Stop! Look! Listen! is your one-stop destination for The Fiddlehead's cultural engagement.
odd sundays continues at 2pm on Sunday, December 2. Poets Travis Lane and Steve Luttrell will read at Corked Wine Bar, 83 Regent St. As always there will be an open set and a free book draw.
Šari Dale tells us why she recommends listening to Soccer Mommy's 2018 album Clean.
Look for Šari's essay "Eulogy for Pale Lilies" in this fall's all-creative nonfiction issue, edited by Alicia Elliott.
On November 2, 2018, The Fiddlehead celebrated the publication of a chapbook, Arrivals and Departures: The Stories We Tell, at the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of New Brunswick campus. The title is the first in a new Foraging Chapbook series.The writing originated from a special Writing Workshop for Newcomers to Canada, sponsored by The Fiddlehead in collaboration with The Multicultural Association of Fredericton during Word Feast: Fredericton’s Literary Festival (September 21-22), and led by Anthazia Kadir.
It was indeed unfortunate that the weather forces conspired against us on November 4, and that afternoon’s session had to be cancelled. Many people, including our host - Corked - lost power; many still have not had their power resumed. Our hope is that situation will be remedied soon.
Douglas Gibson, former senior editor and publisher at McClelland & Stewart and Douglas Gibson Books, will deliver a public lecture entitled “Across Canada by Story: A Coast-to-Coast Literary Adventure” on Monday, 19 November at Memorial Hall on the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus, beginning at 7:30 pm.
(An Excerpt)
By Angela Wright
Gunshots! Gunshots!” my manager shouts through the phone. He has a penchant for being melodramatic and inflating the truth to make a point. It’s hard to hear him over the din in the background. The building is undergoing restoration and the sounds of hammers knocking against stone resonate through the hallways.
(An Excerpt)
By Nicholas Herring
Milton James Rhode Acorn was born in Charlottetown, PEI, on March 30, 1923.
James Milton Rhodes Acorn (called Mickey by his brothers and sisters), whose descendants were German millers, was born in the old Provincial Hospital in Charlottetown.
Some people still incorrectly assume that “Milton Acorn” was a nom de plume.
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Read Alicia Elliott's introduction to our Creative Nonfiction issue!
R.L. Aseret recommends Kyoko Mori's The Dream of Water: a memoir. Look for R.L.'s essay "Spider Games" in this fall's all-creative nonfiction issue, edited by Alicia Elliott.
The Fiddlehead was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Raymond Fraser. Fiction Editor Mark Jarman and Laurence Hutchman pay tribute.
