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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus
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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.
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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.
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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 [email protected].
Submissions due 30 January 2026.
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
UNB welcomes our Winter 2026 Writer-In-Residence, Colleen Coco Collins! To make an appointment, email Coco: [email protected]
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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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
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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.
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ENGL3688 is open for registration!
Canadian Literature 1900-1970
Winter 2026
Tuesdays 9:30am to 12:20pm
Instructor Dr. Tavleen Purewal
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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!
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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.
August 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Open for registration!
ENGL 2605: Introduction to Wabanaki Literature
FALL 2025 | Thursdays 2:30-5:20pm
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Jodoin
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are pleased to announce that Yogesh Tak's MA defence will be held on Wednesday, August 27th @ 10:30 am. Atlantic time.
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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!
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM