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Literary Events Calendar

This calendar includes WFNS program deadlines, workshops, and events, as well as events organized by WFNS members and by other NS literary & arts orgs, festivals, libraries, indie bookstores, etc.

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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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The Alchemy of the Artist's Book workshop
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Jane Doucet and Janice Landry signing at Open Book Coffee
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Julie Strong book signing
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Holiday Book Event
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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dART speak
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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'Second Degree' with Kayla Hounsell
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Shelley Thompson Book Signing at Open Book Coffee
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Sarah Emsley reads from 'The Austens'
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An Evergreen Christmas with Joyce Baxter
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Writing Game Night at Open Book Coffee
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Locally Authored Book Club Exchange
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Quilt Raffle for Jampolis Cottage
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Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Party
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and others) 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.

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” 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 uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca