Meet the Faces Behind NFOTA: Jessica Outram

Who you are? I am a writer and teacher. People also know me as the Poet Laureate of Cobourg and a principal with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. I’m so glad I made the decision to move to Cobourg 10 years ago. Connecting with the arts community and walking along Lake Ontario regularly…

Announcing the Paperback Release of Our Pandemic Times

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…

Poetry Reading to Launch Our Pandemic Times

Please join us for a poetry reading on Facebook Live, Thursday, July 15, at 7 PM, as we launch the anthology, Our Pandemic Times. Cobourg’s Poet Laureate, Jessica Outram, will MC the event, hosted by Publisher, Blue Denim Press. This book began as a blog for a group of Northumberland writers in Ontario; a place…