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Jane Austen’s 250th with Sarah Emsley

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The Naval Museum of Halifax/Admiralty House, 2729 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS
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Please join us on December 16th to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday at Admiralty House (now the Naval Museum of Halifax), where Jane’s brother Francis and other members of the Austen family lived when they were in Halifax in the 1840s.

Come join us for a delightful evening at the Naval Museum of Halifax as we transport you back in time to the world of Jane Austen. Immerse yourself in the elegance and charm of the Regency era as we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, and the great new book The Austens written by author Sarah Emsley. Enjoy a live classical harp performance by harpist and vocalist Adria Jackson, interspersed with thematically selected readings from Emsley’s new book. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

For ticket information please visit the EventBrite link above.

***Tickets are free, but they are currently sold out; however, there is a waitlist! Please contact the Museum (navalmuseumofhalifax@forces.gc.ca).***

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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