Events held by other NS literary & arts organizations, festivals, indie bookstores, and other groups
Grab a drink and join a lively discussion about our September book club pick, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.
No registration in advance–just bring yourself, your copy of Anne of Green Gables, and your thoughts!
Open Book Club chats ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Read More »
Join us Saturday, September 20th, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm for a drop-in activity session with Nova Scotian author Bex Tobin Fine. Stop by and celebrate her new book, Floor It!, with a colouring activity and musical accompaniment!
Bex Tobin Fine at Woozles Read More »
Join us for a book fair at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market! This outdoor pop-up event will take place during the bustling Saturday Market. There will be local authors, bookstores, publishers, and a Book Lovers Raffle Prize. Get to meet local authors while stocking up on your Fall book lists!
Participants include Amanda Peters, Anne Smith-Nochasak, Shelley Thompson, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, Open Secrets Bookstore, Cape Split Press, Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, Braden Press, Fernwood Publishing, and more!
Book Fair at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market Read More »
Our next book club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17th.
Our book club is unique. Please read the following:
Our Book Club aims to promote local authors, their books, and the writing of reviews. #supportlocalauthors
Locally Authored Book Club Exchange Read More »
Join us for the Halifax launch of If Two Are Dead, the latest book by bestselling author Rick Mofina.
Rick Mofina is a former journalist and bestselling author of more than thirty crime fiction thrillers that have been published in nearly thirty countries. He is a two-time winner of The Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence; a Barry Award winner; a four-time Thriller Award finalist and a two-time Shamus Award finalist. Library Journal calls him “One of the best thriller writers in the business.”
Rick will be in conversation with author B.R. Myers (The Third Wife of Faraday House, A Dreadful Splendour). A Q&A will follow, and books will be available for purchase.
Rick Mofina launches ‘If Two Are Dead’ Read More »
Join meteorologist and author Cindy Day (Grandma Says) and novelist Elizabeth Murphy (The Weather Diviner) for a lively conversation about weather lore and the North Atlantic Weather War (1939-45).
Cindy will talk about the old myths behind weather sayings and how they hold up against modern meteorology. Together, they’ll discuss how traditional weather lore connects to the war’s secret weather stations, encrypted forecasts, and planning of operations such as D-Day. They will also highlight the barriers women faced entering this field, through Violet’s fictional journey in The Weather Diviner and Cindy’s own experience building a career in meteorology.
The authors will do short readings and there will be time for questions and discussion.
Author Talk: Weather Lore & War with Cindy Day & Elizabeth Murphy Read More »
Come share your works in progress with fellow writers in a safe and welcoming space on the first Friday of every month.
Feel free to come by for a drink and to just listen to other writer’s works, too.
Each reader is allotted up to 7-10 minutes of reading time, depending on turnout.
Latte Lit Open Mic at Open Book Coffee Read More »
Having trouble writing poetry? Stuck in the middle of a stanza? Not sure where to even start?
Ben Ladouceur, author of I Remember Lights and Mad Long Emotion, runs this intensive poetry workshop guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing and your mind open to the possibilities of poetry!
Getting Unstuck: Ideas to Make Poetry Less Hard, with Ben Ladouceur Read More »
Grab a drink and join a lively discussion about our August book club pick, Jamie Burnet’s milktooth.
No registration in advance–just bring yourself, your copy of milktooth, and your thoughts!
Open Book Club chats ‘milktooth’ Read More »
Come join our Sunday Signing series and have a coffee with Jaime Burnet.
While you’re here, grab a personally autographed copy of Jaime Burnet’s recently published book, milktooth.
Jaime Burnet signs ‘milktooth’ Read More »
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:
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 information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage.
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 you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca
