle Porter's "Approaching Fire"

Posted on June 30, 2022

Enjoy a sneak peak from the upcoming Summer Creative Nonfiction Issue! Read Susan Haley's review of Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter and Wreck, a very anxious memoir by Kelley Jo Burke. 

Don't forget to pre-order your copy of the Summer Creative Nonfiction Issue today! 

Excerpt from "Tabarnacle" by Ellen McGinn

Posted on June 27, 2022

Tabarnacle by Ellen McGinn

Excerpt

 

On the day, there is a darkness, raven black, on the far edge of the ocean, a soft settled line breaks the sky from the sea and the sea from the sky. Both summer blue, like twins. 

Do not start with darkness. Consider blackberry picking this afternoon. Consider a pie. The wasps going insane.

Greenland melts.

Australia is on fire.

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