Despite Gord Downie’s insistence that I not, here I am telling you exactly what the poets are doing. Frankly, if you aren’t immersed in Fredericton’s poetry scene or don’t happen to be a poet yourself, you most likely haven’t heard about the University of New Brunswick’s Poetry Weekend. Continue reading Poetry Weekend: Fredericton’s Low-Key, But-Seriously-Why-Haven’t-You-Heard-About-This Poetry Festival
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Fog Lit Festival Floods Saint John With Authors, Aims to Curb Illiteracy
Fog Lit Festival, Saint John’s annual festival for readers and writers kicks off Wednesday, September 28th at the Saint John Free Public Library. The festival is in its fourth year, and have added a few new events to the schedule this time around, including their first bilingual event, Poetry Prélude on Friday evening. Other new events include Walking in the Myst, aimed at young adult readers, and a Fog Lit Farewell event to close out the festival Sunday. Continue reading Fog Lit Festival Floods Saint John With Authors, Aims to Curb Illiteracy
It’s Hard Times In The Maritimes
So a few words about Saint John; it’s been a long road to recovery since moving the provincial capital to Fredericton in 1785, Confederation in 1867, the Great Fire of 1877, the end of wooden shipbuilding in the 1880’s, the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway in the 1960’s, the end of the frigate program in the 1990’s, the loss of Lantic Sugar in 2000, the recent closing of many of our call centres, and a prevailing mass exodus. Those of us that have chosen to remain do so out of loyalty, a love of family, fog, Victorian architecture, a rich cultural community, and a sometimes perverse love of grit, “I think it’s got grit to it and it’s got a shadow over it at times, both literal and figurative due to the pulp mill and heavy industry, but there’s a lot of light here as well, and there’s a lot of people flourishing here.” If there’s a curator of that light it’s Julia Wright, founder, editor, and head wordsmith of Hard Times in the Maritimes. Continue reading It’s Hard Times In The Maritimes