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Calendars
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Creature Connections
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Michelle Hébert signs A Good Girl's Guide to Lying
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Carol Bruneau launches The Little Way
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Ronald Huebert launches Loving John Donne
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Joanne Merriam in conversation with Julian Mortimer Smith
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Tim Covell reads from Ocean's Lure and Cover Charm
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Christine Hartlin at Mahone Bay Makers Market
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The Architecture of Luck: Fate, Duty, and Private Harry Hillyer
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Booktoberfest 2026 (Halifax)
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Concrete Thoughts: Socialism & Social Changes in the Valley, from Past to Present
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Writing and Illustrating Picture Books with Emma FitzGerald
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Michelle Hébert launches A Good Girl's Guide to Lying
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Leona MacDougall launches Your Light Knows
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Reading Between the Lines: The Material Culture of Hidden History
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All-day
Dartmouth Book Exchange spotlights Corinne Lewandowski's Star Chatter
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Baneberry Book of Horror launch celebration
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Tom Ryan launches Return to Breakneck Island
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Leigh Kotsilidis launches Some of Us May Live (with guests)
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Poetry reading at LaHave River Books
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Writing Workshops: Writing from your life
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Darren Greer launches The Range Rules
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Copper Woman movie screening with Dr. Afua Cooper
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Poetry at the Trident
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Concrete Thoughts: Socialism & Social Changes in the Valley, from Past to Present
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Readings from Cynthia French's Barachois
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Serendipity: A Life in Words
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Self-Publishing Roadmap (Sydney) with Sherry D. Ramsey
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Curating Nonfiction: From Clippings to Collage (virtual) with Rebecca Rose
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All-day
Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program
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Nancy Drew Cozy Mystery Tea
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Lindsey Harrington launches Nobody's Mother
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Kate Inglis launches The Good Salt Girl
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Launch of Cynthia French's Barachois
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Woozles' Birthday Party
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Concrete Thoughts: Socialism & Social Changes in the Valley, from Past to Present
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Nancy Taber Talk & Signing
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James Robertson launches Day by Day
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Common Threads BIPOC Writers Circle
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All-day
Emerging Writers Prizes
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Conversations in Trust Halifax: Canadian Authors Make Sense of Our World
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Countryside Literary Night with Amanda Peters & Cory Lavender
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Make and Take Building Bricks
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Concrete Thoughts: Socialism & Social Changes in the Valley, from Past to Present
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Hauntings & Harvests: An Autumn Author Reading
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Bus Stop Theatre Writers' Circle
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Sandra Phinney launches BUSTED! Confessions of an 80-Year-Old Tree Hugger
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Heidi Tattrie Rushton launches Pet Project
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Writing from Superstition
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Poetry, Place, and the Sea: Sue Goyette Reads from Ocean
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Writing with Tarot: Symbols, Archetypes, and the Creative Journey (virtual) with Tiffany Morris
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Stephen Kimber launches Traitor's Game
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A Study in Horror: Techniques for Writing the Horror Genre
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Crafting Scary Stories