Frye Academy

Frye Academy is back for a third edition! We're celebrating Frye's 100th birthday (and the Festival's 13th season!) with a a list of four great Canadian writers vying for the coveted Frye Academy prize.

The four finalists for the Frye Academy prize 2011 edition are: 178 Secondes by Katia Cancini, Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady, Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibbs, and Cinq Secondes by Jacques Savoie. Two public debates will be held at the Café Aberdeen in the Aberdeen Cultural Centre on Botsford Street in Moncton. The first will be on December 7 at 6:30 pm, and the second (and the final) on February 29 2012 at 6:30 pm.Click here to see this year's reading guide.

What is Frye Academy? Bilingual high school students in School Districts 1,2, and 11 are chosen as members of the jury for this young reader's prize. Four books - two in English and two in French - are read and debated publicly to choose an overall winner. The books are given to students at absolutely no cost and are their's to keep! The author is then invited to the Festival to receive his/her prize as part of a special evening event with the jury members and open to the public!

Registration is complete for the 2011-2012 Frye Academy Jury. For more information, send an email to info@frye.ca.