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Decomposing TERF: Turning Old H***y P****r Books into Oyster Mushrooms

Date:
Time:
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Venue:
Open Book Coffee
Location:
3660 Strawberry Hill Street, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decomposing-terf-turn-your-old-hy-pr-into-oyster-mushrooms-tickets-1671512030479?aff=oddtdtcreator
Calendar:
Community event

This workshop blends grief processing, queer ecology, and mushroom magic in a space rooted in inclusion, community care, and joyful resistance.

Facilitated by Freddie Mae Allen (he/they) and Lucius Harmony (they/them), this is a space for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members/allies, lifelong learners, and anyone ready to decompose harmful narratives and grow something beautiful.

Please bring your own unwanted books – preferably written by authors who you once loved who you have learned have caused harm – to use as a basis to cultivate oyster mushrooms.
A limited number of books will be provide to those who do not have their own. All other supplies will be provided.

Admission will be PWYC (pay-what-you-can) – with a suggested sliding scale price between $10-$20.

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If you would like to attend the workshop at no cost or a lesser price – please contact Freddie at freddiemae.and.friends@outlook.com

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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 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