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Friday, May 1
Literary Lunch: Foe
Junior and Hen are a quiet married couple. They live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with surprising news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm...very far away. The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Hen won’t have a chance to miss him at all, because she won’t be left alone—not even for a moment. Hen will have company. Familiar company.
Foe examines the nature of domestic relationships, self-determination, and what it means to be (or not to be) a person. An eerily entrancing page-turner, it churns with unease and suspense from the first words to its shocking finale.
Vallium (1994-1996) : Renaissance numérique d’une revue culte monctonienne
Pensées terre à terre : réflexions de la relève en recherche et en création sur le territoire
FRYE Jam
Discover literature at its most thrilling and engaging: readings by our guest authors, accompanied by musical improvisations from Umläb and captivating projections by Carole Deveau.
Saturday, May 2
Epistola : Table ronde
Épistola (Épître en français). Le terme épître est un mot archaïque, issu du latin epistola, du grec επιστολη (epistolē), qui désigne une lettre (au sens de correspondance).
L’auteur·e envoie une enveloppe par la poste à l’artiste. Celle-ci peut contenir un mot, un poème, une phrase, une photo, un objet, etc. L’artiste répond également par la poste avec une image, un objet, une lettre: la correspondance dure environ deux mois. Les correspondances servent de point de départ pour la création de l’exposition.
Le résultat du projet sera en montre à la galerie de l’Atelier d’estampe Imago au premier étage du Centre culturel Aberdeen pendant le Festival Frye à partir du 24 avril 2026.
Aucune inscription requise — arrivez tôt pour réserver votre place !
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
This event will begin with a Flash FRYE reading by Natalie Rice (Nightjar, Gaspereau Press), followed by an in-conversation with Maria Reva (Endling, Knopf) and Souvankham Thammavongsa (Pick a Colour, Knopf). Join us as our guests discuss clichés, ambition, paths not taken, and entertaining loneliness.
AX Literary Series: Future Howl
Join us on Saturday, May 2 at 3 PM in the AX Gallery (12 Maple Ave, Sussex, NB) for a special afternoon with writer Sue Goyette. Moderated by Vanessa Moeller, this event will feature readings from Goyette's latest collection Future Howl (2025).
No registration required—arrive early to secure your spot!
Beyond the Book
Join us as four writers share what we don’t always see on the page. From a day in the life of troubled residents, hope amidst capitalism and climate change denial, and the failures of medical paternalism, these are some of the many themes that inform these four astounding works.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
We’re bringing our own version of this ‘90’s TV classic to FRYE. Join our Midnight Society (at 8pm) for an evening of surreal and hypnotic readings. This is a sinister experience you won’t want to miss.
Sunday, May 3
Rêver au pire
Cet événement débutera avec une lecture Flash FRYE de Sébastien Chauzu (Antisèches, Prise de parole), suivie d’une discussion entre Alexie Morin (Scénarios catastrophes, Le Quartanier) et Alex Viens (Combustion libre, Cheval d’août). Venez écouter nos invité·es parler d'obsessions, du quotidien, du sacrifice et de l'anticipation du désastre.
At What Cost
This event will begin with a Flash FRYE reading by Spencer Folkins (Resting Directly on the Earth, Emergency Flash Mob Press), followed by an in-conversation with Chris Bailey (Forecast: Pretty Bleak, M&S) and Kate Cayley (Property, Coach House). Join our guests as they discuss class, privilege, labour, and the events that leave us forever changed.
La Belle-mère / The Stepmother
In the aftermath of a crisis within her blended family, a stepmother weighs up her choices, past, present, and future. Fragment by fragment, she pieces together her story, with the honesty of a woman with everything to lose and everything to gain. Using words as a mirror, she tries to see herself as she is, not in the eyes of the society around her, but in the eyes of those who love her and who she loves.
La belle-mère / The Stepmother offers a complete re-reading of the stepmother archetype, a subject of the collective Western imagination for centuries. The challenges, duties, responsibilities, stakes, and freedoms of the role are weighed and analyzed without complacency, in this dynamic suite of narrative poems. The show will be performed in French, with English subtitles, by the co-authors themselves, Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum.