WFNB AGM in Fredericton

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick
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404 Queen Street • PO Box 37, Station A • Fredericton, NB • E3B 4Y2
Telephone / Fax: 459-7228 C Email:wfnb@nb.aibn.com
Website: http://www.umce.ca/wfnb

AGM PROGRAMME - April 7, 8 and 9, 2006 Fredericton, N.B.

Celebrating 21 years

Friday April 7, 2006.
6 – 9 p.m. Sienna Room, BrewBakers, 546 King Street, Fredericton.
Come and have a beer or dinner and then, at 7 p.m., celebrate the work of WFNB members who have published a book in the interval between the 2005 AGM and the 2006 AGM. Authors will be invited to launch their work with a three minute reading. Please fill in the registration form you received by email or in NB Ink if you would like to participate.

Saturday April 8, 2006
All events will be held in the Upstairs Assembly Room, Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carlton Street, Fredericton.

10-12 noon Workshop with Kathy Mac
“Figurative Language in the Poem, Poet, Poetry”
N.B. Coffee will not be available in the morning session.

12-1:30 p.m. Lunch. Information will be available on local eating spots.

1p.m. – 4:30p.m. Stop by the Board Room, main floor Fredericton Public Library, where you can buy books by authors participating in the AGM. This is a free service provided for those registered for the AGM. Attach a sticky note with the price of your book, rounding off to the
nearest dollar. Drop copies to be sold off at the Board Room after 12:30p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2006

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Annual General Meeting, WFNB

2:30-3 p.m. Literacy Presentation

3p.m. – Coffee, tea, water and fresh fruit in the downstairs Board Boom.

3:15 – 5 p.m. Workshop with Beth Powning. “Remembered Places, People, and Times – Using Memory to Create Literary Non-Fiction”

WFNB Awards Banquet:

6:30 p.m. Join ”Honoured Guest” M. Travis Lane at The Palate Restaurant and Café, 462 Queen Street, Fredericton.
Curious about what it takes to win a literary prize? Come and see for yourself while you catch up with old and new friends in the writing world at the awards banquet.

The Palate will greet attendees with a complimentary glass of wine.

Banquet Menu *please specify Salmon, Steak, Chicken or Vegetarian

Soup of the Day
House or Caesar Salad
Choice of Main Course
Oven Baked Atlantic Salmon- Capped with Lemon, Parmesan & Chive Meringue or
Stuffed Chicken Breast – Stuffed w/Goat Cheese, Proscuitto & Sun-dried Tomatoes or
Grilled Spiced Maple Rib-Eye Steak – 9-10 0z steak marinated with a spicy rub and served with a Maple Syrup Reduction or
Vegetarian Offering
Apple Strudel, or Pineapple Carrot Cake
Tea or Coffee

Cost: $40 includes tax and gratuity.

*Door prizes will be offered throughout the weekend.

Sunday April 9, 2006

10 a.m. The Ice House, UNB campus.
Bring your coffee and your writings and share them (the writings, not the coffee) with fellow scribes.

2006 AGM early registration fee members $40/ non-members $50 (before March 15)
2006 AGM late registration fee members $50/ non-members $60(after March 15)
2006 Banquet fee $40 per person