“Goddamn authors are like cockroaches. There’re hundreds of them.
There’s always readings somewhere. Especially at the end of the week.”
“How do I find out where?”
—John Sandford, Night Prey (Berkley)
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NOTE: All events are subject to change. We are not responsible for changes or inaccuracies but we do try to keep the listings below as current and accurate as possible.
Our latest update: 3 mars 2010.
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March 2010
National Novel Editing Month
7 March, Sunday, 1—2 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB. Rebroadcast of a previous show.
8 March, Monday, 8 pm: Poet Robyn Sarah reading, @ Alumni Memorial Lounge, UNB-Fredericton, 13 Baily Dr, Fredericton.
9 March, Tuesday, 7—8 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB.
10 March, Wednesday, 12 noon. Education Works in Progress Series presents Liz Burge, Faculty and graduate research students - Open discussion on supervising graduate students: defining some guidelines. Marshall d'Avary Hall Room 309, 10 MacKay Dr, Fredericton, NB
10 March, Wed, 6:30pm: Stand & Deliver Poetry Workshop, w/ Andrew Titus, BMH 202, St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. Workshop runs EVERY Wednesday from then until April. Free. facebook group page
11 March, Thursday, 7-9pm. Maggie Jean Chestnut Residence's 2nd Annual "Art Gala". See student artwork and poetry with proceeds to the Fredericton Food Bank. Renaissance College, Charlotts St, Fredericton, NB. Admission: $3 or non-perishable food item.
12—14 March: Fredericton’s 48 Hour Film Festival
14 March, Sunday, 1—2 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB. Rebroadcast of previous show.
16 March, Tuesday, 7—8 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB.
17 March, Wed, 6:30pm: Stand & Deliver Poetry Workshop, w/ Andrew Titus, BMH 202, St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. Workshop runs EVERY Wednesday from then until April. Free. facebook group page
18 March, Thursday, 10am–4pm. Multicultural Festival in celebration of the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Features Cultural music and dance performances; International fashion show; Exhibits; International food for purchase; Anti-racism art by middle and high school children. Free admission. For more info, contact Haruka at (506)452-0654 or haruka@mcaf.nb.ca. @ WW Boyce Farmers' Marget, George St @ Regent, Fredericton, NB
20 March, Saturday, Fredericton Small Press Fair including "Nuestro Espacio" display and the 10th International Multicultural-Multilingual Poetry Reading and Poster Poem Exhibition @ Gallery ConneXion, 440 York St, Fredericton, NB
21 March. World Poetry Day
21 March, Sunday, 1—2 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB. Rebroadcast of previous show.
22 March. UN World Water Day
23 March, Tuesday, 7—8 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB.
24 March, Wednesday, 12 noon. Education Works in Progress Series presents Deborah Murray - Time travel: A life-history approach to refugee research. Gillian Hennessey-MacFarlane - Not just a tool: Developing a media-critical pedagogy for internet inquiry in the classroom. Marshall d'Avary Hall Room 309, 10 MacKay Dr, Fredericton, NB
24 March, Wed, 6:30pm: Stand & Deliver Poetry Workshop, w/ Andrew Titus, BMH 202, St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. Workshop runs EVERY Wednesday from then until April. Free. facebook group page
25-26 mars. (En) Jeux esthétiques de la traduction Éthique (s), techniques et pratiques traductionnelles. Colloque International sur la Traduction et la Traductologie, Université de l’Ouest de Timisoara (Roumanie)
27 March, Saturday, 6:30 pm. CHSR Barry Awards, Fredericton, NB
28 March, Sunday, 1—2 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB. Rebroadcast of previous show.
30 March, Tuesday, 7—8 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts, host Joe Blades on CHSR 97.9 FM: community—campus radio, Fredericton, NB.
31 mars, Wed, 6:30pm: Stand & Deliver Poetry Workshop, w/ Andrew Titus, BMH 202, St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. Workshop runs EVERY Wednesday from then until April. Free. facebook group page
April 2010
April is National Poetry Month! @ the LCP by League of Canadian Poets
1 April: April Fool's Day
1 April, Thursday, 7 pm. Travesty Café: a queer literary coffeehouse—poetry, fiction, drama, song, burlesque, fiacso, etcetra. Alden Nowlan House, 676 Windsor St, Fredericton, NB. travestycafe@gmail.com
8—10 April. The 4th Unconventional Conference for Young Canadianists, Canadian Studies Centre at North University Baia Mare, Romania.
19 April, Monday, 8 pm: Novelist Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, author of Perfecting (Goose Lane Editions), reading, @ Alumni Memorial Lounge, UNB-Fredericton, 13 Baily Dr, Fredericton.
21-25 April. Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Montreal, QC
23-24 April: “Postcolonialism/Postcommunism: Intersects and Overlaps” conference, Canadian Studies Centre, University of Bucharest, Romania
May 2010
3-31 May: Dreams, Reflections and Memories group show, Gallery ConneXion's Annex Gallery @ the Playhouse, Queen St, Fredericton, NB
• Opening: 7 May, Friday, 5—7 pm.
11-16 May: Sarajevo Poetry Days festival, Sarajevo, BiH
15 mayo, sábado, 17hrs: El Capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía se une a la celebración poética del IV Festival "La palabra en el mundo". Poetas participantes: Carlos Morales, Nela Rio, Joe Blades, Eugenia Dietrich, entre otros. Apoyan: Asociación Latina de New Brunswick; Broken Jaw Press. Lugar exacto: Ribera del Río St. John (nr) Fredericton
16-19 May, “Heritage matters: Inspiring tomorrow” conference, Canadian Network for Innovation in Education
20-22 May. Narrative Matters 2010 conference. Delta Fredericton, Woodstock Rd, Fredericton, NB. For info Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative (CIRN) or narrativeconference@stu.ca, St Thomas University.
20 al 25 de mayo. IV Festival: Palabra en el Mundo, Vorto en la mondo, Palavra no mundo, Parola nel Mondo, Worte in der Welt, Rimayninchi llapan llaqtapi, Paraula in su Mundu, Cuvânt în Lume, Parole dans le Monde, Ordet i verden, Word in the world, Palabra no mundo, Ñe’ê arapýre, Paraula en el Món, Chuyma Aru ... Fredericton (15 mayo)
28 May-4 June: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, "Connected understanding/le savoir branché", Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• 28-31 mayo: Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas including a Nela Rio triple book launch:
• 29 May to 1 June 2010: Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference
—Arts Researchers and Teachers Society preconference. Contact:
—Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada preconference. Contact: Rosamund Stooke, rstooke@uwo.ca
—on Queer Issues in the Study of Education and Culture preconference. Contact: Dr. Grace, andre.grace@ualberta.ca
• International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) biennial, international conference: "Ageing Societies—The Dynamics of Demographic Change in Canada".
May 2010
3-6 June: The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) 37th Annual General Meeting @ Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington, & other Ottawa locations.
11-13 June: League of Canadian Poets annual Poetry Festival & Conference, Chestnut Park Hotel, Toronto, ON
16–20 June 2010. “Travel, Trade and Ethnic Transformations”, the 7th Biennial MESEA Conference of The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas @ University of Pécs, Hungary
25-27 June: NB Provincial Heritage Fair, Caraquet
July 2010
23-25 July. New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival, on the grounds of Old Government House, 51 Woodstock Rd, Fredericton NB. 506.452.9244, 1.888.368.4444
23 July, 1:30pm, to 25 July, 6 PM. Highland Radio on CHSR webcast and 97.9 FM. Live from the 25th New Brunswick Highland Games & Scottish Cultural Fesival
August 2010
September 2010
30 Sept: International Translation Day
30 Sept–3 Oct: CHSR’s 50th Anniversary Alumni gathering
October 2010
7-9 Oct. 5th Congress of Polish Canadianists, "Towards Critical Multiculturalism: Dialogues Between/Among Canadian Diasporas". Organized by the University of Silesia and Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
20-24 Oct. 2010 American Literary Translators Association Conference. Philadelphia Marriott Hotel (1201 Market Street), Philadelphia, PA.
21-25 Oct: Association des professeurs de litérature acadienne et québécoise de l'Atlantique (APLAQA) conference on Littérature-monde. At UNB and St Thomas Uuniversity, Fredericton, NB
21-25 Oct: Side by Side Festival of Literary Translation / Côte à Côte festival de traduction littéraire, Fredericton & Moncton, NB
Oct 25: International Artist Day
November 2010
November is National Novel Writing Month
December 2010
1 Dec: Day without art
2011
January 2011
17 Jan: • Art’s Birthday
22 Jan: CHSR 97.9 FM’s 50th birthday!!!
25 Jan: • Robbie Burns Day
February 2011
2 Feb: • Groundhog Day
March 2011
21 March. World Poetry Day
May 2011
28 May to 5 June: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New Brunswick & St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB: Official
congress theme: Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places/Rivages et continents: exploration des peuples et des lieux.
June 2011
July 2011
July. New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival, on the grounds of Old Government House, 51 Woodstock Rd, Fredericton NB. 506.452.9244, 1.888.368.4444
July, 1:30pm, to __ July, 6 PM. Highland Radio on CHSR webcast and 97.9 FM. Live from the 25th New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival, on the grounds of Old Government House, 51 Woodstock Rd, Fredericton, NB.