Eliza Robertson, winner of The Fiddlehead's short fiction contest in 2010 (published in no. 243) for her story "Worried Woman's Guide," has just been announced as the regional winner (Canada and Europe) of the prestigious 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "We Walked on Water."
Lovers of all things literary are sure to love WordsSpring, a three-day event featuring book launches, a writing workshop, panel discussion and open mic brunch. Presented by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick, this semi-annual gathering will be held in the Kennebecasis Valley May 10-12.
It's officially spring here in New Brunswick, and now we have photographic evidence. We spotted this industrious groundhog today outside The Fiddlehead office window.
It must have got word our Spring issue is here! That's right -- we're preparing for the mail out now. Look for issue no. 255 soon in your mailbox, and come back soon for the announcement of our 22nd annual contest winners!
Please join the UNB community as we remember Elizabeth Brewster (1922-2012). A special memorial will be held this Wednesday, April 24 at 4 pm in the Alumni Memorial Building, 13 Bailey Drive on the UNB campus in Fredericton. The memorial will be followed by a reception and, for those who wish, a visit to Elizabeth Brewster's gravesite at the Fredericton Forest Hill Cemetery.
The University of New Brunswick would like to invite you to Joan Clark's farewell reading as writer-in-residence. The reading will take place on Wednesday, April 10 at 8pm in the Alumni Memorial Lounge, University of New Brunswick.
Please join the UNB community as we remember Elizabeth Brewster. A special memorial will be held at 4pm on Wednesday, April 24 in the Alumni Memorial Building, 13 Bailey Drive on the UNB campus in Fredericton. The memorial will be followed by a reception and, for those who wish, a visit to Elizabeth Brewster's gravesite at the Fredericton Forest Hill Cemetery.
Over at CWILA's website, they've posted an interview with their first critic-in-residence Sue Sinclair. Sinclair was Writer-in-Residence at UNB for 2011-12, and she's a frequent contributor of book reviews to The Fiddlehead.
