About the author
Welcome to Mundlebooks. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick. The author became a WFNB award-winning poet of the Alfred G. Bailey Award for best poetry manuscript in 2014. In 1978 the author won the Edwin Flaherty Prize for Creative Writing at STU. He has been published in numerous literary journals in Canada and the United States. Some of his poetry has appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Nashwaak Review, The Gaspereau Review, The Amethyst Review, The River Review (U. of Maine), Southern Poetry Review (U. of North Carolina) CV2, Other Voices, The Cormorant, The STU Reader, Tower Poetry, On Spec, Undertow, Serendipity, NB Reader, Cede, The Restigouche River Review, among others. Frederick writes Christian poetry, secular verse, spiritual essays, short stories, spiritual one-liners in a book entitled LIFE LINES and delightful children's stories designed to kindle curiosity and imagination. Mundle wrote a newspaper column for 10 years called Catch the LIght and co-hosted a radio program with his wife Sarah for ten years as well (CHRQ, Listuguj, PQ). At this moment in time, he has some 20 books in toto to his credit.
Frederick and Sarah founded Victory Lighthouse, a church in Dalhousie, NB, out of which they ministered for some 15 years.
A lifelong passion for verse and prose
My journey with words began at age fourteen with a simple lyric. Over the years, that initial spark grew into a dedicated writing interest, with poetry and prose published in prominent literary journals including The Antigonish Review, The Nashwaak Review, CV2, Southern Poetry Review (SPR: North Carolina), The River Review (University of |Maine), The Amethyst Review, Cormorant, and The Gaspereau Review. With over twenty books currently on the shelf—including the spiritual series Catch the Light (5 books), a series of children's storybooks to colour under the pseudonym of babalabean, and the Christian essay collection The Way of Light. Two most recent pulications in 2026 are: The One-Star Hotel and The Restigouche River Review (an antholgy of NB Poets. There are still many more awaiting completion. Stay tuned.
Inspiring faith and creative expression
Whether exploring spiritual themes that point toward the God of the universe or capturing quiet moments through an apartment window in secular verse, my hope is to expand your horizons. I have always shared with students that if you can enjoy and understand what you are reading, you too can create something meaningful. Never close the door on your own creative chapter.
"If you like what you are reading or if you can understand what you are reading, you will be able to do likewise. It is always better to explore the possibility of composing verse than to close the door on that chapter."
Mundlebooks, Moncton, New Brunswick