UNB Reading Series Presents Joan Clark

The University of New Brunswick's 2015 Reading Series invites you to a reading by Joan Clark on Friday, October 30th, 8pm, at Marshall d’Avray Hall in the Dugald Blue Auditorium in Fredericton. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

Clark’s most recent work is The Birthday Lunch, a novel set in Sussex, New Brunswick. She is also the author of the novels Latitudes of Melt, The Victory of Geraldine Gull, and Eiriksdottir, as well as two short story collections and several award-winning novels for young adults. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, she has lived in various places across Canada. Together with Edna Alford, she began the literary magazine Dandelion.

Farewell Reading for UNB Writer-in-Residence Joan Clark

The University of New Brunswick would like to invite you to Joan Clark's farewell reading as writer-in-residence. The reading will take place on Wednesday, April 10 at 8pm in the Alumni Memorial Lounge, University of New Brunswick.

Ross Leckie, editor of The Fiddlehead, will also be reading.

Joan Clark is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of two short story collections, four novels, six novels for younger readers, and three picture books. She lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

Fiddlehead Radio: A Discussion with Joan Clark



UNB graduate student Kyle Connelly with Joan Clark,
UNB Writer-in-Residence for 2012-13

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with acclaimed Canadian author and current University of New Brunswick writer-in-residence Joan Clark. Our discussion moved from her early career in Alberta up to her novel-in-progress (which is set in Sussex, NB) and the state of Canadian publishing.

Joan Clark is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of two short story collections, four novels, six novels for younger readers, and three picture books. She lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

- Kyle Connelly
Editorial Assistant

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