Frye Festival
PO Box 26023
Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 1G6
Phone: (506) 859-4389
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Frye Festival 2011, Moncton, New Brunswick - April 25 to May 1st
Canadian icon Margaret Atwood headlines Moncton's 2011 Northrop Frye Festival!
The Frye Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick promotes the pleasure and discovery of reading in French and English. The bi-lingual festival brings together authors, storytellers, poets and playwrights from around the world with audiences each year in April.
Throughout the Greater Moncton region, Frye Festival audiences hear authors and writers at debates, readings, workshops, book clubs, special events and dialogues in schools, theatres, and other Frye venues.
Stay informed and register for the Frye Festival Newsletter!
At a glance, the following categories give you the eclectic events that come together every April to make up the Frye Festival:
Special Events at the Frye Festival
Including the YMCA Literacy Luncheon, The Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye Lecture and The Soirée Frye which givest a taste of the Festival with great literature, music, awards and a chance to meet authors at the reception.
Festival Authors Reading:
Christine Eddie / Annabel Lyon
Sit comfortably and embark on a wonderful journey as authors read excerpts from their works.
Kids and Youth Events at the Frye Festival:
Guy Marchamps / Cary Fagan
Including Cafe Underground, Budding Writers, Kidsfest and Author visits to schools.
Pop et Frye Precedes the Frye Festival
This pre-Festival series features representatives from area universities offering free lectures on a variety of fun and innovative pop culture subjects. The talks target a wide audience of young and old alike.
Dialogues at the Frye Festival:
Guy Gavriel Kay / Christiane Duchesne
A relaxed and intimate opportunity to get to know the person behind the book! These one-on-one conversations are lively exchanges about writing experiences and literary adventures of all sorts.
Frye Symposiums: Roundtable and Lecture:
Noah Richler / Craig Stephenson
Time to exercise your brain! Frye experts explore and debate some of Northrop Frye's ideas. Learn a bit more about Moncton's most famous son!
Writing Workshops:
France Cayouette / Robert Moore
Hone your craft or learn something completely new.
Late Night Events at the Frye Festival:
Georgette LeBlanc / Christian Bok / Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer / Ron Leger
Night Howl is a spoken word and musical event with guest authors, followed by an open mike session. Frye Jam's musical hosts, Les Paiens present great writers accompanied by great music.
Book Clubs and Community Read
With Steven Galloway and Martin Winckler / Daniel Poliquin
Frye Festival Roundtables:
Andre Lemelin / Nino Ricci
Each author reflects on the subject of the roundtable, and then the discussion begins! These events are led by experienced moderators able to ask the right questions, allowing for an engaging debate, sure to feed your imagination! After the roundtable, the floor is open for your questions and opinions.
Brunch & Books - Beth Powning / Maryse Rouy
Beer & Books - Fred Stenson / Gracia Couturier
Informative reviews of Frye Festivals from earlier years:
Frye Festival by Joanna Manning
Frye Festival Wrap Up by Brent Mazerolle, Times & Transcript, Canada East
Frye Festival by Ashley Bursey, [here] Canada East
Interested to know just who are the past Frye Festival Authors since the very beginning - Wiki has the list.
Every one of the Frye Festival events is an amazing experience with the opportunity
to meet authors, listen to them present their work and be surrounded by
those who love the written word. Choose your authors, choose the
venues and join as many as you can because, just like the books you
enjoy, the memory stays with you.
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