The 'Catch-Up' Reading Series with Bruce Hughes and Angel T. Dionne
Schedule
Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm
UTC-03:00Location
88 York St, Fredericton, NB E3B 3N5, Canada | Fredericton, NB
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Westminster Bookmark’s monthly reading series is back for May! This month features readings from Edmundston author and poet Angel T. Dionne (Bird Ornaments) and local musician and memoirist Bruce Hughes (A Stroke of Luck: Music, Medicine, and a Miraculous Recovery). Hosted by acclaimed novelist and Fredericton's Poet Laureate, Fawn Parker, this free event takes place here at the shop (88 York St.) on Sunday, May 31st, 3 pm.
"In Bird Ornaments, we see the world in different, dazzling parts, which don't add up into something we can immediately grasp ... 'The alphabet sings to her' and, unafraid, she sings right back."
- John Yau, winner of the American Book Award and author of Corpse and Mirror
"If anyone can make a stroke feel like ‘ luck’, [Hughes] manages to make you do it and simultaneously make you grin and laugh out loud .. He writes a good reminder of how delicate life is and how and how much those we love and care about, matter."
- Charlotte Mann (online review)
BRUCE HUGHES is a former educator and youth worker with a passion for music. He plays rhythm guitar with the 70s-style rock band, The UnHeard, and is also a songwriter and singer. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Psychology from the University of New Brunswick.
In May 2017, Bruce suffered a series of rare strokes that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After a miraculous recovery, Bruce now serves as the Patient Experience Advisor of Therapeutic Services at Horizon Health, where he shares his experience and provides encouragement to stroke patients and their families. He also volunteers on various committees providing perspective on patient care. Bruce currently resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with his wife, Monica, and their lifesaving dog, Willow.
ANGEL T. DIONNE is an associate professor of English literature at the University of Moncton Edmundston campus. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Pretoria and is the founding editor of Vroom Lit Magazine. Her writing and art have been featured in several experimental publications.
She is the author of a full-length collection of short fiction, Sardines (ClarionLit, 2023) and two chapbooks: Mormyridae (LJMcD Communications, 2024) and Inanimate Objects (Bottlecap Press, 2022). She is also the co-editor of Rape Culture 101: Programming Change (Demeter Press, 2020).
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