Events

‘Ship of Dreams’ Release Day Book Signing Party

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1187 Cole Harbour Road, Dartmouth. More info
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Ship of Dreams by Donna Jones Alward will be released on Tuesday, August 26th, and she will be on hand to sign copies and answer questions starting at 1pm.

From the author of the internationally bestselling novel, WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT comes a breathtaking tale of secrets, betrayal, and the enduring power of friendship.

Aboard the Titanic, where opulence knows no bounds and the horizon seems limitless, two women fight for the futures they dream of, fraught with secrets that could change everything.

Hannah Martin is clinging to the hope that six days on this grand ship will heal the wounds in her marriage to Charles. Beneath her poised exterior lies a desperation to mend what was shattered and conceal a secret that could upend their lives forever.

Louisa Phillips, spirited and uncompromising, is escaping her family’s insistence on a passionless marriage. But this daring step could also sever the deepest bond in her life.

As the ‘unsinkable’ ship strikes the iceberg, amidst the chaos and icy waters, lives are changed forever. In the face of impending doom, what dreams will Hannah and Lou decide are worth saving, and at what cost?

This evocative historical fiction will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, this is a poignant tale of love, choice, and survival against the odds.

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Lisa Alward, Fawn Parker, & Kieran Smyth at Canning Library

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9806 Main St, Canning. More info
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Join Atlantic fiction authors Lisa Alward (Cocktail) and Fawn Parker (Hi, It’s Me) and songwriter Kieran Smyth for a lively evening of story, song, and conversation.

Free admission. Refreshments served.

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Locally Authored Book Club Exchange

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1187 Cole Harbour Road, Dartmouth. More info
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Our next book club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 20th
Our book club is unique. Please read the following:
• Each participant will bring a locally authored or published novel they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.
• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should read it.
• Each book will go into a basket, and at the end of the meeting, if a book sparked your interest, you’ll be able to take it home to read.
• If there is more than one person interested in reading the book, it will be brought back to the next meeting for another person’s turn.
• We may even host an author occasionally, and Dartmouth Book Exchange may even seed the basket once in a while.
• All are welcome to come and listen during the meetings, but only the people who brought a book will be guaranteed to leave with a book.
Our Book Club aims to promote local authors, their books, and the writing of reviews. #supportlocalauthors

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Book Talk with Karin Wells

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5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. More info
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Please join us for a book talk with Karin Wells, author of Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases That Changed Women’s Rights in Canada.

Karin will be joined in conversation with Pauline Dakin, a former CBC journalist and the author of Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood.

Books will be available for purchase from King’s Co-Op Bookstore.

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Jane Austen in the Public Gardens: A 250th Birthday Celebration

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Spring Garden Rd & South Park St, Halifax. More info
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Please join the Friends of the Halifax Public Gardens and members of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Nova Scotia Region for an afternoon of readings from Jane Austen’s work, including passages from Pride and Prejudice and other novels.

Readers include Janet Brush, Charlene Carr, Sheree Fitch, Darcy Johns, Sheila Johnson Kindred, Hugh Kindred, Stephens Gerard Malone, Jan Parker-Gidman, Anne Thompson, Carole Thompson, and the Rev’d Canon Dr. Paul Friesen, Rector of St. Paul’s Church. MC: Sarah Emsley. Adria Jackson, harpist, will provide music from Austen’s time.

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Romance Reimagined: A Bookstore Romance Day Event

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1187 Cole Harbour Road, Dartmouth. More info
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Join local romance authors Cathryn Fox and Nicole Northwood for ‘Romance Reimagined’, a Bookstore Romance Day event at Dartmouth Book Exchange.

Cathryn and Nicole will delve into what it means to craft female characters who break rules and challenge perceptions, while exploring

  • the evolving portrayal of female protagonists in romance fiction;
  • society’s double standards around women reading and writing romance; and
  • why taboo love stories and bold heroines resonate more than ever.

Whether you’re a lifelong fan of love stories or just discovering the genre, come for the conversation and ‘reimagine romance’ at Dartmouth Book Exchange on August 17 from 3-5pm.

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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