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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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SPEAK UP! Rally for Arts, Heritage, & Culture (Annapolis Royal, Antigonish, Halifax, Liverpool, Shelburne, Sydney, Truro, Wolfville, & Yarmouth)
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dartspeak Open Mic
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Donna Jones Alward signs "Ship of Dreams"
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Jennifer Britton Signing at Open Book Coffee
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Author Talk with Kate Quinn, Janie Chang & Donna Jones Alward
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[Rally] Shoulder to Shoulder to Shoulder: New Budget Now
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Atlantic News Author Series
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Barbara Lounder's "Corona Walker: Diadem" opening reception
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Shannon Fay hosts Writing Game Night
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2027 Paradise Retreat Info Session
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Author reading: Heather Birrell with Nanci Lee and Jaime Forsythe
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Corinne Hoebers book signing
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Local Author Literary Event & Sale
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Gina N. Brown launches Pickled in Love
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Sarah Emsley Talk & Signing at Open Book Coffee
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Terra Nova Scotia micro-anthology
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Raddall Reading: David Huebert in Conversation with Alexander MacLeod
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Author Panel: Motherhood & Otherhood
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Corinne Hoebers & Yvette MacDonald book signing
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Atlantic & Nova Scotia Book Awards Shortlist Announcement
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Making the Everyday Magical / Making the Magical Everyday (virtual) with Julian Mortimer Smith
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dartspeak Open Mic
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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, writing for 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.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

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