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Lunenburg Literary Festival

Date/Time:
November 6, 2025 - November 8, 2025
Link:
https://www.lunenburglitfestival.ca/
Calendar:
Community event

The 10th anniversary of the little festival by the sea that packs a big punch, showcasing Canadian literature at its finest. Tickets available at the link above.

2025 Schedule

Thu. Nov. 6, 1:00 PM
Bluenose Academy
Children’s Event
Theresa Meuse

Thu. Nov. 6, 7:00 PM
Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
Poetry in Motion
Afua Cooper, Andre Fenton

Fri. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM
Big Boat Shed
Across the Water
Katherine Knight, James MacDuff & Mirriam Mweemba

Fri. Nov. 7, 7:00 PM
St. John’s Parish Hall
Story of Our Lives
Wayne Johnston, Helen Knott. Moderated by Jeff Mercer

Sat. Nov. 8, 2:00 PM
Lunenburg School of the Arts
Home Town Tales
N.L. Blandford, Jan Fancy Hull, Bryn Pottie

Sat. Nov. 8, 7:00PM
St. John’s Parish Hall
Captain Canada Meets Joe Canada
Charlie Angus, Jeff Douglas

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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