The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick is a non-profit organization which represents writers in all disciplines and at all levels of development. WFNB currently boasts over 250 members.
Memberships: Canadian Writers Society, I have written a memoir called The Seven Gates: A Memoir of a Descent, an excerpt from which won third prize in the non-fiction category at the 2010 WFNB competition. Primarily a visual artist, I am a founding member of Galerie Sans Nom and of Galerie 12, both at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre in Moncton. After finishing my studies in art at the Université de Moncton I have had more than twenty solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions. In 1990 I received the medal of the city of Moncton for exceptional services rendered to the community. My life as an artist was featured on the radio show Trajectoire (SRC.RDI) in November, 1996. Memberships: WFNB, AAAPNB, GALERIE 12, CARFAC, GSN Memberships: I attended the Maritime Writers' Workshop at the University of New Brunswick in 1987, 1988, and 1989. I am currently working on my sixth poetry collection. My writing is often inspired by nature, spirituality, visual art, family/childhood memories and history. I have received awards for my poetry including the WFNB's Alfred G. Bailey Prize and Creation Grants from ArtsNB and the Canada Council for the Arts. Memberships: Publications: Born in 1934 in Massachusetts; BA Mount Holyoke College; moved to NB in 1965; three children, four grandchildren; received the Alden Nolan Award for Literary Excellence in 1999 and a CBC Literary Award for the short story in 1982; co-founder of the Maritime Writers' Workshop; publisher of 25 New Brunswick chapbooks; member of the organizing committee of the Writers' Federation of NB; charter member and vice-chairman of Gallery Connexion; member of NB Arts Board and of several Canada Council for the Arts juries; writer in residence at UNB and Bemidji State University; taught at UNB in various capacities and at creative writing workshops all over the Maritimes; twice toured on the Atlantic Reading Circuit. Memberships: Publications: Short stories; 80 articles on the arts; NB Telegraph-Journal column, State of the art Born on Negootkook on May 16 1936 to Susan Paul-Bear and Noel Bear Jr. School: Maillet College, St. Basile N.B.; Studied Photography and Painting in New Hampshire. Rec’d Ford Fellowship: 1968-69 Solo and Group Art Exhibitions: 1964 to 2010. Art Workshops Facilitated: in Salem N.H.; Negootkook, N.B.; Bar Habour Maine; Spirale Garden, Toronto, Ont.; Roundhouse Community Arts Centre, Emily Carr U., Vancouver B.C.;British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby B.C. Interests: Gerard Beirne was born in Ireland. A Canadian citizen, he has lived in Canada for over thirteen years. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. He is a past recipient of The Sunday Tribune/Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year award. He was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick 2008-2009 and is a Fiction Editor with The Fiddlehead, literary magazine. Johanna Bertin is a freelance writer who makes her home in Smithfield, New Brunswick. She is the author of two non-fiction books focusing on unusual events in Canadian history, a narrative history of Sable Island, a children’s biography of Sir Charles Tupper, an anthology of unusual Christmas Stories, and most recently a biography of Don Messer. Other interests include her family, biking (both motor and pedal), snowshoeing, kayaking, heritage crafts, drumming, and travel. Her goal is to live long enough to accomplish everything she wants. Memberships: Joe Blades is a writer and artist on the editorial board of revue ellipse mag. He is founding publisher of 25-year-old Broken Jaw Press. A past president of both the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association and the Canadian Poetry Memberships Writing (of course), reading, dancing, golfing, Memberships: Publications: Thelma Ann Brennan, B. A., MA, is a gifted New Brunswick writer whose diverse body of work ranges from two historical novels to two collections of poetry. Publications to her credit include The Real Klondike Kate, the nationally acclaimed biography of Katherine Ryan, a heroine of the north who made Canadian history as the first female member of the North West Mounted Police, published by Goose Lane Editions. Published by Borealis Press in November 2005, The Hawthorne Bush is an extraordinary tale of the "orange and the green", highlighting the Irish contribution to Canada's nationhood. A founding member of the New Brunswick Writers Federation, Brennan has co-authored two books of poetry Cameos and Feathers & Shells. She is a member of the New Brunswick Federation and Pen Canada, the Writers Union and the Canadian Association of Irish Studies. Her work has also appeared in Cormorant, Canadian Women's Studies, Vox Feminarium and Stories in My Neighbours' Faith. She is an active participant in New Brunswick's Writers in Schools Program, encouraging youth to discover their heritage through their own research and documentation of local history. Recognized for her many contributions to the arts and cultural communities, Brennan was appointed for four years as a trustee of the Museum of Civilization and War Museum of Canada in Ottawa. Her long history of civic participation includes her service as an election observer with the Canadian mission to the Ukraine in December, 2004. Committed to the enhancement of Canadian-Irish relations, Brennan brought together 110 musicians, actors and historians from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for a three-week performing arts tour of New Brunswick in 1991. She led a similar exchange two years later in support of the peace initiative in Northern Ireland. As a writer, her work has taken her to Ireland where she was a guest lecturer at the Charles Macklin Autumn School in Culdaff, Ireland to British Columbia and the Yukon for a special, anniversary book tour. Brennan lives in Johnville in western N.B. Interests: Memberships: Publications: Rayanne Brennan has over two decades experience in print journalism, corporate communications and government relations, including management of three weekly newspapers in New Brunswick’s upper St. John River Valley and daily newspaper correspondent. Her work as a freelance photojournalist has been widely published in international, national and regional publications. Rayanne is managing editor of The Atlantic Co-operator and operates an independent communications consultancy and editorial services firm – Brennan Communications. Memberships: Born in New Zealand; emigrated to Canada in 1969. Lived in Edmonton until 1998, when moved to Moncton. Was librarian until 1986, then became freelance book indexer, editor, and writer. Dropped editing as soon as possible to concentrate on indexing and writing. Have compiled many indexes for academic, trade, and textbook publishers and authors in Canada, U.S., and Britain; also make presentations and write on indexing of names. Write short nonfiction and long fiction. Interests: Memberships: Publications Articles: Chapters in books: “A Ship in a Black Storm.” In Study in Grey: Women Writing about Depression. Edmonton: Rowan Books, 1999. “Names in Genealogical Indexing: Form and Entry.” In Spaltro, Kathleen, ed., Genealogy and Indexing. Medford, NJ: Information Today/American Society of Indexers, 2003. “Using the Internet.” In Bell, Hazel K., Indexing Biographies and Other Stories of Human Lives. Occasional Papers in Indexing, no. 1 (3rd ed.) Sheffield, Eng.: Society of Indexers, 2004. “Seeing the Bigger Picture.” In Lerch, Marilyn and Angela Ranson, eds., Breaking the Word Barrier. Goose Lane Books, 2009. “Visit to a Dying Father.” In Lemond, Edward and Lee D. Thompson, eds., The Breach House Anthology. Barachois, NB: Breachhousebooks, 2010. Books: Bridge, Noeline, ed. Indexing Names, to be published by Awards: Order of the Kohlrabi (American Society for Indexing), Order of the Tamarack (ISC). Born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, Rhonda graduated from Durham College Upon graduation, Rhonda returned home to practice Currently, she provides writing services to local Memberships: Publications: Her work has appeared in publications such as Moncton This Week, Cottage Life Magazine, CBC radio. Jeff Bursey is a Canadian author of short stories and plays, and his first book, the critically acclaimed Verbatim: A Novel, was published by Enfield & Wizenty in October 2010. His literary criticism has appeared in such places as American Book Review, Literary Review of Canada, Rain Taxi, The Review of Contemporary Fiction and The Winnipeg Review. Sarah Butland was born in Ontario, the year was 1982. She was moved to Nova Scotia for over ten years and now resides in New Brunswick, Canada. Butland has been married to her high school sweetheart for 9 years and has a son of 14 months, a dog and a cat who all make her house a home. Butland started creating while still learning to walk and in years to follow was able to put a writing utensil to paper to document her creations before they were completely lost. Of course, her first manuscripts were in dire need of editing but she didn't seem to mind nor did her readers. The first “big break” for Butland came when she was still a teenager feeling like she was unlike every other teenager she knew. She heard from a poetry contest that her poem “Wrong Shell” would be published in their anthology; would she kindly send them thousand's of dollars to continue on in the finals. Butland's parents refused. So began the struggle of discovering which awards were actually earned not bought. Limiting herself to contest submissions from then on, Sarah Butland realized her career of writing would be a difficult struggle no matter the talent she held inside or was forced out. Many stories, attempts at novels and thousand's of ideas later, Butland created BananaBoy and the Adventures Of Sammy was born with Sending You Sammy, her first published children's book. Then came Brain Tales – Volume One, a collection of short stories and finally Arm Farm, her current literary pride and joy. Butland's most recent accomplishment was winning the WFNB's Children's Literary Competition for 2011 with her out-of-the-norm-for-her story "Blood Day". She's still wondering if that's saying something about her “normal” writing... Deborah Carr has been a full time professional freelance writer since 1999, with over a hundred articles published in newspapers, magazines and other special publications. Her genre is creative non-fiction, her passion is Atlantic Canada, and her specialties lie in nature, conservation, people profiles, biographies and travel destinations. Her photography often accompanies her articles. As well, for the business community, she writes web content, advertorials, newsletters, media releases, and advertising brochures. She has worked under contract for such organizations as ACOA, South-East Regional Health Care (now Horizon Health Network) and M5. Deborah also encourages fellow writers to higher levels of creativity and acts upon this commitment through her own series of Nature of Words creative writing workshops. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the WFNB and is the president of the Moncton Chapter, PWAC. Through these associations, she also helps plan and organize writing and editing workshops around the province. Memberships: WFNB, PWAC Publications: Outdoor Canada, Atlantic Salmon Journal, Canadian Wildlife, Nature Canada, Homemakers, Saltscapes, Progress, CARP Magazine, Acreage Life, ISLANDS, Golf, Inc., Atlantic Books Today, Occasions, Opportunity New Brunswick, Atlantic Co-operator, enBusiness, Atlantic Travel Guide, The Moncton Times & Transcriptm New Brunswick Reader, Sackville Tribune-Post Books: Poetry, Canadian Literary Biography, New Brunswick Memberships: Editor, Alden "This book examines Nowlan's bravery in accepting the limitations of Songs of the Wounded: New and Selected "As he will tell you, in a way all poems become love poems, and art, "Always, a poignant, elegiac tone haunts these lyrics, whether Cook "The images and the emotions play before your eyes as they have come One Heart, One Way. Alden Nowlan: A Writer's Finalist for the 2004 Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award "Cook can claim to have written the definitive biography [...] [he] "Essential reading for anyone interested in Canadian literature." - "A profound and truly innovative study, full of grace and passion." "Mr. Cook has written a compelling biography of a great man who he "Greg Cook has given us a book full of detail, full of letters, Bernard C. Cormier, after being involved with media and art at various capacities for over a decade, began writing for periodicals in 2005. Beginning with the launch of a graphic novel review column, he has experimented with a variety of subjects and styles (i.e.: a bilingual article without translation). He currently writes a weekly review column for Times & Transcript. He was a judge/jury member for various categories at, both, the Jeux franco-canadiens de la communication and the Prix Music New Brunswick Awards in 2010. He's currently a jury member for the 2011 Joe Shuster Awards. His radio program, "Bernard Brule Les Ondes!", has been a regular staple on CKUM since 2000. His photographs have been published through various media platforms and a Due to his persistent nature, he has interviewed a wide range of people: from locals [like Oscar winner Paul LeBlanc (Amadeus)] to niche-market superstars [i.e.: UK writer Alan Moore (Watchmen)]. He's willing to go the extra mile if necessary. His articles get noticed. Memberships: Publications: As a communications professional, writer, editor, He was the English editor of the Canadian He is an active blogger and social media Fluently bilingual, Brian holds an honours degree Memberships: Publications: Writing and poetry, of course. I write both lyric poetry and haiku, tanka and Memberships: Writing is my passion but I also love to read, create memories with family, and Memberships:
Beverly Akerman
Notes
English Language Arts Network, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Professional
Writers Association of Canada, Quebec Writers’ Federation, WFNB
Awards and Honours:
2011 National Magazine Award nomination for “Six Pixels of Separation”
2011 Pushcart Prize nomination for “Six Pixels of Separation” (nonfiction)
2011 Pushcart Prize nomination for “Sea of Tranquility” (short fiction)
2010 Commendations List, Aesthetica Creative Works Competition (UK) for
“Pie”
2010 Editor’s Choice Award, Best New Writing 2011/Eric Hoffer Award
2010 First Prize, The Vocabula Review Well-Written Writing Contest
2010 Finalist, 7th Glass Woman Prize
2010 David Adams Richards Prize, WFNB
2010 Pushcart Prize nomination for “Pie” (short fiction)
2010 Best of the Web (DZANC Books) nomination for “Pie’
2009 First Prize, Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
2009 Honourable Mention, The Binnacle’s Sixth Annual Ultra-Short Competition
2009 Canada Council Travel Grant
2009 Writing Studio, The Banff Centre for the Arts (Five-week residency)
2009 Honourable Mention, Potomac Review Fiction Contest
2008 Second Prize, Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
2008 Honourable Mention, David Adams Richards Prize, WFNB
2008 Summer Fishtrap Fellowship
2007 Finalist, TWUC Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers
2007 First Prize, Fog City Writers Short Story Contest
2006 Honourable Mention, Juniper Creek/Lone Mountain Short Story Competition
2005 Finalist, The Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for
Developing Writers
1987 McGill University Dean’s Honour List on MSc graduation
1984 Fellowship, Formation des chercheurs pour action concertée
1983-1984 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate
Scholarship
Publications:
Literary Writing:
• The Meaning of Children, Stories. In press
• “Aversion Conditioning,” in press, Rampike
• “The Woman with Deadly Hands” in press, The Nashwaak Review
• “Tumbalalaika,” in preparation, EarLit Shorts 5 (mp3 format)
• “Sea of Tranquility,” in Best New Writing 2011, Titusville N.J.:
Hopewell Publications, 2011, p. 49-61
• “Six Pixels of Separation,” Grain Magazine Vol. 37.4, Summer 2010,
p. 34-43
• “Broken,” Windsor Review, Vol. 43, No. 2, Fall 2010, p. 13-22
• “Adela Could Not Find Her Way out of the Woods,” The Vocabula
Review, September 2010, Vol. 12, No. 9
• “What I’ve Prayed For,” The New Quarterly Lists Issue, Vol. 114,
Spring 2010, p.84-85
• “Father’s Day,” On The Premises, March 2010 Available at:
http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_10/story_10_h1.html
• “After Katrina,” The Binnacle Sixth Annual Ultra-Short Competition
Special Issue, 2010
• “Now It Can Be Told: The Hardboiled Stress Of Being Santa,”
Joyland.ca, Feb. 14, 2010 Available at:
http://www.joyland.ca/stories/montreal_atlantic/now_it_can_be_told_the_hardb
oiled_stress_of_being_santa_wherein_your_intre
• “Academic Freedom,” The Nashwaak Review, Vol. 22/23, No. 1,
Spring/Summer 2009, p. 6-14
• “Pie,” Gemini Magazine, 2009. Available at:
http://www.gemini-magazine.com/; reissued on cellstories.net, February 24,
2010 and November 1, 2010
• “The Mysteries,” The Dalhousie Review, Spring 2009, Vol. 89, No. 1,
p.63-72
• “Tumbalalaika,” The Antigonish Review, Autumn 2008, Vol. 39, No.
155, p. 39-46
• “Lighter than air,” r.kv.r.y. quarterly literary journal, Vol. iii,
No. 3, Spring 2008. Available at:
http://ninetymeetingsinninetydays.com/Lighter.html
• “Paternity,” Descant, Issue 140, April 2008, p.157-164
• “Sea of tranquility,” Fog City Review, Winter 2008, p.65-74
• “Pour Un Instant,” The Nashwaak Review, Vol. 18/19, No.1, 2007, p.
215-224
• “As Seen On Oprah.” Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine, Vol. 8, 2007,
p. 17-27
• “By the word,” Rio Grande Review, Vol. 20, Spring 2007 (Erotica
edition), p. 98-101
• “Like Jeremy Irons,” carte blanche, 2006. Available at
http://www.carte-blanche.org/issues/03/akerman.html; reprinted in
Cliterature, 2009 (Family issue)
• “Insight,” carte blanche, 2006. Available at
http://www.carte-blanche.org/issues/04/akerman.html; reprinted in
BluePrintReview, Issue 22 (October 2009)
Freelance Writing:
• Support the gun registry or you don’t know jack. The Hill Times,
September 13, 2010, p.17
• A view of The Madonna Painter. Available at
http://talonbooks.com/meta-talon/a-view-of-the-madonna-painter, August 9,
2010
• Sustaining momentum for environmental research; sidebar: The David
O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise takes flight. Concordia University
Magazine, Summer 2010, p. 6-9;
• Canada’s long-gun registry is cost-effective and saves lives. The
Daily Gleaner, May 18, 2010
• Woman's murder exposes need to raise age for gun ownership. The
Toronto Star, April 20, 2010; also published as Of pardons and handguns. The
Sherbrooke Record, April 14, 2010
• Enforcing long-gun registry does reduce crime. The Hill Times, March
29, 2010
• ‘Have you ever seen a bus full of the English blow up?’ Writings of
the FLQ reveal the true murderous nature of the group. Global TV BC website,
The Vancouver Sun (print and website), September 13, 2009; The Montreal
Gazette (print and website), September 12, 2009
• Schools Should Not Adopt the Use of Uniforms. In Bily, Cynthia A.
(Ed.) Students’ Rights. Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints
(pp.18-23). Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press. 2009 (reprint)
• Alarming study questions benefit of antidepressants. The Toronto
Star, March 28, 2008.
• Firearms Advisory Committee, let’s call it the I-love-guns
committee. The Daily Gleaner, May 30, 2007
• Examining the science of size (book reviews). The Montreal Gazette,
April 7, 2007
• Stricter gun laws could have prevented Gill attack. The
Chronicle-Herald, February 27, 2007
• Is Canada's gun lobby an offshoot of the NRA? The Toronto Star,
October 30, 2006
• Meeting Rejection. Broadcast on CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition,
September 29, 2006
• A Dawson mother’s radical solution for gun crime. The National Post,
September 20, 2006
• The solution is simple: No more guns! The Montreal Gazette,
September 19, 2006
• AIDS 2006: Conference co-chair Mark Wainberg dishes the good news,
the ongoing challenges, and explains why “it’s time to deliver.” A&U,
America’s AIDS Magazine, August 2006
• AIDS: “We need to do better.” McGill Reporter, vol.38 no.18, June 1,
2006
• Flu beyond the coop. McGill Reporter, vol.38 no.15, April 13, 2006
• The 3 Rs: Reading, Righting, and Racism. The Jewish Magazine, issue
130, April 2006, pp. 6-7
• Depression drugs may fight cancer. McGill Reporter, vol.38 no.14,
March 30, 2006
• When memory lane takes a wrong turn: Alleviating PTSD. McGill
Reporter, vol.38 no.12, March 2, 2006
• When cartoons aren’t funny. The Jewish Magazine, issue 129, March
2006, p 35
• Special Advertorial Section on Smoking, “Your Health,” for Ministère
de Santé et Services sociaux. Five articles: Get help to quit smoking; What
quitting can mean; The hard facts on smoking; Cigarettes: a costly global
addiction; At the movies: targeting teens and tapping into peer pressure.
The Montreal Gazette, February 1, 2006, pages A14 –A15
• Love Story. John and Michael (film review). Frames Per Second,
January 2006, pp. 22-24
• Montreal film shul. The Jewish Magazine, vol.128, Winter 2006, pp.
6-7
• Math models and ice melts. McGill Reporter, vol.38 no.7, November
24, 2005
• Special Advertorial Section on Sexually Transmitted Infections and
AIDS for Ministère de Santé et Services sociaux. Five articles: From VD to
STBBI; Sobering facts about HIV/AIDS; Has AIDS gone back in the closet?;
Wake up and smell the coffee!; Rogues’ gallery of infections; and website
sidebar. The Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2005, pages A12 –A13
• Special Advertorial Section on Influenza for Ministère de Santé et
Services sociaux. Six articles: Authorities fear avian flu may cause the
nest pandemic; Vaccination provides the best protection; The flu: past and
present; Flu facts and fictions; Respiratory etiquette; More info on the
Web; sidebar on symptoms and complications. The Montreal Gazette, October
26, 2005, pages A16 –A17
• Special Advertorial Section on Medication Safety for Ministère de
Santé et Services sociaux. Four articles: Be informed about your
medications; A memory aid to keep your health care on track; Getting the
most out of your health-care team, FAQs of safe drug use; and sidebars on
websites for more information and The ABCs of OTC drugs. The Montreal
Gazette, September 21, 2005, pages A14 –A15
• Getting real. Concordia University Magazine, vol.28 no.1, June 1,
2005
• Infants in day care are protected from childhood leukemia. National
Review of Medicine, vol.2 no.10, May 30, 2005
• (with Eileen Dent) Bacterial infection, heart attack link shaky.
National Review of Medicine, vol.2 no.10, May 30, 2005
• Anna Woch: Two degrees at once. Concordia’s Thursday Report, vol.29
no.16, May, 19 2005
• Olena Bykova: Passionate traveller is off to English college.
Concordia’s Thursday Report, vol.29 no.16, May, 19 2005
• Virtues of CT screening for cancer may be all smoke and mirrors.
National Review of Medicine, vol.2 no.9, May 15, 2005
• Vaccine combats pneumococcal disease. National Review of Medicine,
vol.2 no.7, April 15, 2005
• IMGs prove their competency when pitted against homegrown grads.
National Review of Medicine, vol.2 no.7, April 15, 2005
• Science and the entrepreneur. McGill Reporter, vol.37 no.4, April
14, 2005
• Hospital charts riddled with error. National Review of Medicine,
vol.2 no.6, March 30, 2005.
• Royal Vale parents’ plea for N.D.G. The Suburban, March 30, 2005
• Creative Arts Therapies Week takes the idea of play seriously.
Concordia’s Thursday Report, vol.29 no.12, March 17, 2005
• Prostate cancer strongly linked to KLF6 gene. National Review of
Medicine, vol.2 no.5, March 15, 2005
• CERMM brings engineering and chemistry together. Concordia’s
Thursday Report, vol.30 no.11, March 3, 2005
• White tops, grey bottoms: What are public schools really hoping to
accomplish with dress codes? Maclean’s Magazine. March 7th, 2005
• Trading tales about teaching abroad. Concordia’s Thursday Report,
vol.29 no.10, February 10, 2005Suicide is not painless. The Montreal
Gazette, February 9, 2005
• EMSB could be gambling with Royal Vale’s future. The Chronicle
February 2, 2005
• Teaching English with books. Concordia’s Thursday Report, vol.29
no.9
• Testing expert deplores ‘teaching to the test.’ Concordia’s Thursday
Report, vol.29 no.8
• Annamma Joy looks at the transformative experience. Concordia’s
Thursday Report, vol.29 no.6
• When people we know kill themselves. National Review of Medicine,
vol.1 no.2, January 30, 2004
• Free radical effects may prove significant in understanding mood
disorders. National Review of Medicine, vol.1 no.2, January 30, 2004
• More die by suicide than by war and murder combined. National Review
of Medicine, vol.1 no.2, January 30, 2004
• School uniforms miss the point: Parents abdicate responsibility. The
Montreal Gazette October 20, 2003
Elaine Amyot
Biography:
Notes
WFNB, AAAPNB, GALERIE 12, CARFAC, GSN Shari Andrews
Biography:
Notes
WFNB
Treason, 1990, Wild East Publications; The Stone Cloak, 1999, Oberon Press; Bones about to Bloom, 2001, Oberon Press; Crucible, 2004, Oberon Press; Walking the Sky, 2005, Oberon Press. Nancy Bauer
Biography:
Notes
WFNB, TWUC, FAA, Gallery Connexion, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Pen Canada, Fredericton Heritage Trust
Flora, Write this Down; Wise-Ears; The Opening Eye; Samara the Wholehearted; The Irrational Doorways of Mr Gerard Shirley Bear
Biography:
Notes
Skiing; Cycling; Swimming; Reading; Traveling.
Membership:
WFNB
Publications:
1983 Nine Micmac Legends: (Re-told by Alden Nowlan), Illustrations: Shirley Bear
1987 Enough is Enough: Toronto Women’s Press
1991 Everywoman’s Almanac, Toronto Women’s Press,
1993 The Colour of Resistance, Sister Vision Press, Vancouver;
1994 Kelusultiek, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax,
2006 virgin bones, McGilligan Books, Toronto
Catalogues:
1989 Kospenay: Essay & Production, Connexion Gallery, Fredericton
Matriart: Toronto
1991 Changers-A Spiritual Renaissance: A National Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Canada Gerard Beirne
Biography:
His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publishers, London, 2003) was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2004 for the best book of Irish fiction and was selected by the Literary Editor of the Daily Express (England) as his Book of the Year “scandalously ignored by the Man Booker judges...”.
His short story "Sightings of Bono" was adapted into a short film featuring Bono (U2) by Parallel Productions, Ireland in 2001 and released on DVD in 2004.Notes
Publications:
Games of Chance - A Gambler's Manual, poetry. Oberon Press, Ottawa, 2011
Turtle, a novel. Oberon Press, Ottawa, November 2009
Sightings of Bono. Paprika short, Scritturapura Editore, Italy, 2005
The Eskimo in the Net, a novel. Marion Boyars Publishing, London, 2003
Jocelyn’s Island, Frontier School Division, Winnipeg, 2002
Digging My Own Grave, poetry. Dedalus Press, Ireland, 1996 Johanna Bertin
Biography:
Johanna graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Social Work and continues to work as a medical social worker in Fredericton. Her academic writing focuses on issues of grief and bereavement, critical incident stress, and the partnership of media and social work.Notes
WFNB, WFNS, PWAC, TWUC, CFU
Publications:
Books:
Don Messer: The Man behind the Music. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2009
Charles Tupper: a Bully for any Great Cause. Toronto: Jackfruit
Press, 2007
Sable Island: Tales of Tragedy and Survival from the
Graveyard of the Atlantic. Canmore: Altitude Publishing, 2006
Holiday Misadventures: Tragedy, Murder, and Mystery, co-authored with Joyce Glasner, Andrew Hind and Maria da Silva, and Richard Mole. Canmore: Altitude Publishing, 2006
Strange Events and More: Canadian Giants, Witches, Wizards and
Other Tales. Canmore: Altitude Publishing, 2005
Strange Events: Incredible Canadian Monsters, Curses, Ghosts and Other Tales. Canmore: Altitude Publishing, 2004
Articles in the Globe and Mail, Saltscapes Magazine, New Brunswick Reader, Acreage Life, Atlantic Books Today, Star and Times, the York County Connection, and the Daily Gleaner Joe Blades
Biography:
Association, he is the current (2010–2011) president of the League of Canadian Poets. His seven poetry books include Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry (Ekstasis Editions) and the forthcoming Casemate Poems (Collected) (Chaudiere Books). In 2010, he gave poetry readings internationally in Romania, Hungary, Serbia, and the 49th Sarajevo Poetry Days in Bosnia. He has had poetry translated into nine languages—Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Latin, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, and Turkish—and he has published internationally.
Joe is available for funded readings, residencies and workshops via artsnb, Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC), Canada Council for the
Arts, League of Canadian Poets, NB’s Writers in Schools Program, The Writers’ Union of Canada, etcetra.Notes
(selected):
BlackTop MotorCycle
Gang writers’ group, Fredericton, NB
Capítulo Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía
Canadian Artist Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens (CAR/FAC)
Canadian Poetry Association
Central European Association of Canadian Studies
The League of Canadian Poets (LCP)
New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative
Spoken Word Arts Network (SWAN)
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS)
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
Publications:
authored (poetry)
Casemate Poems (Collected). Ottawa: Chaudiere Books, (forthcoming)
Prison Songs and Storefront Poetry. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions,
2010
from the book that doesn’t close. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press,
2008
Casemate Poems. Waterloo, ON: Widows & Orphans, 2004
Open Road West (artist edition). Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press
eBooks (PDF), 2001
Open Road West. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press; Broken Jaw Press
eBooks (PDF), 2000
River Suite. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 1998. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw
Press eBooks (PDF), 2000
Cover Makes a Set. London, ON: SpareTime Editions/HMS Press, 1990
authored (in translation)
Iz knjige koja se ne zatvara. Tatjana Bijelić; translator into Serbian,
Art Print, Banja Luka, RS, Bosnia i Herzegovina, (forthcoming 2011)
Rečna svita. In Slike iz kanade: Tri kanadska pesnika (Images of
Canada: Three Canadian Poets) by Frejzer Saterlend, Nensi Berk & Džo
Blejdz. Aleksandar Blagojević and Vesna Lopičić, translators into Serbian. Niš,
Serbia & Montenegro: Studentski kulturni centar Niš, 2005
Pesme iz kazamata. Dubravka Ðjurić, translator into Serbian. Beograd:
i.p. Rad, 2005
books and chapbooks: editor
re:myth: Stories and Poems by the BlackTop MotorCycle Gang. Joe Blades
and Biff Mitchell, editors. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 2010
UGLY: an instant spoken word chapbook anthology. Fredericton, NB: Broken
Jaw Press, 2007
some stuff on canadian spoken word & indie publishing. Montreal,
QC: National Campus and Community Radio Association/l’Association nationale des
radios étudiantes et communautaires, 2004
Great Lakes Logia. Fredericton,
NB: Broken Jaw Press; Broken Jaw Press eBooks (PDF), 2001
Jive Talk: George Fetherling in Interviews & Documents. Fredericton,
NB: Broken Jaw Press; Broken Jaw Press eBooks, 2001
Crossroads Cant. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 1997
In the Dark—Poets & Publishing. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press,
1997
Danger Falling Ice: The League of Canadian Poets Writes of Spring Reading in
Fredericton, 1997. Fredericton, NB: BS Poetry Society, 1997
Burnt Poems Served Hot. Joe Blades and Matt Stranach, editors.
Fredericton, NB: BS Poetry Society, 1995
Shout and Speak Out Loud: Atlantic Canadians on Child Sexual Abuse.
Margaret McLeod and Joe Blades, editors. Fredericton, NB: Wild East, 1992
Ecphore ’87 Poetry Anthology. Joe Blades and Kathy Mac, editors.
Halifax, NS: BS Poetry Society/Broken Jaw Press, 1987 Louise Boulter
Biography:
yoga, Tai Chi, Art/Drawing. Those are my interests, to name a few. I often
wonder how I used to have time to work - I retired from the Federal Government
in 2006. I took a Creative Writing Course at the NBCC Moncton, and that has
revived the love of writing that I had when I was a youngster. I am married and
have a wonderful son.Notes
WFNB, WIN (Writing It Now writing group), many more to come ...
None YET. Ann Brennan
Biography:
Notes
Canadian Irish Studies, History, Environment, Poetry
WFNB, TWUC,Canadian Association of Irish Studies
see 'Biography' Rayanne Brennan
WFNB President
Biography:
Notes
President, WFNB and Vice-President, PWAC, Moncton chapter Noeline Bridge
Biography:
Notes
music, visual arts, architecture, religion, food, gardens, travel. Along with writing and indexing, of course.
WFNB, WFNS, Indexing Society of Canada (ISC), Beaverbrook Gallery, Opimian Society. On executive of ISC for 12 years; WFNB board member for 5 years.
Several articles on indexing names published in indexing journals; several book reviews, and other sundry, small
articles on cookery, food issues, biography, travel, church matters in various outlets.
“Biographical Index.” In Strathern, Gloria M., Alberta Newspapers 1880–1982: An Historical Directory. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1988.
Spaltro, Kathleen and Noeline Bridge. Royals of England: A Guide for Readers, Travelers, and Genealogists. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2005.
Information Today/American Society for Indexing, 2011.
First prize for nonfiction in WFNB literary competitions for “Picnic at the Dead Sea” (1999), “Night Bus to Amsterdam” (2007), “The Pentecostalist Wedding” (2010). Honourable mention for Richards Prize for Black Ice (2010). Rhonda Bulmer
Biography:
of Applied Arts and Technology in Oshawa, Ontario with a diploma in public
relations in 1987.
public relations in Moncton. She also worked in graphic design and related
fields until 1995 when she decided to spend some years at home freelancing while
raising her three children. More recently, study with the Institute for
Children’s Literature helped revive her adolescent dream of making her living
writing for young adults and middle-grade children.
businesses and submits general interest articles and columns while seeking a
publisher for her first young adult novel, “Rachel’s Manifesto.”Notes
She is a member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada, Moncton chapter (http://www.monctonwriters.ca) and WFNB. Jeffrey Bursey
Biography:
Notes
Memberships:
TWUC, PEIWG, WANL and WFNB
Publications:
Verbatim: A Novel (2010), and a variety of print and online journals: see website for details. Sarah Butland
Biography:
Notes
Memberships: Member of WFNB and WiSP
Publications: Books include: Sending You Sammy, Brain Tales – Volume One, Arm Farm
Articles: "The Wolf Not Only Blew the Straw House Down"
Poems: "Wrong Shell"
With many more to come.... Deborah Carr
Biography:
Notes
Deborah’s articles have appeared in the following magazines & newspapers:
Deborah contributed three essays to the book anthology, Super Seniors, published in 2004. She researched/wrote the content, and coordinated the design and layout, for a client's self-published book documenting the growth of the Winegarden Estate, Ltd. family business, entitled: In Vino Veritas: How an old German Tradition Becomes New Brunswick's Windfall. Her first full length book - Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka - was released by Goose Lane Editions in September 2010. Greg Cook
Biography:
Notes
TWUC, LCP, WFNS
Publications:
Nowlan: Essays on His Works. Guernica Editions, 2006. ISBN 1-55071-254-3 /
978-1-55071-254-4.
Click here for more
information.
his class and his art, as well as the myopia of the critical milieu in which his
work is measured." - Guernica
Editions
poems. Black Moss
Press, 2004. ISBN 0-88753-389-2.
like love, is an act of faith. If that is the case, this book transcends the
ordinary and takes us into the extraordinary experience of being alive."
- Black Moss
Press
speaks of love, or nature, or family. Any risk of sentimentality is cut by his
usage of hard particulars." - George Elliot Clarke,
(Halifax) Sunday
Herald, November
2004
painted from a master's brush." - Daphne
Dykeman, New
Brunswick Reader, February
2005
Life. Pottersfield
Press, 2003. ISBN 1-895900-59-X.
and 2004 The Dartmouth Book Award (Non-
Fiction).
has compiled an authoritative life." - Shane
Nielson, The
Fiddlehead, Autumn
2005
Jeanette Lynes, Sunday
Herald, January,
2004
- George Fetherling, Vancouver
Sun, January,
2004
knew and loved." - David Adams
Richards
poems and stories, and free of judgment. We can make up our own minds." - Robert
Bly, Preface, One Heart,
One Way
Click here for more
information Bernard C Cormier
Biography:
short film he co-directed won an award at the FICFA film festival in 2008.Notes
PWAC, New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative
CBC Radio, Comics Buyer's Guide, Going Natural / Au Naturel, Tcj.com (website of The Comics Journal), CBGXtra.com (website of Comics Buyer's Guide), Times & Transcript, Here (aka: [Here]), Broken Pencil, Canadaeast.com, Herenb.com, Boom, CJCJ, CIKX, CKUM, CJSE, "Momentum" (TV), "What Else Is On?" (TV) Brian Cormier
Biography:
columnist and blogger, Brian has worked in a communications career that has
spanned nearly 25 years.
bestseller “Ten Needles” (translation of “Dix aiguilles” by Martin Latulippe), a
book on the life of Sean Collins, a courageous and thoughtful boy who passed
away from cancer in July 2007 at the age of 13. The book became a Canadian
bestseller, sold more than 10,000 copies and raised more than $100,000 to
benefit sick children.
enthusiast. He has appeared as a guest, regular panelist, and guest co-host on
CBC Radio Moncton’s “Information Morning” show. He has also appeared on CBC
Radio’s “As It Happens”, CTV’s “Canada AM” and been interviewed on “CBC News:
New Brunswick” (TV). He writes three regular newspaper columns for the Moncton
Times & Transcript: “Hump Day” (general interest, humour), “Social Media
Matters” (social media) and “Idol Chatter” (entertainment column focusing on
American Idol).
in journalism from the University of King’s College in Halifax. He has worked in
a number of senior communications and public affairs roles for a variety of
organizations in both the private and public sectors. Currently, he is an
independent consultant through his own company — Bricor Communications.Notes
WFNB, PWAC, EAC, CAJ, NSNC
Moncton Times & Transcript, Fredericton Daily Gleaner Dina E Cox
Biography:
sijo. Occasionally I do some freelance work (prose). I am also a musician and
play in a concert band, a brass quintet, and with a musical theatre company.
I retain deep Maritime roots and periodically return to Saint John, my birth
city, for both inspiration and hermitage.Notes
Currently I have memberships in the WFNB, WFNS, League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada and the Haiku Society
of America.
Publications:
My poetry has been published in various literary journals and anthologies including
The Cormorant, The Gaspereau Review, The Antigonish Review, CV2, Modern English
Tanka, RAWNerVZ, and Simply Haiku. Nancy Crossman
Biography:
travel.Notes
CPA (Canadian Poetry Association), WFNB
Publications:
Regular contributing writer for Bread n' Molasses Magazine, Downhome Magazine.