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2022 WordSpring Festival

Start
3 Jun 2022
3:00 PM
End
5 Jun 2022
11:30 AM
Location
St. Thomas University

Registration

Lesley Crewe (Virtual) Keynote Address ONLY – $10.00
9 am, Saturday, June 4, 2022, Margaret McCain Hall, St. Thomas University. If you cannot take part in the entire weekend, but would like to hear Lesley Crewe, you can register for it here for the bargain price of $10. Lesley will not be appearing in person—she is coming to us at STU via Zoom. Tickets are also available at the door, Margaret McCain Hall, lecture room 203.
Non-Member - Weekend Registration – $175.00
Consider becoming a WFNB member so you can enjoy reduced WordSpring rates and many other benefits. Click the 'Join us' link in the menu above.
WFNB Member - Weekend Registration – $150.00
Includes Friday afternoon open mic and book launch readings; Friday evening Writing Competition Awards and Reception; Saturday breakfast, luncheon, nutrition breaks and workshops; Sunday breakfast and Sunday morning workshops.
WFNB Student Pricing - Weekend Registration – $85.00
Student pricing available. Includes Friday afternoon open mic and book launch readings; Friday evening Writing Competition Awards and Reception; Saturday breakfast, luncheon, nutrition breaks and workshops; Sunday breakfast and Sunday morning workshops.
Writing Competition Awards ONLY – $20.00
Friday evening Writing Competition Awards and Reception only.

Registration is closed

IMPORTANT: You must register and pay for this event by June 1.

Doesn't it feel like forever since we've been together? WordSpring 2022 is a reprise of plans set forth in 2020, which had to be cancelled due to Covid19 restrictions. But we're back, and we have a great lineup of workshops and presenters, including our fabulous keynote speaker Lesley Crewe. Register soon! WordSpring 2022 is only six weeks away.

Please note: Face masks are required on campus including residence. Masks can be removed when you are seated and eating, and when in your own room.

Program

Friday June 3, 2022

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Meet and Greet with Board Members
Registration
Author Book Tables
Open Mic for Members (3:00-4:00) Pre-registration required
Book Launch Readings (4:00-5:00) Pre-registration required

Dinner on your own

6:45 - 7:00 pm

Welcome from WFNB President and WFNB Board Member, Angele Bourque
First Nation Opening Ceremony – Roche Sappier

7:00 - 7:15 pm

Reading by Fredericton Poet Laureate, Jordan Trethewey

7:15 - 10 pm

Writing Competition Awards and Reception (appetizers and cash bar); co-hosted by Susan White and Martha Vowles

Saturday June 4, 2022

8:00 - 8:45 am

Breakfast
Registration

9:00 - 10:00 am

Keynote Address (virtual) Lesley Crewe

10:00 -10:15 am

Nutrition Break

10:15 -11:45 am - Workshop Options

Sandra Phinney (virtual); The Power of Prompts
OR
Kathy Mac (Live and Virtual); Wording Around with Editing: Overview, and Substantive Editing

11:45 -1:00

Lunch and 2022 Annual General Meeting. All WFNB members are welcome. Includes election of directors and executive.

1:15 - 2:30 pm - Workshops Options

Sandra Phinney (Repeated virtual performance); The Power of Prompts
OR
Kathy Mac (Live and Virtual); Wording Around with Editing: Editing for Style, and Workshopping

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Nutrition Break

2:45 – 4:00 pm - Workshop Options

Gordon Mihan (Live); Screenwriting - How to Set Yourself Up For Success in a Visual Medium
OR
(3:00 – 4:00 pm) Peter Clair’s Writing Journey (Live); An interview with Peter, hosted by Zev Bagel

4:15 -5:15

Blue Pencil Café – 20 minutes of one-on-one consultation with a facilitator who reviews your work: 1,000 words of prose or five pages of poetry. Pre-registration required.

Dinner on your own

6:00 - 7:00 pm

NB Book Awards Reception, Memorial Hall UNB, Fredericton, NB

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

NB Book Awards Ceremony, Memorial Hall UNB, Fredericton, NB

Sunday June 5, 2022

8:00 - 9:00 am

Breakfast
First Nation Closing Ceremony; Roche Sappier

9:15 - 10:15 am - Workshop

Jen McGrath (Live); The Poetry and Craft of Picture Book Writing
OR
Martha Vowles (Live); How to Start and Sustain a Happy, Healthy Writing Group

Accommodations

St. Thomas University no longer runs a summer hotel, but the WFNB has reserved a block of ten rooms, five single and five double. They can be reserved on a first come, first served basis. No refunds will be issued after May 20.

For alternative accommodations in the Fredericton area, check Fredericton Tourism: https://www.tourismfredericton.ca/en/stay

Reserve Single Room
Reserve Double Room

Checklist for Members

Make sure you didn't forget to register for anything with limited space!

Register to read at the open mic on Friday, June 3
Register to read at the book launch on Friday, June 3
Reserve your book table on Friday, June 3
Register for a consultation at the Blue Pencil Café on Saturday, June 4
Reserve a single room or a double room on the St. Thomas Campus

WFNB gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture; and the New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. #ArtsCultureNB

Territorial Acknowledgement

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick acknowledges that the land on which we live, work and gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaq Peoples, and we honour the spirit of our ancestors’ Treaties of Peace and Friendship.