UPDATED: Winter & Spring Workshop Preview
Our winter/spring season is packed with creative writing workshops, all of which are now open for registration. Click a workshop title
November 26, 2020
Classic t-shirt withWFNS logo ($15) Poetry in Motion
Postcard Set ($10)
January 15
Postcard Story Contest winners
Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural Postcard Story Contest! 1st: “The woman sitting beside me” by donalee Moulton donalee
November 25, 2020
Celebrating the 2020 graduates of the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program
In 2020, with pandemic conditions prohibiting the annual Celebration of Emerging Writers, we’re celebrating the graduates of the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship
November 3, 2020
Virtual Poetry in Motion Celebration
We’re proud to present our virtual Poetry in Motion Celebration for 2020 — on the theme “journeys” — featuring video readings
November 3, 2020
Indigenous Writers – A Reading List
On October 28, 2020, Andrea Currie, Billy Lewis, Theresa Meuse, Shannon Webb-Campbell, and moderator Raymond Sewell shared their top picks
October 28, 2020
Author spotlight: Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham moved to Nova Scotia in 2008 and fell in love with the integral history woven into every aspect
September 25, 2020
Writers' Council Profiles
Upcoming Workshops
The Two Voices of Memoir (with Donna Morrissey)
Jan 18 – Feb 8, 6:30 – 9pm >> Each of us has a story
Making Fact Read like Fiction (with Dean Jobb)
Jan 20 – Feb 10, 7 – 9pm >> Sorry: this creative writing workshop is
First Words: Fiction (with Sherry D. Ramsey, Julian Mortimer Smith, and Sarah Mian)
Jan 21 – Mar 18, 7 – 9pm >> As a welcoming space for beginner
The Inner Critics’ Circle: How to Overcome Writers’ Block and Find Your Flow (with Virginia Konchan)
Jan 27 – Feb 10, 7 – 9pm >> “Blank pages inspire me with terror,”
Creative Writing for Newcomers (with Anne C. Kelly)
Feb 6 – 27, 9:30 – 11:30am >> Are you a newcomer to Canada with
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