The Fiddlehead

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The Fiddlehead
Categoriesliterary magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
FounderAlfred Bailey
First issueFebruary 1945; 81 years ago (1945-02)
CompanyUniversity of New Brunswick
CountryCanada
Based inFredericton
LanguageEnglish
Websitethefiddlehead.ca
ISSN0015-0630

The Fiddlehead is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick. It is the oldest Canadian literary magazine which is still in circulation.[1]

History and profile

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The Fiddlehead was established in 1945[2][3] by Alfred Bailey as an in-house publication for the Bliss Carman Poetry Society. The first issue was published in February 1945.[1] It was adapted as a general literary magazine in 1952. Other prominent contributors in the magazine's early years included Elizabeth Brewster, Fred Cogswell and Desmond Pacey.

The Fiddlehead's current editor is Sue Sinclair; contributing editors include Ross Leckie, Bill Gaston, Gerard Beirne, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Don McKay and Jan Zwicky. The magazine is published quarterly.[3]

The magazine celebrated its 70th anniversary with the Winter 2015 issue.[1]

See also

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References

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