Monthly Archives: February 2011

Call for Submissions

The literary journal ellipse is calling for submissions for a special edition to be published in the spring of 2012, to mark Northrop Frye’s centenary year. Poems, stories, and essays are welcome, in English or in French. Stories and essays should be 4,000 words maximum. Contributions do not necessarily have to be directly influenced or… Continue Reading

February 2011 Horizon Health Network Board Corporate Summary

Horizon Health Network’s Population Health Promotion – Chronic Disease Management strategy Horizon Health Network recently formed a Population Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management Department to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities and to contribute to the sustainability of our provincial health-care system. The department’s mandate is to provide leadership to Horizon… Continue Reading

TNB Presents David Adams Richards “Hockey Dreams”

Theatre New Brunswick (TNB) proudly presents David Adams Richards Hockey Dreams! Hockey Dreams premieres March 17th at The Fredericton Playhouse and runs until March 20th. It will also be presented at Saint John’s Imperial Theatre on March 24th and at Moncton’s Capitol Theatre March 25th. Hockey Dreams is a world premiere event written by David… Continue Reading

ECMA Arts Linkages Seeks Media Arts Submissions

As part of the ECMA Arts Linkages program, filmmakers and digital media artists from across the maritimes are asked to submit original works for presentation during ECMA week, April 13 – 18th 2011.  Experimental and non-traditional works are encouraged.  The pieces will be projected onto and inside of store fronts and vacant buildings, creating a… Continue Reading

Call For Media Submissions – PEI

Calling all media artists from the Atlantic provinces, The Island Media Arts Festival (IMAF) in Prince Edward Island wants you (and your work). Animators, documentarians, comics, tragedians, experimentalists, or whomever you may be… we want to see what you create. Entering into its second year, IMAF is extending its scope to include media artwork created… Continue Reading

Creative Writer Job Opportunity

Creative Writer Wanted Did you read that right? We’re looking for a creative writer. Not someone who can write the perfect press release (but thanks for trying). We seek someone who can write with inspiration, and who can say inspiration in a dozen fresher ways. Someone with so many ideas, there’s a light bulb literally… Continue Reading

STU Artist in Residence Named

David Adams Richards has recently been named Artist in Residence at St Thomas University in Fredericton and is able to meet with writers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 2 – 4. If you wish to meet with Mr. Richards to discuss writing or to seek writing advice, please contact him at darich@stu.ca to arrange… Continue Reading

Frye Festival Reveals 2011 Authors

The Frye Festival, Atlantic Canada’s largest literary event, unveiled its spectacular line-up today for the 2011 edition, which will be held from April 25 to May 1st in Greater Moncton, NB. On the guest list, several prominent writers including the great Margaret Atwood, Charles Foran, Susan Juby, Kenneth Oppel, Shandi Mitchell, Karen Connelly, Jean-Christophe Rufin,… Continue Reading

Nova Scotia Artist Retreat

The Little House at Hunts Point is a fully equipped, welcoming non-smoking retreat located in the quaint fishing village of Hunts Point, Nova Scotia, 90 minutes from Halifax. Set on a lovely lot with a tiny brook, it’s a three-minute walk to the picturesque, working wharf and Hunts Point Beach with its crescent of white… Continue Reading