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Literary Trivia (Halifax)

Are you that person who only ever gets the book related questions on Jeopardy! or the literary history questions in Trivial Pursuit? Are you just waiting to put your obsessive reading habits or excessive English degrees to the test?

Well good news! We’re bringing back our special night of trivia for all you book nerds out there! Prizes (and other affirmations) will be awarded!

Hard drinks will be available for purchase by cash or card, meaning this event is for ages 19+. Participants are welcome to bring food.

Participant cap: 8 teams (of up to four individuals each)

Location: Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia (1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax), a wheelchair-accessible venue with a wheelchair-accessible, all-gender bathroom. Please enter via the WFNS office door. (Wayfinding map)

Date: Friday, June 19 (6:00pm – 8:00pm)

Registration: PWYC (suggested: $20 per team of up to four individuals). Please register only once per team.

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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