Member event

Stranger Tables ~ a celebration of how books bring people together. Tickets are limited, capped at 25 seats. Everyone who attends goes home with a special gift and will have the opportunity to enjoy an individual box of charcuterie provided by local business, Halifax Charcuterie. My intention is to host a literacy inspired event, promote books and reading, promote myself as a writer/author, but most of all provide a safe, low-stimuli, less crowded environment for people to meet one another, that’s what it’s all about 🙂

Get your tickets today via email: thehappycamperwriter@gmail.com

We will be celebrating the launch of the second book in the Deep Mysteries series, Deep Freeze by Anne Louise O’Connell.

Susan Morris is relishing the artificial cold of Ski Dubai, an indoor ski hill in the middle of the desert, with fellow ex-pat Pat Thornton when she sees the chairlift carrying Pat’s husband detach from its cable and plummet to the ground. After an attempt is made on Barry Thornton’s life while he’s in hospital, Susan begins to suspect the chairlift crash was no accident. Then the Thorntons’ home on the Palm Jumeirah is broken into and their Sri Lankan maid goes missing. Feeling the tell-tale prickling at the back of her neck, Susan is certain all these incidents are connected, but how? In this second book in the Deep Mysteries series, the innate drive to help others puts ex-nurse Susan Morris in precarious positions. Her very life is threatened as she pokes her nose into places it doesn’t belong.

An author, developmental book editor and partner publisher, Anne Louise O’Connell can be found working on her latest novel, mentoring other authors, publishing books or leading writing workshops. Anne’s first book, @Home in Dubai – Getting Connected Online and on the Ground, was traditionally published in the UK by Summertime Publishing (2011) and re-released by Springtime Books. Her first novel, Mental Pause, launched on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2013, won an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY). Her next novel, Deep Deceit, launched March 8, 2015, and is the first in a planned series of Deep Mysteries. Deep Freeze is scheduled for release March 2025. While living as an expat in Thailand, she was a regular contributor to the Wall St. Journal Expat Blog and Global Living Magazine. Upon her return to Canada in 2016, after 23 years of expat life, she established OC Publishing in Halifax, NS.

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia office is a wheelchair-accessible venue with a wheelchair-accessible, non-gendered washroom. For assistance finding the WFNS office door, see our map of the area.

R. F. Cook will be at Cole Harbour Library on March 1 2025 (2 pm – 3:30 pm), reading from his epic fantasy duology, Eadaili & The Wanderer (Book I – Elf Child; Book II – Diverging Destinies). There will also be a question and answer session, and books will be available for purchase (cash or email money transfer).

Join members of an Annapolis Valley writing group, Author’s Ink, to hear readings. Featuring Catherine Banks, George K. Ilsley, Garry Leeson, Bob Bent, Daniel Lillford, Janice Friend, and special guests.

Free will offering to benefit food bank. Coffee and tea will be available.

Mark your calendars and come on out to North Brewing for the second annual BLK JOY event, created and organized by the wonderfully talented Leah A. Finlay and hosted by North Brewing.

This year’s event will be fundraising for the Boys and Girls Club of Preston’s “Fruits of Our Labour” program! Leah has organized baskets full of amazing prizes to raffle off, the Boys and Girls Club of Preston will be conducting a 50/50 fundraiser and North Brewing will be donating 25% of all proceeds from the taproom and releasing Cherrybrook Wheat with $0.50 from every can being donated. Change is Brewing will also be present at the event serving their non-alcoholic beverage creation that the Boys and Girls Club of Preston developed with them.

It’s going to be a great day of entertainment and community bonding to raise funds for an excellent cause while celebrating Black excellence in the arts.

Last year, the event raised $1660 for the Pearleen Oliver Education Fund of the Black Cultural Center of Nova Scotia we are hoping to break that record this year, with your support!

The BLK Joy event is intended to bring together Black artists who practice all art forms and stand on all levels in terms of professional designation, recognition, etc. It will be a space for people to share and bask in the joy of Black excellence in art, such as poetry, spoken word, passage reading, storytelling, song, dance, musical instrument performance, comedy, etc. This will be an open mic event for individuals of all cultural backgrounds, communities, racial and gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and abilities. The BLK Joy event is intended to create an inclusive space for all, but in celebration of Black artists throughout our region. This celebration is meant to be shared with all!

There will be many talented participating artists, including @charlenecarrauthor, @mkate_f, @pheeny_foxx, @risentalent, @russelabrooks22, and @ogooluwa_91 .