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Alison Dyer

Alison Dyer's poetry collection I’d Write the Sea Like a Parlour Game is a finalist for the JM Abraham Poetry Award.

Poetry, Reviews, Web exclusives April 16, 2018 April 16, 2018

Robert Burt’s Poetic Blend of Pastoral and Romantic

The poet weaves themes of love and loss, wandering and discovery

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Sharing a press release announcing the winners of the New Brunswick Book Awards - congrats to all!

Saint John (NB) - The Fiddlehead: Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick announced the winners for the third annual New Brunswick Book Awards at a celebration on Friday June 8, at the Lily Lake Pavilion in Saint John.

The winners are as follows:

The Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction

Peter J. Clair, Tobique, Taapoategl & Pallet: A Mi’Kmaq Journey of Loss and Survival
Publisher: Chapel Street Editions

Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing

Odette Barr, Petit-Cap, Colleen Landry, Moncton, and Beth Weatherbee, Baie Verte, Take off to Tantramar
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing

The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize

Allan Cooper, Riverview, Everything We’ve Loved Comes Back to Find Us
Publisher: Gaspereau Press ¶ Printers & Publishers

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction

Rachel Bryant, Saint John, The Homing Place
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

The book awards program represents a partnership between Canada’s oldest literary magazine, The Fiddlehead, which has nurtured New Brunswick's literary culture for 70 years, and the Writers’ Federation, which for 30 years has passionately supported the development of home-grown writers at all stages of development.

The competition is open to traditionally published and self-published authors who have lived in the province for three of the last five years, including the award year (2017). The competition for the fourth annual awards will open in November. ...

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Check out the Chapters/Coles/Indigo bestseller lists for May 2018!

The Acorn Press, Breakwater Books Ltd., Flanker Press Ltd, Goose Lane Editions, Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press

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May 2018: Top 5 Sellers from Chapters-Coles-Indigo in each Atlantic Province – Atlantic Books Today

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NOVA SCOTIA 1. Come From Away by Genevieve Graham (Fiction) 2. Waking Up In My Own Backyard by Sandra Phinney (Local Interest) 3. Everybody’s Different On Everybody Street by Sheree Fitch (Storytime 3-5) 4. The Boat People by Sharon Bala (Fiction) 5. Nova Scotia’s Lost Communities by Joan Dawson...
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Contrary to common perception of a failing book industry, small bookstores are on the rise as vibrant, feel-good community hubs for lovers of literature—something online booksellers can’t do. Story by Sara Jewell, featuring Sheree Fitch Gilles Plante, Mabel Murple's Book Shoppe & Dreamery, Lexicon Books, Alice Burdick, Matt Howse, Broken Books, Librairie Pelagie, Tidewater Books, LaHave River Books, Ellen Pickle

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Small, Independent Bookstores are on the Rise – Atlantic Books Today

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Walls lined with shelves of books. A pair of comfortable armchairs tucked into a reading nook. A cat dozing on a table display of spring-themed books, the sound of a dog’s toenails skittering on the wood floor as it greets a visitor who has just stepped through the door. Reading socks and book bag...
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Got a novel in you? Time to let it out...Today's the day!
South Shore Public Libraries
Challenges YOU to Write a Novel This Summer.
Kickoff Tonight Wednesday, 6th June from 6 - 8 pm at the Margaret Hennigar Public Library
Weekly Word Count Round-up
Drop-in on Wednesday nights
for Readings, Critiques, Prizes and moral support.
Open mic night Wednesday, 12th September
Make 2018 your summer of words!
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, South Shore Regional School Board, Nova Scotia Provincial Library, Nova Scotia Writers and Authors Group Atlantic Books Today ...

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In Rebecca Phillips' The Girl You Thought I Was (HarperCollins Canada), Morgan works through various pressures, insights and struggles over the course of a summer, sifting through her experiences and feelings to come to some concrete realizations about the benefits of letting go of the pressure to measure up to others' standards. Review by Gemma Marr

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Making Room for Newer and Better Things – Atlantic Books Today

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The summer before Morgan Kemper’s final year of high school starts out promising—she’s looking forward to finishing her exams, enjoying time with her friends and preparing for a visit from her sister, Rachel. Morgan is finally getting used to living with her dad in their new apartment and igno...
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