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Open Heart Forgery poetry open mic

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Join community poetry journal Open Heart Forgery at Halifax Central Library in the RBC Room (3rd floor) for an afternoon of poetry! You’re invited to bring your own poetry to share (max. 5 minutes at the mic per person), or simply come to listen and enjoy. Face masks are welcome but not required, and you […]

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.

Connect to Elizabeth Bishop’s World through Drawing & Listening

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Elizabeth Bishop, world-renowned poet and writer, traveled extensively and lived in many places. Yet she never forgot or lost her connections to Great Village, where she spent part of her childhood. The people and world she knew there remained in her memory no matter where she went, and inspired and shaped her work throughout her […]

Stories from the Stars: A Sci-Fi Book Fair

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Presented by Hal-Con Join us in purchasing sci-fi books, talking about sci-fi books, and meeting local authors! This is an all-ages event and out-of-this-world costumes are encouraged! Entry is free! We will yet again be selling raffle tickets for themed prizes. Get an extra ticket if you are wearing a sci-fi themed costume! Vendor applications […]

Creature Connections

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Join the Evergreen Writers Group in supporting the Nova Scotia SPCA. To our knowledge, this is the first time such an event will take place. We are using our words to help the animal shelter raise much-needed funds because the SPCA Shelter receives no government funding. Therefore, we hope to attract as many animal and […]

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.

Cabot Trail Writers Festival

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Our weekend festival unfolds over three days in St. Ann’s and surrounding communities, a rural region of Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia. Over its 18 years, the Cabot Trail Writers Festival has hosted such literary luminaries as Jane Urquhart, Jesse Thistle, Shelagh Rogers, Omar El Akkad, David Chariandy, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Eleanor Wachtel, Desmond Cole, Kate […]

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