Congratulations to all the BA, MA, and PhD recipients who graduated with degrees in English yesterday in UNB’s 197th Encaenia ceremony! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!

We’re excited to celebrate our spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us for readings from Melanie Power, Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez! ⭐Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link. ⭐ The event is free and open to all, with ASL interpretation.

Westminster Bookmark's annual poetry event, Local Lines, returns to Gallery 78 (796 Queen St.) on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7 pm!

UNB's Department of English presents a colloquium featuring Dr. Carolyn MacDonald! His ‘Mine of Precious Stones’: Luxury and the Elegiac Mistress, from Ancient Rome to Early Modern England Friday, April17 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Tilley 28 All are welcome to attend!

The graduate students of UNB's Department of English present a poetry reading: Signs, Portents, Omens. April 9th, 5:30 PM Lamsoq Polam Room (first floor Harriet Irving Library) This event is free and open to the public

Undergraduate and graduate UNB students are invited to apply for our creative writing prizes! Deadline to apply: Monday, April 13.

Upcycling Tutorial! Learn to repurpose old clothes. All skill levels are welcome, and old thrifted clothes will be provided! March 31 3 - 4:30 PM Fabrication Lab (HIL 310)

Please join UNB’s English & French Departments for a unique literary event April 1st! Free and open to the public. Snacks provided. 😊 Don’t miss this bilingual event on April 1st / Ne ratez pas cet événement bilingue du 1er avril 🗓️April 1st / 1er Avril ⏰10h30 📍Singer Hall 156

The UNB Reading Series presents Jessica Bebenek, interdisciplinary poet and author of No One Knows Us There! Please join us on Thursday April 23, 6-7 PM, at the Fredericton Public Library (River Reading room) for a reading and conversation. Jessica will be joined by UNB MA student Miriam Richer.

When a train derails outside of the normally peaceful town, the community is forced to deal with a tragic disaster. As television hosts, serial killers and other "outsiders" descend on the town, a brutal police state is established under the guise of protecting its citizens from further suffering.

UNB's Department of English presents a colloquium featuring Dr. Carolyn MacDonald! His ‘Mine of Precious Stones’: Luxury and the Elegiac Mistress, from Ancient Rome to Early Modern England Friday, April17 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Tilley 28 All are welcome to attend!

Undergraduate and graduate UNB students are invited to apply for our creative writing prizes! Deadline to apply: Monday, April 13.

Registration for ENGL 3984: Horror Literature, is open! Summer 2026 May 4 - June 27 TTH 4 PM - 6:20 PM Instructor: Dr. Mike Thorn

Interested in studying English at UNB? Current UNB students are invited to stop by our open house for more information and to speak to a faculty member! Wednesday, February 25 10 am - 3 pm Carleton Hall, room 247

The UNB Reading Series presents celebrated poet and UNB alumni Christine Wu! Please join us on Feb 19th at 7pm at the Westminster Bookmark for a reading and conversation. Christine Wu will be joined by UNB Creative Writing PhD student Michelle Hoeckel-Neal.

Theatre UNB Presents Girl in the Goldfish Bowl by Morris Panych, February 4-7. Performances will take place Wednesday, February 4 through Saturday, February 7 at 7:30 nightly at Memorial Hall, UNB. Tickets ($15 regular, $12 senior/underemployed and $10 for students) are available at the door.

Call for Papers: “As for the matter of governments”: Margaret Cavendish and the Political 17–19 June 2026, UNB Fredericton Please send a 250-word proposal for an academic paper or creative response and a brief biographical note to marcavconference2026@unb.ca. Submissions due 30 January 2026.

UNB welcomes our Winter 2026 Writer-In-Residence, Colleen Coco Collins! To make an appointment, email Coco: colleencococollins@gmail.com

It's time to celebrate the release of The Fiddlehead’s Winter issue! Join us Sat, Feb 7, 2–3 PM (AT), in person at the Fredericton Public Library or online via Zoom for readings by Ariadne Asho (our 2025 Fiction Contest winner!), John McNeil, and José Teodoro. @johnmcneil.bsky.social

UNB's Department of English presents a public reading by Colleen Coco Collins, UNB Writer-in-Residence for Winter 2026! WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, January 7th WHERE: The Beaverbrook Room, Harriet Irving Library, (4th floor) This event is free to attend and open to the public.

UNB's Department of English is pleased to present the 2025 Fall colloquium, Radical Reimaginings: New Medias, Old Genres, featuring McKenna Boeckner and Dr. Mike Thorn Date: Friday, November 28, 2025 Time: 2:30-4:00PM Place: Tilley 5

ENGL3688 is open for registration! Canadian Literature 1900-1970 Winter 2026 Tuesdays 9:30am to 12:20pm Instructor Dr. Tavleen Purewal

Join editors Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik for a book launch! Shelter in Test UNB Grad House (upstairs) 676 Windsor St, Fredericton Thursday, October 16, 3 - 5 PM Light refreshments provided. All are welcome

UNB Reading Series Presents: Anuja Varghese, Author of Chrysalis and winner of the 2023 Governor General’s Award for Fiction, with an opening reading by Alessandra Naccarato OCT 2nd 2025 7:30 PM @ UNB Art Centre - Memorial Hall (9 Bailey Dr.) (An accessible venue) FREE OF CHARGE AND ALL ARE WELCOME!

Want to graduate with transferable career skills? Interested in working in the publishing industry? Want real-life experience and build your resume? Check out UNB’s Certificate in Publishing! There is still space available in our introductory course, PUB 2103, this Fall.

Open for registration! ENGL 2605: Introduction to Wabanaki Literature FALL 2025 | Thursdays 2:30-5:20pm Instructor: Dr. Lisa Jodoin

We are pleased to announce that Yogesh Tak's MA defence will be held on Wednesday, August 27th @ 10:30 am. Atlantic time.

Want to graduate with transferable career skills? Interested in working in the publishing industry? Want real-life experience and build your resume? Check out UNB’s Certificate in Publishing!

Fredericton Youtuber Shana Boudreau is working on making some of the pre-1800 recipes in the Early Modern Maritime Recipes Database (a project by Edith Snook (UNB), Lyn Bennett (Dal), their team of research assistants, and UNB Libraries). These are the oldest recipes she’s tried so far!

Plumb Cake #1 (1780-1800)

YouTube video by Shana Boudreau

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