In 1994, still in the birthing years of the Internet, Goose Lane Editions, Canada’s oldest independent book publisher, made history by becoming one of the first publishing houses in the world to launch its own website. After 18 years, the site has gone through numerous [...]
2011 was a big year for Canadian literature. The purse for the Writers’ Trust Prize for non-fiction got bigger and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist got bigger too. It was the year of the short story and, when it came to Canada Reads, the year of non-fiction.
From August 30 to September 14, 1944, the 8th Hussars and the rest of their division attacked deep into Hitler’s Gothic Line defences and defeated two of the best divisions in the German Army. They wreaked havoc on enemy forces in Italy — so badly that they could not escape to fight the great Allied drive from the Normandy bridgehead to the German border.
In Fredericton:
September 28, 2011: Reading/Discussion
Headliner(s): Riel Nason
Featured title(s): The Town That Drowned
7:00 pm at Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton Street, Fredericton, NB
Come out to hear Riel read from the novel Carla Gunn (Amphibian) calls “by turns charming, humourous, and terrifying.”
The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for our annual Open Season Awards. An exciting spring showcase of literary excellence, Open Season bestows a prize of $1,000 in each of three marquee categories: poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Featured in Fredericton:
June 11, 2011: Talk/Signing
Headliner(s): Deborah Trask
Featured title(s): Fragile and Fanciful
2:30 pm at Public Archives of New Brunswick, 23 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB
