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Fresh Ink: A Flash Publishing Event

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This event invites you to write, share, and publish on the spot. Hosted by Alaina Veronique & From the Fig Tree Press, this drop-in experience turns fleeting ideas into immediate release. Uploaded live to our Instagram and Substack, we welcome all forms of art, from visual to fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Raw, unfiltered, and happening […]

Toastmasters Open House

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An Open House meeting designed to introduce guests to our Toastmasters Club. There will be a longer mid meeting break than usual to allow for informal socializing, and light refreshments will be available.

Middle Grade and Youth Writing workshop with Chad Lucas

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A workshop for people writing for a young audience. Chad Lucas has been a household name even before Thanks A Lot, Universe swept up acclaim and awards. A proud descendant of the historic African Nova Scotian community of Lucasville, Chad Lucas lives with his family near Halifax, Nova Scotia. He enjoys coaching basketball and is […]

dartspeak Open Mic

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We invite writers in all genres to give a five-minute reading before an audience of supportive peers. The first Thursday of the month; check our Instagram or Facebook group to confirm. Sign up for your turn at the mic when you arrive. Accessible space at the East Dartmouth Community Centre. A fun night to test […]

Latte Lit Open Mic

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Join us at Open Book Coffee (3660 Strawberry Hill St.) on the first Friday of every month for a writers’ open mic – a chance to share works in progress with fellow authors in a welcoming setting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and readings start at 7 p.m.

Latte Lit Open Mic

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Join us at Open Book Coffee (3660 Strawberry Hill St.) on the first Friday of every month for a writers’ open mic – a chance to share works in progress with fellow authors in a welcoming setting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and readings start at 7 p.m.

Read By The Sea Literary Festival 2026

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Dream of a sunny day, relaxing in a lawn chair, a cool drink in your hand, listening to Canada’s finest authors reading to YOU! That’s Read by the Sea Summer Literary Festival on the North Shore of Nova Scotia. In 2000, a small group of women from Nova Scotia’s North Shore established Read by the […]

Latte Lit Open Mic

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Join us at Open Book Coffee (3660 Strawberry Hill St.) on the first Friday of every month for a writers’ open mic – a chance to share works in progress with fellow authors in a welcoming setting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and readings start at 7 p.m.

Latte Lit Open Mic

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Join us at Open Book Coffee (3660 Strawberry Hill St.) on the first Friday of every month for a writers’ open mic – a chance to share works in progress with fellow authors in a welcoming setting. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and readings start at 7 p.m.
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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