Stop! Look! Listen! What's Up? presents notices about local events, readings, and congratulations, and offers the occasional report from writers in various locales about what makes their cultural community tick.
Congratulations to all the nominees for this year's National Magazine Awards, but especially to two Fiddlehead contributors Tammy Armstrong and Dominique Bernier-Cormier for being finalists in the Poetry category! Congrats also to our Creative Nonfiction editor Alicia Elliott as well for her nomination in the Essays category for "On Seeing and Being Seen: Writing with Empathy."
Join Fredericton’s Cultural Laureate, Ian LeTourneau, as he leads a panel of three local poets —Triny Finlay, M. Travis Lane, and Ross Leckie — with readings and discussion at the Fredericton Public Library on Thursday, April 26 from 7 – 8:30pm in the River Reading Room.
Triny Finlay is the author of two collections of poetry, Spitting Off (2004) and Histories Haunt Us (2010), both published by Nightwood Editions. Her most recent publication is the forthcoming chapbook, You Don’t Want What I’ve Got.
The final Saint Mary's reading of the 2017-18 season features Fiddlehead poetry editor Ian LeTourneau and Tammy Armstrong. They will read from their recent Frog Hollow Press chapbooks at 7pm on April 18.
The penultimate Odd Sunday of the season takes place April 15, 2018 at Corked Wine Bar, 83 Regent St. at 2 pm. The two featured readers this time are Bren Simmers and Catherine Owen.
Saint John (NB) March 23, 2018 - The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the third annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The winners will be announced at a celebration, honouring writing and illustration excellence, on Friday June 8, at the Lily Lake Pavilion in Saint John. The event will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the awards presentation at 7 p.m.
The Odd Sundays reading series gathers again on Sunday, March 18 at Corked Wine Bar, 83 Regent Street, beginning at 2 PM. The two readers this time around are Roger Moore and Alexis McCormack.
Poets Liz Howard and Rebecca Salazar will read from their work on Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.
David Huebert will read from his short story collection Peninsula Sinking (Biblioasis, 2017) on March 15, 7pm at Westminster Books (445 King St.). The reading is free and open to the public.
The next odd sundays takes place at Corked Wine Bar (83 Regent St.) on Sunday, March 4 at 2 PM. The featured readers are Jenna Lyn Albert and Robert Hawkes. As always, there will be a free book draw and an open mic set.
Award-winning playwrights Anna Chatterton, Len Falkenstein, and Colleen Murphy will read from their works on Wednesday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus. The readings launch the book publication of two plays — Lac/Athabasca by Len Falkenstein and Gertrude and Alice by Anna Chatterton and Evalyn Parry — and introduce Colleen Murphy as UNB’s Writer-in-Residence.
