Introducing Dea Toivonen, Outreach & Social Coordinator
Please join the staff and Board of Directors of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia in welcoming Dea Toivonen (they/them)
Please join the staff and Board of Directors of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia in welcoming Dea Toivonen (they/them)
Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the Indigenous Voices Award- and
Peter Counter is a nonfiction author and cultural critic living in Dartmouth. He is the author of Be Scared of
Elliott Gish is a writer of speculative fiction and librarian living and working in Halifax. Her stories can be found
Anna Quon is the current Poet Laureate of Halifax Regional Municipality. She is a Mad and mixed-race poet and novelist,
Sue Goyette is a poet and educator living in Kjipuktuk. She is the author of nine collections of poetry and
Winter/spring 2025 workshops will open for registration on December 1.
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia is based in Kjipuktuk, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties do not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognize Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and establish the rules for an ongoing relationship between nations.
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The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) recommends that participants in any given workshop have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the following definitions used by WFNS.
Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing for children and young adults) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.
For “intensive” and “masterclass” creative writing workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.
For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.
If you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca