NFOTA is delighted to announce the paperback release of the anthology, Our Pandemic Times, edited by Felicity Sidnell Reid and Kim Aubrey, and published by Blue Denim Press. Along with stories and poems written during the pandemic, the book contains many striking colour photographs and illustrations. On July 15, we held a poetry reading on…
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Winning by Georgeina Knapp
In 2017 I joined a writing group at our church, and at one of our meetings our leader announced a writing competition by the Northumberland Festival of the Arts. I was encouraged to enter and set about writing my short story. Editing proved to be worrying when I found that every sentence contained an abundance…
Writers’ Panel to Launch Our Pandemic Times
Panel discussion on Facebook Live for launch of Our Pandemic Times
Northumberland Art Lovers: Ronald Mackay
“I captured what might have been going on in the mind of a Polish officer as he kissed my mother’s hand. I think I captured what might have been my mother’s sacrifice.”–Ronald Mackay.
Is Writing Memoir Worth It?
Local memoir writer shares how writing her life story affected her.
The Art of Gardening by Cynthia Reyes
I enjoyed my high school art classes well enough. Then one day my teacher looked over my shoulder at the drawing I was creating and asked: “Cynthia, don’t you think you are a bit too old to be drawing stick figures?” Everyone laughed. I was mortified. I loved drawing stick figures, loved them so much…