Frye Academy
A book club for students in grade 9 to 12
Registrations are open for the 2023-2024 season!
Fill out the form or reach out to Noel Bourque at info@frye.ca.
What to expect
You receive two free books (one in English, one in French) and read them;
You discuss the books with fellow members during club meetings;
You prepare a discussion and Q&A with both authors;
You meet the two authors at the Frye Festival in April 2024!
Club Moderator
Nathalie Goguen received a Bachelors in Education from Université de Moncton in 2015. She has worked with the Frye Festival team as Assistant Director, Youth Program Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator and KidsFest Coordinator. Since 2015, she has been the moderator of Frye Academy, a program that brings together Anglophone and Francophone students to discuss books. She currently works as a Project Officer coordinating the Student for a Day Program at the Université de Moncton. She loves to read, eat ice cream, and pet her cat Jack-O-Lantern.
Participation guide:
1. Fill out the form (linked below);
2. Confirm your commitment to read the books and your availability to attend the club meetings;
3. Read the books and participate in the club meetings;
4. Meet the authors at the Frye Festival in April 2024!
Registration deadline : November 1, 2023
Books to read for Frye Academy's 15th season:
Après avoir perdu son bébé en cours de grossesse, Dolores se réfugie à Moreau, le village de son enfance. Dans le bungalow d’à côté, madame Labelle se remet d’une fracture en buvant du thé au milieu de son salon Tiki. En face, Olivia, huit ans, tourne en rond pendant que son père travaille. Entre deux parties de cartes, une vieille série policière et l’étrange apparition d’un oiseau à l’aile cassée, elles prendront soin les unes des autres. Et la forêt, tout autour de ce village où il n’y a aucun chat et presque plus d’habitants, prendra soin d’elles.
Comme un conte pour enfants qui auraient grandi trop vite, Après Céleste explore les sentiers du deuil, de l’amitié, de la mémoire et, surtout, de la guérison.
Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house.
With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised by a move to the country. Her great aunt Aggie’s crumbling, pest-ridden house isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but the immediate connection she makes with her new neighbor Cole seems like a good sign. Soon, though, Asha’s optimism is shadowed by strange and disturbing occurrences within the old house’s walls: footsteps stalking the halls; a persistent chill; cold hands around her neck in the middle of the night...