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Up-to-Date Coverage of  Literature from New Brunswick Canada
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The Jane Day Reader: Out-of-Town-Authors: Brian Bartlett

The Jane Day Reader: Out-of-Town-Authors: Brian Bartlett | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
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CBC: David Adams Richards interview

CBC: David Adams Richards interview | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
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Blood’s thicker than faith - David Adams Richards

Blood’s thicker than faith -  David Adams Richards | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
David Adams Richards chronicles crimes against brothers in latest novel
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The Malahat Review 2014 Far Horizons Award for Poetry Shortlist includes Emily Skov-Nielsen

The Malahat Review 2014 Far Horizons Award for Poetry Shortlist includes Emily Skov-Nielsen | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction.
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Two Poems by Kerry-Lee Powell

Two Poems by Kerry-Lee Powell | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Wreckage If all is wrecked between us, it’s because a pair of wing tips on the other side of the world closed in prayer to make this small breath, lik
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Acadian Voic Jonna speaks with the great Acadian author Antonine Mailiet on donating the manuscript of her famous novel Pélagie-la-Charrette to the Universite de Moncton.

Acadian Voic Jonna speaks with the great Acadian author Antonine Mailiet on donating the manuscript of her famous novel Pélagie-la-Charrette to the Universite de Moncton. | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Jonna speaks with the great Acadian author Antonine Mailiet on donating the manuscript of her famous novel Pélagie-la-Charrette to the Universite de Moncton.
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Fredericton amateurs, pros share childhood writings

Fredericton amateurs, pros share childhood writings | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Amateur performers at The Cedar Tree Cafe in Fredericton Wednesday night shared poems, stories and letters they wrote when they were children.
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June 26, 2014 1:22 PM
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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids on CBC News: Maritimes at 11 from 25 June 2014 - YouTube

From CBC News: Maritimes at 11 on 25 June 2014, a short segment about Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids in Fredericton, NB.
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Bard in the Barracks - Hamlet

Bard in the Barracks - Hamlet | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right!
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Two Young Writers Pave the Way: Katie Cameron, BA’14 and Patrick O’Reilly, BA’14 First to Graduate with Honours Concentrating in Creative Writing

Two Young Writers Pave the Way: Katie Cameron, BA’14 and Patrick O’Reilly, BA’14 First to Graduate with Honours Concentrating in Creative Writing | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it

When Katie Cameron and Patrick O’Reilly crossed the stage at Spring Convocation, they became the first students to graduate with an honours degree concentrating in creative writing. 
 
“It’s only going to grow and get more impressive,” O’Reilly said. “I am glad Katie and I were the first ones to open that door.”
 

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June 12, 2014 11:59 AM
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Michael Dennis: Alongside - Anne Compton - 2014 Raymond Souster Award Winner

Michael Dennis: Alongside - Anne Compton - 2014 Raymond Souster Award Winner | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
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2014 East Coast Literary Awards Shortlist Announced

J. M. Abraham Poetry Award:

Mary Dalton (NL), Hooking (Signal Editions)

Don Domanski (NS), Bite Down Little Whisper (Brick Books)

Sue Goyette (NS), Ocean (Gaspereau Press)

- See more at: http://writers.ns.ca/blog/2014-east-coast-literary-awards-shortlist-announced.html#sthash.qZCcFFBg.dpuf

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Poetry by Elizabeth Copeland

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Elizabeth Copeland is a writer, theatre artist and arts educator who lives in Northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. She writes long and short works of fiction, poetry, plays and impassioned letters t...
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Story: Lions Are a Lot Like Us by Forrest Orser - carte blanche

Story: Lions Are a Lot Like Us by Forrest Orser - carte blanche | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Lions Are a Lot Like Us, a short story by Forrest Orser, published in Issue 21 of carte blanche
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BOOKENDS REVIEW: Crimes Against My Brother by David Adams Richards

BOOKENDS REVIEW: Crimes Against My Brother by David Adams Richards | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Crimes Against My BrotherDavid Adams Richards(Giller Prize winner for Mercy Among the Children)FictionSYNOPSIS: Childhood friends Harold, Ian
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To Be Moved by a Poem stephen e. leckie in Conversation with Anne Compton

To Be Moved by a Poem stephen e. leckie in Conversation with Anne Compton | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction.
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Creating a Monster - Poster and Artwork for Frankenstein, The Man Who Became God by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning

Creating a Monster  - Poster and Artwork for Frankenstein, The Man Who Became God by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it

 by Design plays an important role in marketing a theatre production. Posters and related marketing material need to catch the eye and say something about the story, while leaving enough room trigger c...

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Andrew Steeves takes home 5 design awards for Gaspereau Press including The Deer Yard by Allan Cooper & Harry Thurston

Andrew Steeves takes home 5 design awards for Gaspereau Press including  The Deer Yard by Allan Cooper & Harry Thurston | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
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Daniel Kincade Renton on Poetry Camaraderie from Coast to Coast

Daniel Kincade Renton on Poetry Camaraderie from Coast to Coast | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Poet and academic Daniel Kincade Renton speaks to Jess Taylor about his experiences with poetry camaraderie from coast to coast.
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“Now I See Something That I Didn’t Before”: A Conversation with Anita Lahey

“Now I See Something That I Didn’t Before”: A Conversation with Anita Lahey | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
Anita Lahey is the author of two poetry collections: Out to Dry in Cape Breton, published in 2006 and nominated for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, and Spinning Side Kick, published in 2011. Th...
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FogLit - Saint John Area Readers and Writers Festival

Bestselling Author Kelley Armstrong to join more than fifteen authors at the Fog Lit Festival this October in Saint John!!!

Greater Saint John area readers and writers can expect another exciting Fog Lit Festival this October with #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Kelley Armstrong headlining an impressive lineup of guest authors, including; bestselling author Leslie Crewe, three time Dartmouth Book Award winner Beatrice MacNeil, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist Debra Komar, poet and critic Jason Guriel, this year’s winner of the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) Stefanie Domet, Norma West Linder and Dave Atkinson, an award-winning freelance journalist, columnist, and broadcaster from PEI. These remarkable authors will join our own talented New Brunswick authors including; Joan Hall Hovey, Janet Fraser, Roger Moore, Lynn Davies, and Jonathan Roy.!

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Music for Thought - Corey Redekop

Music for Thought -  Corey Redekop | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
music Buck Rogers Gladiator Hans Zimmer Harrison Ford Gil Gerard The Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno soundtrack Russell Crowe Ridlet Scott
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The Fiddlehead Blog: Fredericton-Area Literary Events

The Fiddlehead Blog: Fredericton-Area Literary Events | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
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Anne Compton wins the 2014 Raymond Souster Award

Highlights of the evening included:

-bill bissett received the Sheri D. Wilson Golden Beret Award for his influence and impact on spoken word in Canada. This $1000.00 annual award was created by Sheri-D Wilson—a pioneer of spoken word poetry in Canada—to honour a Canadian spoken word artist who has made a substantial contribution to the development of spoken word, through the originality and excellence of his or her own writing/performance works, and through involvement in—and contributions to—the expansion of the spoken word community.

-Anne Compton won the Raymond Souster Award for her book Alongside (Fitzhenry and Whiteside). The prize honours the late Raymond Souster, an early founder of the League of Canadian Poets and it carries a $1,000 prize.

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David Adams Richards offers small-town realism in Crimes Against My Brother

David Adams Richards offers small-town realism in Crimes Against My Brother | The New Brunswick Literary Times | Scoop.it
It’s no stretch to say that David Adams Richards is the Feodor Dostoyevsky of Canadian fiction.
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