The Nature of Poetry: An Interview with Ian LeTourneau
Metadata from a Changing Climate considers themes of nature, change, and connection.
New Brunswick
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #51
Featuring Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds, and David Elias
Throwback: The Atlantic Salmon Treasury: Vol II
“Few fish have captured the souls and minds of men and women quite like wild Atlantic salmon.” — Bill Taylor, President, Atlantic Salmon Federation Talented novelists, editors and conservationists Monte Burk and Charles Gaines have compiled the best writing in the last half-century imploring the humble reader to behold a “curated selection of the most …
War among the Clouds: New Brunswick Airmen in the Great War by J. Brent Wilson
Aviation was still in its infancy at the outbreak of the First World War. The Wright brothers had made their first successful flight only a decade earlier in 1903, and few people had ever seen, let alone flown in, an airplane. But that did not stop hundreds of New Brunswick men from enlisting with the British air services during the war.
Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision by Anne Koval
To gaze upon Mary Pratt’s work is to come face-to-face with another world, one that is brighter, more keenly observant, and more knowing, for embedded in the fractal structures of her oft chosen subjects: glass, aluminum, and plastic wrap, are reflections of time and space.
Poems for Burning by Spencer Folkins
As children, we’ve all been told not to play with matches, but Spencer Folkins can’t seem to resist the lure of starting little fires in his debut chapbook.
Girl Dinner by Jamie Kitts
There’s something just so nice about a new chapbook with a fun cover. Girl Dinner by Jamie Kitts, a collection of poems largely focused on food and the ways it connects to different ways of being and experiences, has a cover illustrated by New Brunswick artist Dawn Mockler.
Boom Road by Shawn Lawlor
Boom Road is the most Miramichi book I’ve ever read, and I say that with deep affection.
I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book Day: Editors’ Picks
Today, September 21, 2024, is the fifth annual I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book Day, coordinated by the Frye Festival.
Hair for Men by Michelle Winters
A dark, comic, strangely endearing novel, Hair for Men by Michelle Winters is a bizarrely endearing novel, despite its heavy storyline.
Felt by Mark Blagrave
Felt is acclaimed author and playwright Mark Blagrave’s third novel and fourth book, and a deeply moving portrait of the relationship between a mother and son, between a man and the strong women surrounding him.
All This As I Stand By by Carolyne Van Der Meer
This heartfelt collection of poetry began in Southern New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy, and took me through familiar grounds and unfamiliar experiences made real.
Donald Andrus: The Shape of Desire by Ihor Holubizky, Pan Wendt & Roslyn Rosenfeld
four essays examining the artist Donald Andrus’ work throughout his career, spanning his different creative periods, his inspirations and larger scale projects, and his meditations on his own career and life.
Collected Poems by Raymond Fraser
Fraser’s poems are rough around the edge, never shying from the griminess of life.
Signs of Life by Sarah Cox Spirits Us to Extinction’s Front Lines
An unswerving look at issues related to biodiversity in Canada.
