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Children's book illustrator, immigrant grateful Bathurst library welcomed his family
Artist Hatem Aly moved from the Middle East to northern New Brunswick and says the local library has been a huge support in his new home.
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'Trailblazer' Antonine Maillet's Pélagie keeps Bathurst book club absorbed
Antonine Maillet, the New Brunswick novelist and playwright who died in February, "is the great literary matriarch of Acadian literature," says Thomas Hodd, a professor of Atlantic Canadian literature at Université de Moncton.
A guide to some of the N.B. artists taking the Area 506 stage
Organizers have stacked the musical lineup for the Area 506 festival's 10th anniversary edition, taking place on the Saint John waterfront over the New Brunswick Day weekend, Aug. 1 to Aug. 3.
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Saint Andrews-born author creates magical world inspired by Stonehammer Geopark
Horror novella Agony's Lodestone tells the story of a woman who stumbles into a haunted forest, where time and space are unstable, as she searches for a sister missing for decades.
Saint John Arts Centre hosts exhibition to celebrate painter's 90th birthday
Peggy Smith, an 89-year-old Saint John artist, talks about her passion for music and why she paints.
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Fredericton author's collection of short stories 'complex' and 'poetic'
Books and Backroads stopped in Port Elgin to discuss 'Knife Party at the Hotel Europa' with the local book club.
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Miramichi author celebrates farm life in rural New Brunswick
Readers in six small communities in rural parts of the province took part in book clubs led by CBC and New Brunswick Public Libraries, reading an array of novels from all genres — and all with a connection to New Brunswick.
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Read along — and visit 6 rural communities — with Books and Backroads 2025
CBC New Brunswick's Books and Backroads series is back, and readers across the province are invited to come along as we travel to rural communities.
More pets, fewer vets: N.B. struggles to keep up with animal care demand
New Brunswick is short of veterinarians, just as pets adopted in great numbers during the pandemic grow older and need more care — and the only Atlantic Canadian school training vets is at its enrolment limit.
'Leading and dividing New Brunswick': New book explores Blaine Higgs's legacy
Blaine Higgs "broke an all-time record" for low levels of support in New Brunswick's francophone ridings in the 2020 and 2024 elections, says Gabriel Arsenault, a Université de Moncton political science professor.