Before officially joining the Frye Festival in 2019, Noel Bourque worked as a bookseller for over a decade. In addition to overseeing Programming and Operations for Frye, he is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Literary Festivals (CALF), as well as a board member at large for the Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS). A fervent reader and booklover, he often moderates literary events and can be found curating your next reading list at Bardo Books.

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