Catherine Bush in Moncton this Weekend

The first of the WFNB writing workshops is coming up this weekend in Moncton. You don't have to be a member of the Writers' Federation in order to attend, everyone is welcome.

Here's some of the official word on that from the Fall issue of NB Ink:

"Join UNB Writer in Residence, Catherine Bush, in Moncton at the Attic Owl Bookstore, 115 Queen Street, on Saturday November 5th, for the workshop “Fiction in Motion” beginning at 6 PM followed by a reading at 8PM.

Of the workshop Bush says, “Movement is one of the most essential elements of narrative. This workshop will explore how we create forward momentum in our fiction - at the level of the sentence, the scene and in longer structures, both story and novel. (Essential to the idea of movement is the idea of change.) We’ll look briefly at some examples of published work and also discuss the issue of movement in participants’ own work. We may do an exercise or two.”

Catherine Bush is the author of two critically acclaimed and internationally published novels. The Rules of Engagement (2000) was a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year as chosen by the Globe and Mail and the L.A. Times and was short-listed for the City of Toronto Book Award. Minus Time (1993) was short-listed for the 1994 SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the City of Toronto Book Award.

Bush has a degree in Comparative Literature from Yale University. She has taught creative writing at Concordia University, the University of Florida, and elsewhere. Her non-fiction has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times Magazine and the Globe and Mail."

The workshop costs $25 for WFNB members, $30 for non-members, and the reading is free. Everyone is welcome. You can mail your registration fee to WFNB PO Box 37, Station A, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y2. And there's still lots of time to get in on this event if you're interested.