Monthly Archives: August 2017

Book Review: “In the Country” by Wayne Curtis

New Brunswick author Wayne Curtis has released his latest title, In the Country (2016, Pottersfield Press) a collection of short stories, twelve in all, that will resonate with anyone familiar with the Miramichi River area where the author was born some 73 years ago. It will especially appeal to readers who lived here over the decades of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.

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Miramichi Folk Song Festival Opening

There was a record attendance last evening for the grand opening of the Miramichi Folk Song Festival.  Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy and their six talented children Family brought instrumental music to the festival.  This award winning fiddler from Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, is one of the best-known musicians for adhering to a traditional fiddle […]

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