Tony Tremblay's Biography on David Adams Richards
WordsSpring is coming right up, so please hurry and mail in those registration forms in to the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB).
Ilkay Silk is giving the Saturday morning ‘performance’ workshop. She has been Theatre St. Thomas’ leading lady for decades. She is well-known in the community for her work as an actor, director, producer, playwright, educator, volunteer, and organizer. She was the driving force behind the opening of the Black Box Theatre at St. Thomas University, has taught at STU for almost 30 years, was a founding member of the TNB Young Company, chaired the NB Arts Board between 1994 and 1999, founded the Notable Acts Theatre Festival, and has produced and directed countless plays in the community. She also currently chairs the TNB Board of Directors.
Ilkay’s workshop is May 15, 10:30 am, Brian Mulroney Hall, STU.
We’re also happy to be able to introduce Tony Tremblay’s biography of David Adams Richards. Published by University of Toronto Press, *David Adams Richards of the Miramichi* is surely one of the most anticipated biographies of a New Brunswick native. We’ll have the pleasure of hearing biographer and journalist Philip Lee introduce Tony and talk a little about Richards’ place in Canadian literature. Read more »
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Sally Armstrong
Award-winning author and human rights activist Sally Armstrong will be among the featured guest speakers at WordsSpring, May 13-16 in Fredericton. A presentation of the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick, WordsSpring will bring writers from across the province together for a weekend of workshops, book launches and readings on the campus of St. Thomas University. The gathering will culminate with a banquet to honour the winners of WFNB’s literary competition awards.
Armstrong will give her address, entitled “Getting the Story”, on Friday, May 14 at Mulroney Hall, beginning at 8 p.m. A recent recipient of the Calgary Peace Prize, Armstrong has travelled to war-torn countries like Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Afghanistan for years. Each trip has resulted in the stories of women and children whose lives have been forever changed by civil conflict. Some of these stories can be found in her latest book Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan’s Women.
Armstrong, who is also a documentary filmmaker, recently returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo where she reported on the horrific abuses suffered by women and children there.
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By Mayra Calvani
Virtual book tours, also known as blog tours, are an effective way of book promotion. A virtual book tour puts your name and book in front of hundreds—sometimes thousands—of readers. If you hire a publicist to coordinate it for you, the price can go from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. However, if you do it yourself, it’s practically free. Best of all, you don’t need a car or an airplane to travel through the blogosphere. You can do it in your pajamas from the comfort of your own home. All you need is a computer, internet connection, and a basic knowledge of blogs. However, be prepared to spend a lot of time at the computer for the duration of the tour. A virtual book tour is time consuming because the bloggers who host you will ask you to write guest posts, articles, and answer interview questions for them.
Many new authors often ask if virtual book tours guarantee book sales. The answer is NO. A virtual book tour doesn’t guarantee sales but it does guarantee a certain amount of visibility and exposure for you and your work.
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Jesse Patrick Ferguson
Freehand Books will be celebrating the Fredericton launch of Jesse Patrick Ferguson’s debut collection of poetry, Harmonics, on Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster Books (445 King Street). Jesse will read from and answer questions about his collection, and snacks and light refreshments will be served. This is a free event and open to the public.
Harmonics is an exciting addition to contemporary Canadian poetry, in which Ferguson brings music and poetry into conversation with each other. Modelled on the fundamental tones and overtones of the harmonic series, poems in Ferguson’s arrangement riff on one another, and words, phrases, and images resonate sympathetically, with all the energy and buzz of a firmly plucked mandolin string. In the words of Griffin Poetry Prize winner Anne Simpson, “[h]ere’s a poet who shows us how to put an ear to the world and listen.”
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Arts | Kellie Underhill | 
May 10, 2010 1:38 am | 
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