The Wisest Fifty Dollars
by Joseph Koot
It started in the living room of a mini-home in Riverview, New Brunswick. There, half a dozen women, members of a friend’s book club, gathered to hear me talk about my memoir Looking for Bill, Finding Myself.
Following this, one woman’s mother contacted me to give a motivational talk to her club. I showed this gathering some photos of my youth and of my hike across Europe. I also recounted my childhood angst and its resolution through the trek described in my book Europe, One Step at a Time.
Read More»Bursting balloons, step-dancing and open-mic readings celebrate authors
- At June 08, 2015
- By Writers' Federation of NB
- In Events, Festivals
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How does an organization celebrate 30 years?
Gwen Martin, executive director of the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) says it should be with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture accompanied by a full volley of cannons. But since the May 22-24 anniversary event was held in Moncton, which like all municipalities has noise bylaws, cannons were nixed and replaced with balloons.
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