odd sundays at molly's
Raymond Fraser, BLISS and other stories (Broken Jaw Press; & Jennifer Houle
December 22 (not December 15)
2pm
Molly's Coffee House
554 Queen St, Fredericton, NB.
15 December 2013
24 November 2013
From Shore to Shoormal book launch
Frae Wordplay, Shetland's 12th annual book festival:
From Shore to Shoormal (Broken Jaw Press) book launch audio file here: From Shore to Shoormal launch (recorded by Joe Blades at Mareel, Lerwick, 1 September 2013).
From Shore to Shoormal/D'un rivage à l'autre" is a trilingual poetry book by Donna Allard and Nat Hall.
The bool launch features emcee Donald Anderson; solo readings by Marsali Taylor, Joe Blades & Christian S. Tait; music by guest musicians Steve Davidson and Alan McKay; and the book launch reading by Nat Hall (with Joe Blades as the "Canadian voice").
Photo by Craig Meheut © 1 Sept 2013.
From Shore to Shoormal (Broken Jaw Press) book launch audio file here: From Shore to Shoormal launch (recorded by Joe Blades at Mareel, Lerwick, 1 September 2013).
From Shore to Shoormal/D'un rivage à l'autre" is a trilingual poetry book by Donna Allard and Nat Hall.
The bool launch features emcee Donald Anderson; solo readings by Marsali Taylor, Joe Blades & Christian S. Tait; music by guest musicians Steve Davidson and Alan McKay; and the book launch reading by Nat Hall (with Joe Blades as the "Canadian voice").
23 October 2013
RAYMOND FRASER BOOK LAUNCH
You are cordially invited to the Miramichi launch
of Raymond's new book:
BLISS, and other stories
Broken Jaw Press
1:00-2:30 PM, SATURDAY, OCT 26, 2013
at SALTWATER SOUNDS
1738 Water Street, Chatham
Miramichi NB E1N 1B5
ph 506-773-8010, 1-888-840-3555
Excerpt from the title story "Bliss", about the late Bliss Comeau and his years as a musician in Ontario:
"I was innocent, man, we all were. Small town guys. We’d never smoked dope, we didn’t even drink that much, just a few beers maybe once or twice a week. We didn’t know anything. I mean, we didn’t know anything. We were in Toronto six months before we knew where Yonge Street was. We lived in Scarsdale, that’s a suburb, and we never went anywhere, except the time we went to play at a resort..."
Raymond Fraser is a natural story teller. His talent with narrative is second to none in this country.
—Michael O. Nowlan, Daily Gleaner
"I've had the pleasure of reading five of Raymond Fraser's books over the past few years. A great storyteller and one of the country's truly under-appreciated natural resources."
—Lawrence Creaghan, The Write Stuff
raymondfraser.blogspot.com
of Raymond's new book:
BLISS, and other stories
Broken Jaw Press
1:00-2:30 PM, SATURDAY, OCT 26, 2013
at SALTWATER SOUNDS
1738 Water Street, Chatham
Miramichi NB E1N 1B5
ph 506-773-8010, 1-888-840-3555
Excerpt from the title story "Bliss", about the late Bliss Comeau and his years as a musician in Ontario:
"I was innocent, man, we all were. Small town guys. We’d never smoked dope, we didn’t even drink that much, just a few beers maybe once or twice a week. We didn’t know anything. I mean, we didn’t know anything. We were in Toronto six months before we knew where Yonge Street was. We lived in Scarsdale, that’s a suburb, and we never went anywhere, except the time we went to play at a resort..."
Raymond Fraser is a natural story teller. His talent with narrative is second to none in this country.
—Michael O. Nowlan, Daily Gleaner
"I've had the pleasure of reading five of Raymond Fraser's books over the past few years. A great storyteller and one of the country's truly under-appreciated natural resources."
—Lawrence Creaghan, The Write Stuff
raymondfraser.blogspot.com
17 July 2013
From Shore to Shoormal news
—Marsali Taylor, Shetland Times
"This unusual poetry book [...] is a celebration of connections and duality [...] The poems reflect life on opposite coasts of the Atlantic: shorelines, nature, people, relationships."
—Laureen Johnson, The New Shetlander
Shore to Shoormal co-author Nat Hall recently, 18 & 19 May 2013, read in the Shetland Boat Show in Lerwick.
06 May 2013
Donna Allard in WordsSpring 2013
NB Poet Donna Allard to read from her coauthored with Nat Hall book, From Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre (Broken Jaw Press, & BS Poetry Society), in the Local Author Book Launches event, 7 pm, Friday, 10 May—Shadow Lawn Inn, 3180 Rothesay Rd, Rothesay NB E2E 5V7.
Want the book now?
This reading is one event in the Writers’ Fed. of NB's WordsSpring 2013, 10–12 May, in Rothesay, Quispamsis, and on the Kingston Peninsula.
28 April 2013
Nela Rio in Mendoza, Argentina
Nela writes:
"On my visit to Mendoza, Argentina, March 23–April 11, 2013, one of my cultural activities was the formal response to an invitation from the Biblioteca Pública “General San Martín", (created in 1820) to officially donate my latest book En el umbral del atardecer.../ On the Threshold of Dusk ...; translation by Elizabeth Gamble Miller; prologue by Hugh Hazelton; Broken Jaw Press, March 2013. The presentation took place April 8, 2013. My additional books, two in Spanish, published in Spain, and 10 bilingual and one trilingual, published by Broken Jaw Press, have being donated to this Library since 2010. I was impressed by the friendly reception by Mrs. Cristina Amills in charge of the section of Argentine Poetry, and local authors, referring to Mendoza. We had an interesting conversation about the opportunity of publication in Spanish in Canada."
15 February 2013
Broken Jaw Press author Nela Rio to read at Memorial University, St John's, NL on 22 Feb 2013. Nela's books with Broken Jaw Press are:
• Los puentes del Río San Juan / Bridges over the Saint John River. Nela Rio & M. Travis Lane, editora / editors.
• El espacio no es un vacío, incluye todos los tiempos. Editora Nela Rio. BJP eBook 51.
• En las noches que desvisten otras noches / Durant les nuits qui déshabillent d’autres nuits, by Nela Rio; Jill Valéry, traductrice.
• La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon. Nela Rio. Edith Jonsson-Devillers translator into English. Poetry.
• Aquella luz, la que estremece / The Light that Makes Us Tremble. Poetry by Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.
• The Space of Light / El espacio de la luz. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, editor & translator.
• Sustaining the Gaze: When Images Tremble / Sosteniendo la mirada: cuando las imágenes tiemblan / Soutenant le regard: quand les images tremblent. Brian Atkinson, Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller & Jill Valéry, translators.
• Túnel de proa verde / Tunnel of the Green Prow, 2nd edition. Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.
• During Nights that Undress Other Nights / En las noches que desvisten otras noches. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, translator.
• Los puentes del Río San Juan / Bridges over the Saint John River. Nela Rio & M. Travis Lane, editora / editors.
• El espacio no es un vacío, incluye todos los tiempos. Editora Nela Rio. BJP eBook 51.
• En las noches que desvisten otras noches / Durant les nuits qui déshabillent d’autres nuits, by Nela Rio; Jill Valéry, traductrice.
• La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon. Nela Rio. Edith Jonsson-Devillers translator into English. Poetry.
• Aquella luz, la que estremece / The Light that Makes Us Tremble. Poetry by Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.
• The Space of Light / El espacio de la luz. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, editor & translator.
• Sustaining the Gaze: When Images Tremble / Sosteniendo la mirada: cuando las imágenes tiemblan / Soutenant le regard: quand les images tremblent. Brian Atkinson, Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller & Jill Valéry, translators.
• Túnel de proa verde / Tunnel of the Green Prow, 2nd edition. Nela Rio; Hugh Hazelton, translator.
• During Nights that Undress Other Nights / En las noches que desvisten otras noches. Nela Rio; Elizabeth Gamble Miller, translator.
15 December 2012
New book: From Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre
Donna Allard by Brian Stevens.
Nat Hall by Jen HadfieldFrom Shore to Shoormal / D’un rivage à l’autre
Poems in English, French, & Shetland dialect /
Poèmes en mirroirs—anglais–français–dialecte shetlandais
Donna Allard & Nat Hall
December 2012
8.5” x 5.5” tpb, 71 pp
BJPs ISBN 978-1-55391-111-1
$16 CDN, $17 USD, £10
co-publisher: BS Poetry Society
Two voices celebrate their Atlantic connection.
Whilst Donna Allard writes on the coastal fringe in New Brunswick, Canada, Nat Hall walks and writes by her shoormal, somewhere on the 60th parallel in her windswept Shetland Islands, Scotland’s most northerly archipelago. “Shore”, as described by J. L. Leprohon in her “Sea Shore Musings” poem, is the Creator’s power—in her own Canadian home, “Mysterious, moaning main,/ in dreams I’ll see thy snow-white foam”. It’s described by Chile’s bard Pablo Neruda in “No me hagan caso / Forget about Me”, as a place where the sea washes, throws up crab claws and skulls of many kinds …
“Shoormal”, as defined by Robert Alan Jamieson in his Shoormal, A Sequence of Movements (Polygon, 1986): “In Shetland, da shoormal is the shallows on a beach; the space between the tides where the moon weighs the density of the ocean …” that area where sand shifts.
From Shore to Shoormal is a journey between Acadia’s Shediac Bay and Shetland’s Ninian Sands—a celebration of the poets’ shared North Atlantic.
Donna Allard: “acadianrose”—Acadian-born, New Brunswick-based barefoot gardener, pirate poet, and peacemaker. She became inspired by poet Milton Acorn, and poet–editor Libby Oughton. Her mentor was poet–activist Valerie LaPointe.
Nat Hall: “nordicblackbird”—Norman-born, Shetland-based poet and visual artist, world intellectual nomad, who lives and writes on 60° North. nordicblackbird.wordpress.com/
03 December 2012
International Exhibition of Visual Poetry
Poet Jesse Ferguson, author of Dirty Semiotics (Broken Jaw Press, 2011) is featured in an exhibition, in conjunction with The last vispo anthology: Visual poetry 1998–2008, on exhibit in the Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Sydney, NS, until 18 Jan 2013.
15 November 2012
Julie Comeau @ Westminster Books
05 October 2012
NEW BOOK: "Never Give Up!"
My book is my lifestory about my medical journey and all the amazing people that I met along the way. We all have a story, we all face obstacles, struggles and challenges along our life journeys.
—Julie Comeau
“Never Give Up!” The Inspiring Journey of a Real Life Survivor
by Julie Comeau
October 2012
Autobiography, motivational
9” x 6” tpb, 111 pp
ISBN 978-1-55391-113-5, $20 CDN, $21 USA
What begins as occasional postings on Facebook by Julie that describe her early childhood trauma, and then her incredible medical nightmare, soon becomes a spiritual rebirth for Julie and the thousands who have joined her on her journey to recovery. Her inspiration is contagious. It resonates with people around the world. From everyday people to the rich and famous, all want to share Julie’s message, to watch her videos on YouTube, and to tell their own stories of personal turmoil.
“Never Give Up!” is about overcoming the many curve balls life can throw at you. It is the story of one woman’s perseverance to keep pushing ahead amidst a firestorm of adversity, illness, and bad luck. It is part autobiographical, part motivational and inspirational, and it is a testament to the human spirit.
In working on her book, Julie and her husband Vince were a team. They were a couple rich in love. They knew that writing and publishing a book could be long and daunting. They supported each other in their belief that one day this book would come together. Sadly, Vince Comeau passed away two months before Julie’s book could be published. She promised Vince that her journey will continue in his name.
Julie Comeau lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick with her two sons. Her web site is http://www.reallifesurvivor.ca/
Launch: 13 October 2012 @ Reality Rescue III, Glen Allen, VA, USA
—Julie Comeau
“Never Give Up!” The Inspiring Journey of a Real Life Survivor
by Julie Comeau
October 2012
Autobiography, motivational
9” x 6” tpb, 111 pp
ISBN 978-1-55391-113-5, $20 CDN, $21 USA
What begins as occasional postings on Facebook by Julie that describe her early childhood trauma, and then her incredible medical nightmare, soon becomes a spiritual rebirth for Julie and the thousands who have joined her on her journey to recovery. Her inspiration is contagious. It resonates with people around the world. From everyday people to the rich and famous, all want to share Julie’s message, to watch her videos on YouTube, and to tell their own stories of personal turmoil.
“Never Give Up!” is about overcoming the many curve balls life can throw at you. It is the story of one woman’s perseverance to keep pushing ahead amidst a firestorm of adversity, illness, and bad luck. It is part autobiographical, part motivational and inspirational, and it is a testament to the human spirit.
In working on her book, Julie and her husband Vince were a team. They were a couple rich in love. They knew that writing and publishing a book could be long and daunting. They supported each other in their belief that one day this book would come together. Sadly, Vince Comeau passed away two months before Julie’s book could be published. She promised Vince that her journey will continue in his name.
Julie Comeau lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick with her two sons. Her web site is http://www.reallifesurvivor.ca/
Launch: 13 October 2012 @ Reality Rescue III, Glen Allen, VA, USA
27 July 2012
Jesse Patrick Ferguson & Islay
canadianpoetspettingcats interview with Jesse Ferguson, author of Dirty Semiotics (Broken Jaw Press).
Jesse Patrick Ferguson & Islay
Jesse Patrick Ferguson & Islay
26 July 2012
Pictures & Words: Summer Voices 2012
By invitation, Joe Blades will be participating in PICTURES & WORDS: A SUMMER VOICES 2012 EVENT wherein he will give author readings and promote his books. He has had three new poetry books since December 2010. He has never done author readings in Western Newfoundland, only in Labrador and St John’s, so this is a great opportunity, and for Broken Jaw Press.
Page One, a writers’ group in Western Newfoundland which has been promoting writers and other creators since 1987, has extended an invitation to me to participate in their annual Summer Voices Program. This year, at their closing event in Deer Lake (up the Humber River near Corner Brook), they are hosting a gathering of publishers, authors and visual artists in a two-day event on 3–4 August 2012.
The general public is invited to the event. There will be scheduled readings and at the conclusion of the event, Page One will have authors and audience share their work and partake in refreshments. This inter-genre event will hopefully the first of an annual series.
Page One has confirmation of participation from several publishers, authors, and visual artists but do not yet have a schedule [it might show up on Facebook, we hope]. They say they will enjoy having Joe Blades as one of their participating authors and as a representative from New Brunswick.
24 July 2012
Carlos Morales book launch
Carlos Morales will launch his first book of poetry, Antología chiquita, published by Fredericton’s Broken Jaw Press, at 3 pm on Saturday, 28 July in the Barracks Square tent outside the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, 457 Queen St, Fredericton.
Carlos Morales demuestra poseer una palabra poética luminosa tanto en poemas de gran ternura como en los de profundo dolor, “pero ahora sé/ que mi corazón se quedará con ellas”, dice en uno de sus poemas. Hondura de pensamiento, y escritura de poeta realizado.
Carlos Morales shows he possesses a luminous poetic voice, be it in poems that show great tenderness or in ones of deep pain; one of his poems states “but now I know/ my heart will stay with them”. Great depth and writings by an accomplished poet.
—Nela Rio, Directora, Capítulo de Fredericton,Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía
Carlos Morales shows he possesses a luminous poetic voice, be it in poems that show great tenderness or in ones of deep pain; one of his poems states “but now I know/ my heart will stay with them”. Great depth and writings by an accomplished poet.
—Nela Rio, Directora, Capítulo de Fredericton,Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía
28 April 2012
Where's Tristis?
Tristis & her Bones of the Magus book are
@
Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
calgaryexpo.com
@ BMO Center
20 Roundup Way SE
Calgary, AB T2G 2W1
Show Hours
27 April, Friday, 3pm to 8pm
28 April, Saturday, 10am to 7pm
29 April, Sunday, 10am to 5pm
Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
calgaryexpo.com
@ BMO Center
20 Roundup Way SE
Calgary, AB T2G 2W1
Show Hours
27 April, Friday, 3pm to 8pm
28 April, Saturday, 10am to 7pm
29 April, Sunday, 10am to 5pm
30 October 2011
09 October 2011
Double book launch: 27 Oct @ Westminster Books
27 October, Thursday, 7 pm.
@ Westminster Books,
445 King Street,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Tel 1-800-561-READ to order autographed books.
Tristis Ward launching Bones of the Magus: All that Remains (Broken Jaw Press)
& Joe Blades launching Casemate Poems (Collected) (Chaudiere Books)
“To read Canadian poet and artist Joe Blades’ book of poetry casemate poems means to get knowledge about one very specific way of understanding poetry today. [...] Blades’ poetry is written by activating different layers of human knowledge and by articulation of this knowledge, for example, in narrations of history and geography. He moves in time (historical perspective) and in space (for example, actual events in the world at the time, such as the attack on the World Trade Center) […] Poetry is not a separate sacred sphere, but a sphere where it is possible to articulate a critical approach to the past and contemporaneity.”
—Dubravka Ðurić
Joe Blades is a Fredericton, NB writer and artist on the editorial board of revue ellipse mag. He is founding publisher of Broken Jaw Press, and the current Past President of the League of Canadian Poets. Blades has given readings, lectures, and workshops in Canada, the USA, Scotland, and Central Europe. Since 1995 he has been the community radio producer–host of Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Arts Show (CHSR FM). Blades is the editor of ten anthologies, curator of a videopoem screening, and author of seven poetry books, including River Suite, and the sequel to Casemate Poems (Collected) titled Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry.
Joe Blades photo by Sophie Lavoie.
@ Westminster Books,
445 King Street,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Tel 1-800-561-READ to order autographed books.
Tristis Ward launching Bones of the Magus: All that Remains (Broken Jaw Press)
“Bones of the Magus is a fascinating synthesis of the comic book genre and literary prose. It is a graphic(less) novel in which vivid pictures are created literally and metaphorically through words. The story of a great prince, reincarnated as a skeleton into a foreign time and space, is a compelling and unusual read. Its breathless energy is sustained panel to panel throughout the book. Tristis Ward is the most creative writer I know and Bones of the Magus is her masterpiece. It is science fiction fantasy at its best.”
—Carolyn Gammon
Tristis Ward lives and writes in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After a degree in English at Dalhousie University, she worked for years in community radio as a producer, station manager, and national lobbyist. She has written comic book scripts, short stories and plays as well as producing both stage and radio plays. She has published online in the SFF World Forum and is a multiple winner in their flash fiction contests. Bones of the Magus is her first graphic novel.—Carolyn Gammon
& Joe Blades launching Casemate Poems (Collected) (Chaudiere Books)
—Dubravka Ðurić
Joe Blades photo by Sophie Lavoie.
04 October 2011
Nela Rio in Trois-Rivières
Festival International de la Poésie, Trois-Rivières (Québec)
[Note: selected events featuring Fredericton, NB poet–artist Nela Rio]
OCTOBER 6, 2011
17 h–18 h 30 : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos (Bénin), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Catherine Harton, Jean-François Poupart, Pierre Demers (Québec).
18 h : Souper‑poésie. Restaurant Le Saint-Germain Bistro, 401, rue Saint-Roch, 819 372-0607. Début des lectures : 18 h 30. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), J.-Roger Léveillé (Manitoba).
23 h : Poèmes de nuit. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Tania Espitia Becerra (Colombie), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Julie Tremblay, Mireille Gagné, Jean-Philippe Bergeron (Québec).
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OCTOBER 7
12 h : Dîner-poésie. Café Le Bucafin, 920, boul. du Saint-Maurice, 819 376-2122. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Christophe Pairoux (Wallonie-Belgique), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-François Poupart (Québec).
15 h 30–16 h 30 : Poèmes en langue anglaise. Église Saint-James, 811, rue des Ursulines, 819 374-6010. Poètes: David Musgrave (Australie), James Norcliffe (Nouvelle-Zélande), Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique).
17 h : Apéro-poésie. Foyer de la Maison de la culture, 1425, place de l’Hôtel de Ville, 819 379-9813. Musique : Daniel Lessard. Poètes : Dmitry Legeza (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Pierre Labrie, Prix Rina-Lasnier 2011, Patrick Lafontaine, Julie Tremblay (Québec).
20 h : Souper-poésie. (2e service) Restaurant Au Four à bois, 329, rue Laviolette, 819 373-3686. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-Philippe Bergeron, Paul Bélanger, Prix Alain-Grandbois-2010 (Québec).
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8 DE OCTUBRE
12 h : Dîner-poésie. Restaurant Le Manoir, 1147, rue Hart, 819 373-0204. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec).
15 h-16 h : Scotch et poésie. L’Embuscade Café Galerie, 1571, rue Badeaux, 819 374-0652. Poètes : Daniel Dugas, Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick) Andrée Lacelle (Ontario).
17 h : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Rodney Saint-Éloi, Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Aimée Verret, Patrick Boulanger (Québec).
[Note: selected events featuring Fredericton, NB poet–artist Nela Rio]
OCTOBER 6, 2011
17 h–18 h 30 : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos (Bénin), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Catherine Harton, Jean-François Poupart, Pierre Demers (Québec).
18 h : Souper‑poésie. Restaurant Le Saint-Germain Bistro, 401, rue Saint-Roch, 819 372-0607. Début des lectures : 18 h 30. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), J.-Roger Léveillé (Manitoba).
23 h : Poèmes de nuit. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Maria Bautista Vazquez, Luis Francisco Vasquez, Ernesto Lumbreras (Mexique), Tania Espitia Becerra (Colombie), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Julie Tremblay, Mireille Gagné, Jean-Philippe Bergeron (Québec).
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OCTOBER 7
12 h : Dîner-poésie. Café Le Bucafin, 920, boul. du Saint-Maurice, 819 376-2122. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Christophe Pairoux (Wallonie-Belgique), Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-François Poupart (Québec).
15 h 30–16 h 30 : Poèmes en langue anglaise. Église Saint-James, 811, rue des Ursulines, 819 374-6010. Poètes: David Musgrave (Australie), James Norcliffe (Nouvelle-Zélande), Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique).
17 h : Apéro-poésie. Foyer de la Maison de la culture, 1425, place de l’Hôtel de Ville, 819 379-9813. Musique : Daniel Lessard. Poètes : Dmitry Legeza (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Anna Swanson (Colombie-Britannique), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Pierre Labrie, Prix Rina-Lasnier 2011, Patrick Lafontaine, Julie Tremblay (Québec).
20 h : Souper-poésie. (2e service) Restaurant Au Four à bois, 329, rue Laviolette, 819 373-3686. Poètes : Christine De Luca (Îles Shetland), Alice Major (Alberta), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Jean-Philippe Bergeron, Paul Bélanger, Prix Alain-Grandbois-2010 (Québec).
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8 DE OCTUBRE
12 h : Dîner-poésie. Restaurant Le Manoir, 1147, rue Hart, 819 373-0204. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Alice Major (Alberta), Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec).
15 h-16 h : Scotch et poésie. L’Embuscade Café Galerie, 1571, rue Badeaux, 819 374-0652. Poètes : Daniel Dugas, Nela Rio, Dyane Léger (Nouveau-Brunswick) Andrée Lacelle (Ontario).
17 h : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925. Poètes : Olga Khokhlova (Russie), Nela Rio (Nouveau-Brunswick), Rodney Saint-Éloi, Anthony Phelps (Haïti/Québec), Aimée Verret, Patrick Boulanger (Québec).
26 August 2011
... but is it a comic book?
Bones of the Magus is a fascinating synthesis of the comic book genre and literary prose. It is a graphic(less) novel in which vivid pictures are created literally and metaphorically through words. The story of a great prince, reincarnated as a skeleton into a foreign time and space, is a compelling and unusual read. Its breathless energy is sustained panel to panel throughout the book. Tristis Ward is the most creative writer I know and Bones of the Magus is her masterpiece. It is science fiction fantasy at its best. —Carolyn GammonBONES OF THE MAGUS
All that Remains: A magician prince wakes up inside a church’s reliquary without his army, empire, weapons, or even flesh on his bones. What is left of his memory barely holds intact long enough to help him escape. But where on Earth can a skeleton hide?
Where There’s a Will…: Prince Magus Sical, on the run from both the law and the church, has taken refuge in the home of two hostages. He uses all he has left, his magic infused bones, to search for clues to how he died and how he might return.
Culture Clash: Where does a dead prince with a penchant for the arcane fit in? The Goths will never be the same once they’re drawn into the war between the undead and the self righteous.
Blood, Fire & Brimstone: In a battle between enemies of conviction there can be no walls left standing, no followers left free, no pawns left alive. Sical comes full circle in his quest to destroy everything that stands between him and his throne. But is he leading, or being led? Is he freeing himself from death, or being bound yet again to his mortal doom?
10 May 2011
14 de mayo: V Festival Internacional Palabra en el Mundo
El sábado, 14 de mayo, 2011 a las dos de la tarde, el Capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía (con la colaboración de la Asociación Latina de New Brunswick —Proyecto PRESENCIA—, y Broken Jaw Press) invita al público a participar en el quinto Festival Internacional Palabra en el Mundo, que se celebra entre el 19 y el 24 de mayo en el mundo entero: más de 30 países y más de 500 ciudades celebrarán este Festival. Este año, los poetas han contribuido poemas sobre el tema de la PAZ. El evento tendrá lugar en la sala de lectura del Rio de la Biblioteca Pública de Fredericton y luego en el Puente del río San Juan (si no llueve). Están invitados a participar con un poema sobre el tema de la PAZ o solo escuchar a los poetas locales leyendo poemas suyos. Habrá café y galletas. ¡Nos vemos allí!
* Nela Rio * Carlos Morales * Joe Blades * et al *
May 14: V International Festival of Poetry Word in the World
On Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 2 p.m., the Fredericton Chapter of the Iberoamerican Academy of Poetry (in collaboration with the New Brunswick Latino Association —PRESENCIA Project— and Fredericton’s Broken Jaw Press) invites the public to participate in the fifth annual Word in the World Poetry Festival, being celebrated between May 19th to 24th across the world in more than 30 countries and in more than 500 cities. This year poets have been contributing pieces on the theme of “Peace”. The event will take place at the Fredericton Public Library’s River Reading Area and on the Bridge over the St. John River (weather permitting). Come read your favourite poem on the theme of peace and hear local poets read their poetry as well! There will be coffee and treats. See you there!
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