In Memoriam: Michael Thorpe, 1932-2018
Submitted by Ed Lemond and Elaine Amyot
I first met Michael Thorpe in April 2000 at the inaugural Frye Festival. I had taken on the job of inviting the English-language authors and I sought help in many corners to get the right authors and the right mix. I asked Thea Borlase to give me a list of writers from New Brunswick she would suggest. At the top of her list were David Adams Richards, Michael Thorpe, and Elin Elgaard. They all happily agreed to attend.
Read More»WFNB’s Financial Future
The year ahead promises to be an exciting and challenging time for the Writers’ Federation. Our Board of Directors has met and appointed an Executive Committee, comprising the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer: Zev Bagel (Warren Redman), Mary Mesheau, Kathy Mac and Nick Doyle, plus our Executive Director, Cathy Fynn. This committee has been tasked to develop and oversee a program of sustainable funding for the Federation.
Read More»Review of One Small Corner (by Roger Moore)
review written by John Sutherland
One Small Corner: A Kingsbrae Chronicle is a wonderful little volume of poetical works, inspired and provoked by Roger’s residency for a month at the First International Artists Residency at Kingsbrae in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. His time there was clearly productive, with two to three evocative poems constructed each day. His fellow artists, a sculptor, painter, musician (who spoke no English), and another artist (encaustic: one who works in beeswax and paint) must have had a memorable month together.
Read More»Federation’s director understands challenges faced by province’s writers
Times & Transcript writer Linda Hersey recently sat down with WFNB’s Executive Director, Cathy Fynn. The resulting article appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript on 25 June 2016….
Serving the WFNB as executive director since November 2015 is Cathy Fynn of Saint John, a familiar face with this organization. With plenty of experience as a copywriter and project manager, she decided to take on the challenge.
“I worked with the organization, and the executive director wanted to leave because she had other projects to pursue. So they asked me, and because I have the experience as a project manager, I know how to manage projects and budgets and I understand the creative side as well.
“This was a great opportunity because I love working with writers. I love the field of writing and I believe writing really matters. Writers transform people and ideas and the world.”
Download a .jpg of Linda Hersey’s full article here. Photo of Cathy Fynn by Christoper Mackay http://tantramarinteractive.com/
2nd Annual NB Book Awards Competition Now Open
The Fiddlehead and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick are now accepting submissions for the 2nd annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The program will celebrate books published in the 2016 calendar year and in three categories: poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The awards will be presented at a gala ceremony in Fredericton in April 2017.
Read More»Winners of 2016 mentorship program for emerging writers
The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) is pleased to announce the winners of its mentorship program to support the next generation of New Brunswick authors.
The federation selected poets Sandra Bunting of Burnt Church (mentor) and Melanie Craig-Hansford of Erbs Cove (mentee) and fiction writers Gerard Collins of Cassidy Lake (mentor) and Andrea Kikuchi from Saint John (mentee).
Read More»First-Ever New Brunswick Book Awards – April 27
The Fiddlehead and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the first-ever New Brunswick Book Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2016 Atlantic Book Awards Gala – the first time New Brunswick will host the event – on April 27 at the Capitol Theatre, Moncton, as part of the Frye Festival.
Read More»Three Book Launches – Fredericton
The UNB Department of English, The Fiddlehead, and the UNB Bookstore are pleased to invite you to the book launches of Phillip Crymble, Gerard Beirne (WFNB member), and R.W. Gray. The event will take place at 8 pm on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016, at the Alumni Lounge, in the Alumni Memorial Building, on the UNB Fredericton campus.
Read More»Our Self-Publishing Adventure
We published a book! That was our high point, but the journey that became The Coffee Cup Companion began in 2011 when I and three friends – Jo-Anne Hemming, Gina Kirby, and Heather Storey – decided to form The Capital Writers.
Read More»Message from Zev (New WFNB Pres)
by Zev Bagel
A window of relative calm masks the oncoming tidal wave between being elected president of an organization and getting down to the work it entails. I’ve been there before, so at least I’ve been warned.
And if I learned anything from being on the Board of WFNB for a year, and having presided over several other not-for-profit organizations, it’s that the quality of the work happens best by recognizing the enormous talent and dedication of all those engaged as volunteers or professionals, and by encouraging that energy to be used to its fullest.
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