November 2018
ReWrite your Life
The workshop “ReWrite Your Life: Tools for Getting It Out and Getting on With It” is offered by Kayla Geitzler, professional poet/writer and author of the recently released That Light Feeling Under Your Feet. The gist of the workshop is that we have the ability to rewrite our own stories, using the power of our own words. Kayla shows you how to identify, release and heal through guided poetry and journalling. To finish the event, certified ThetaHealer® and Reiki practitioner…
Find out more »How to Sell More Books in 2019
November 24, 10 am–4 pm (but pre-register by November 20). “How to Sell More Books in 2019.” This workshop on book publishing and marketing is led by UNB professor Andrew McAllister, who self-published and published through Amazon. This workshop teaches you how to (1) grow and maintain a community of dedicated fans, (2) switch from simply making people aware of your books to making them care, (3) effectively cope with today’s overcrowded book market, (4) make yourself attractive to literary agents…
Find out more »Words & Wine
Words & Wine takes place at the Winegarden Estate Winery, 851 Route 970, Baie Verte, NB. Readers include WFNB members Odette Barr, Colleen Landry, Laurie Glenn Norris and Beth Weatherbee, as well as Meghan Rose Allen and Sara Jewell. Refreshments will be served (a cheese plate or coffee and dessert). You’ll have the chance to create your own holiday gift baskets, support local authors, buy signed books and get up close and personal with one of New Brunswick’s best-known wineries.…
Find out more »December 2018
Book Launch: S.C. Eston
December 2, 2 pm. S.C. Eston launches his second book, The Conclave, at Westminster Books, 445 King St., Fredericton. The afternoon also features a reading by the award-winning poet Roger Moore and an introduction by author Chuck Bowie, both of whom are WFNB members. There will be light refreshments and a book giveaway.
Find out more »Tertulia Series-Fredericton
A group in Fredericton has initiated a ‘tertulia’ series, which meets on some Wednesdays at 7:30 pm in Wilser's Room, 362 Queen St., Fredericton. What’s a tertulia? Glad you asked. It is a literary or artistic social gathering where participants talk about ideas. The tertulias organized in Fredericton combine words, music, poetry, readings and whatever else the invited speakers bring. For more information, email here. Upcoming tertulias: December 5 Alain Deneault presents on Georg(e) Simmel
Find out more »Choice Cuts Open Mic
December 6 (and the first Thursday of every month), 7 pm. Looking for a supportive place to read your writing out loud? Come to “Choice Cuts Open Mic,” the monthly open mic readings held in The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex (AX), 12 Maple Ave., Sussex. Writers of all levels are encouraged to read (up to five minutes each) from their original works of poetry or fiction. A local author will guide the evening. For details, email Jane or…
Find out more »Reading-Zev Bagel
At Tait House on Main St., Shediac, Zev Bagel talks about his writing and reads excerpts from his latest book, Secrets. “Not long after a mystery man arrives in Shediac and begins a new career as a life coach, people start to disappear, get blackmailed, die in unusual circumstances and are kidnapped. Who is he, this charming, helpful man?” The Tait House bar and restaurant will be open. To make an evening of it and reserve a table for dinner…
Find out more »Odd Sundays Series-Fredericton
The Odd Sundays Series at Corked Wine Bar, 83 Regent St., Fredericton, features the Wolf Tree Writers. They will read poetry by former group and WFNB member, Margaret MacQuarrie–McLeod, who died in September 2018 after a prolonged illness. The afternoon includes two open mic sessions on a seasonal theme that embraces, not just the traditional holiday clobber, but also the abiding mystery of Winter Solstice with its supernatural elements of ghosts, spirits and their like.
Find out more »January 2019
Exhibit: Gerard Collins
WFNB member and celebrated author/writing mentor Gerard Collins launches an exhibit entitled “The Book that Wrote Itself.” The event takes place at AX, 12 Maple Ave., Sussex.
Find out more »Listen & Learn: Gerard Collins
Author Gerard Collins presents “Writing Life,” an artist talk that is part of the Listen & Learn Series at AX, 12 Maple Ave., Sussex.
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