Join The Fiddlehead, in partnership with Word Feast and FROSTival, as we launch the 2023 Winter issue with readings from contributors Adèle Barclay, Ellie Sawatzky and Tazi Rodrigues, as well as special in-person guest Cody Caetano.The event will take place in the Milham Room (Room 100) of UNB's Harriet Irving Library at 7pm (ADT) and […]

Join The Fiddlehead, in partnership with Word Feast and FROSTival, as we launch the 2023 Winter issue with readings from contributors Adèle Barclay, Ellie Sawatzky and Tazi Rodrigues, as well as special in-person guest Cody Caetano.The event will take place in the Milham Room (Room 100) of UNB's Harriet Irving Library at 7pm (ADT) and […]

Are you a white person with questions on race? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? Fernwood Publishing and the Halifax Public Libraries welcome you to a town hall on Frequently Asked White Questions by Ajay Parasram and Alex Khasnabish, a basic guide to anti-racism and […]

Are you a white person with questions on race? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? Fernwood Publishing and the Halifax Public Libraries welcome you to a town hall on Frequently Asked White Questions by Ajay Parasram and Alex Khasnabish, a basic guide to anti-racism and […]

Join Author Sarah Jane Conklin and Monster House Publishing for the book launch of What’s in Flora’s Shoebox at the Halifax Public Library, BMO Community Room. Saturday, February 4, 11:00-11:30 AM.What is in Flora’s shoebox, that she keeps under her bed? Are they keepsakes of all the places that she has travelled? Flora has explored […]

Join Author Sarah Jane Conklin and Monster House Publishing for the book launch of What’s in Flora’s Shoebox at the Halifax Public Library, BMO Community Room. Saturday, February 4, 11:00-11:30 AM.What is in Flora’s shoebox, that she keeps under her bed? Are they keepsakes of all the places that she has travelled? Flora has explored […]

The Cabot Trail Writers Festival (in partnership with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia) is pleased to present a free Zoom panel featuring two of Canada's most exciting literary voices.Moderator Jared Bland will join Omar El Akkad (Giller Prize–winning author of What Strange Paradise) and Ivan Coyote (whose thirteen books include Care Of: Letters, Connections […]

Comment traduire un poème, une micronouvelle, un fragment littéraire, un texte pour la scène ? Simon Brown et Sonya Malaborza, deux traducteur·rices littéraires du Nouveau-Brunswick aux parcours différents mais complémentaires, ont quelques stratégies à partager et des exercices pratiques à proposer.Atelier présenté en partenariat avec la revue Ancrages, l'AAAPNB, l'ATTLC, le théâtre l'Escaouette, la revue […]

You could be the first audience to hear a brand new story from Halifax author Jess Marie.You were made unique and divine! Brown Like Me captures a young girl's experience of trying to fit into the world around her. Realizing that God made her unique on purpose, Talia is able to embrace her differences as […]

Since 2020, George Elliott Clarke, the 7th National Poet Laureate (and self-identifying Africadian “exile”) has enlisted Canadian composers to set the poems of Canadian icons including Leonard Cohen, Louise Bernice Halfe, Gwendolyn MacEwen, and Al Moritz to music. Joining George for the latest edition of his patented series will be Afua Cooper, Amatoritsero Ede, Sylvia […]

Les participant·e·s de l'atelier de traduction littéraire passent au micro et « casseront » les traductions réalisées dans le cadre de l’atelier. Sonya Malaborza et Simon Brown liront leurs traductions également, puis, lors d'une table ronde naimée par Philip André Collette, s’entretiendront sur leur expérience de la traduction littéraire comme pratique et métier, et accueilleront […]

***Due to the pending snowstorm, this event will be postponed. Stay safe tonight, Halifax! We'll share the date for the re-scheduled date here shortly.***Atlantic Books and Books by Heart at the University of King’s College present an evening with author Andre Fenton. Hear a reading from Annaka and learn about the process of having Annaka […]

***Due to the pending snowstorm, this event will be postponed. Stay safe tonight, Halifax! We'll share the date for the re-scheduled date here shortly.***Atlantic Books and Books by Heart at the University of King’s College present an evening with author Andre Fenton. Hear a reading from Annaka and learn about the process of having Annaka […]

Atlantic Books and Books by Heart at the University of King’s College present an evening with author Andre Fenton. Hear a reading from Annaka and learn about the process of having Annaka adapted into a movie! This event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Andre Fenton is an award-winning African […]

• Each participant will bring a locally authored novel that they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should […]

• Each participant will bring a locally authored novel that they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should […]

• Each participant will bring a locally authored novel that they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should […]

On Saturday, February 18, join us for a hybrid memoir writing workshop with poet Sina Queyras.Never write alone and yet only be yourself. Write with form, with constraints, but find your own shape; your own relationship to constraints. Good writing usually has two qualities: intense familiarity and surprise. A good sentence often changes direction completely […]

Come hear the story of the Salmon of Knowledge on the Nova Scotia Gaelic flag...also known as the tale of the great Gaelic hero Fionn MacCool and why he sucks his thumb!Author Terri M. Roberts and Bradan Press publisher Emily McEwan will read this tale aloud, first in English and then in Gaelic. This ancient […]

Come hear the story of the Salmon of Knowledge on the Nova Scotia Gaelic flag...also known as the tale of the great Gaelic hero Fionn MacCool and why he sucks his thumb!Author Terri M. Roberts and Bradan Press publisher Emily McEwan will read this tale aloud, first in English and then in Gaelic. This ancient […]

Come on down to the Fredericton Public Library this February 25th at 10:30 am to celebrate the launch of Trucks! Written by Masen Grasse and illustrated by Alexina LePage. Masen is autistic and started drawing at the age of four as soon as he could hold a pencil. Masen has always loved trucks, cars, and […]

Come on down to the Fredericton Public Library this February 25th at 10:30 am to celebrate the launch of Trucks! Written by Masen Grasse and illustrated by Alexina LePage. Masen is autistic and started drawing at the age of four as soon as he could hold a pencil. Masen has always loved trucks, cars, and […]

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