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The University of New Brunswick invites you to join us for a literary reading by author Rebecca Fisseha, with special guest Douglas Walbourne-Gough, on Wednesday, November 6th at 7:30 pm in the Alumni Lounge, located in the Alumni Building on UNB’s Fredericton campus.
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The Fiddlehead is turning 75!
We are planning all kinds of celebratory events across the country! We are even publishing an extra issue—a special 75th anniversary issue of The Fiddlehead—curated by our advisory editors, with a focus on “looking forward” to the future of CanLit.
We want to include brief messages from YOU, our readers! Looking forward, what are your thoughts, ideas, hopes or dreams for The Fiddlehead or for CanLit? We’d be delighted to receive any kind of well wishes or celebratory notes you care to send!
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The Fiddlehead mourns the loss of the great Newfoundland writer Paul Bowdring, who was a long-time member of our advisory board. Paul died earlier this year on June 7. Below is his friend Don Austin’s tribute, given as an oral presentation at a memorial service.
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We're pleased to announce the winner of our creative nonfiction contest! Congrats to Dafna Izenberg — her piece "The promised language" has been chosen by our judge Marcello Di Cintio!
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The University of New Brunswick invites you to join us for a literary reading by author Richard Kelly Kemick, with special guest CL Johnson, on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30 pm in Carleton Hall, room 139 (19 Macaulay Lane) on UNB’s Fredericton campus.
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Annie Q. Syed describes her relationship to music and writing. Her essay, "Landscape Through the Body," appeared in The Fiddlehead No. 279 (Spring 2019).
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Dominik Parisien recommends reading Roxanna Bennett's chapbook unseen garden (knife | fork | book). Dominik Parisien's work has appeared in The Fiddlehead No.277 (Autumn 2018) and in The Fiddlehead No.279 (Spring 2019). Look for poems by Roxanna Bennett in The Fiddlehead No.281, our upcoming Autumn 2019 issue!
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Marcia Walker recommends reading American novelist, playwright, and activist James Baldwin. Read Marcia's story "Mating Imperatives" in The Fiddlehead's upcoming Summer Fiction 2019 issue (No. 280)!
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Jill M. Talbot recommends reading works by New Zealand writer Janet Frame. Jill M. Talbot's essay "Checkmate" appeared in The Fiddlehead No. 277 (Autumn 2018), our all creative nonfiction issue.
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Megan Denton Ray's poem "As In Blackjack" appears in issue No. 279 (Spring 2019). Click "Read More" to access her music recommendation!
