''The Fiddlehead'' is a Canadian

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

, published four times annually at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...

. It is the oldest Canadian literary magazine which is still in circulation.

History and profile

''The Fiddlehead'' was established in 1945 by Alfred Bailey as an in-house publication for the Bliss Carman Poetry Society. The first issue was published in February 1945. It was adapted as a general literary magazine in 1952. Other prominent contributors in the magazine's early years included

Elizabeth Brewster Elizabeth Winifred Brewster, (26 August 1922 – 26 December 2012) was a Canadian poet, author, and academic. Biography Born in the logging village of Chipman, New Brunswick, Brewster was the youngest of Frederick John and Ethel May (Day) ...

Fred Cogswell Fred Cogswell CM (November 8, 1917 – June 20, 2004) was a Canadian poet. Life and career Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick he served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. A teacher at the age of sixteen, Cogswell gai ...

and

Desmond Pacey William Cyril Desmond Pacey, (May 1, 1917 – July 4, 1975), was a pioneer of Canadian literary criticism. He was also a notable author of verse and short fiction and a long-time university administrator. He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal by ...

. ''The Fiddleheads current editor is Ross Leckie; contributing editors include Bill Gaston,

Gerard Beirne Gerard Beirne is an List of Irish writers, Irish author and literary editor. He is a fiction editor for ''The Fiddlehead'' and curates the online magazine ''The Irish Literary Times''. In 2008, Beirne served as Writer in Residence at the Unive ...

Janice Kulyk Keefer Janice Kulyk Keefer (born 2 June 1952) is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants. Biography She was born as Janice Kulyk on 2 June ...

Don McKay Don McKay may refer to: * Don McKay (poet) (born 1942), Canadian poet, editor, and educator * Don McKay (actor) (1925–2018), American actor, dancer and singer * Don McKay (rugby union) (born 1937), New Zealand rugby union player * Sir Don McKay (p ...

and

Jan Zwicky Janine Louise Zwicky (born 10 May 1955) is a Canadian philosopher, poet, essayist, and musician. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022. Life and career Zwicky received her BA from the University of Calgary and earned her PhD at the U ...

. The magazine is published quarterly. The magazine celebrated its 70th anniversary with the Winter 2015 issue.

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History and profile

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