“It thrilled me to realize you could write about where you lived.” Ann Brennan

Imagine a room filled with New Brunswick’s literary masters – teenage Sheree Fitch and David

Adams Richards sitting alongside Alden Nowlan. Nancy Bauer takes us back to that reality in her

living room, hosting Maritime Writers’ Workshops in the 1970s and paving the way for the

creation of the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick in 1985. She’s joined by Ann Brennan and

Allan Cooper, who both played a role in the WFNB’s founding and early days. The trio reflect on

the creation and legacy of the WFNB with host Jenna Morton.

“A sense of community began to grow … [the Federation] was the perfect vehicle to do what I

believed in so strongly -- that we need our stories, our local stories, to be told.”

Credits:

Host: Jenna Morton

Guest(s): Nancy Bauer, Ann Brennan, Allan Cooper

Technical Production: Tosh Taylor

WordCraft is a project of the non-profit Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick, which

acknowledges that the land on which we live, work, and gather is the traditional unceded

territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq Peoples.