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Events

Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash

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Venue:
Halifax Central Library
Location:
5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://annickmacaskill.com/opaat-press/
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Community event

Save the date! The Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash will take place at the Central Branch of the Halifax Library (in Paul O’Regan Hall) Saturday, November 22, from 2-4 pm. 2 hours, 20+ poets from across Atlantic Canada, event free and open to all. Supported by the League of Canadian Poets, The Writers’ Union of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, and Halifax Public Libraries.

Including poets Lisa McCabe, Anna Quon, Clare Goulet, Alice Burdick, Nolan Natasha, Jaime Forsythe, Margo Wheaton, Nanci Lee, Tiffany Morris, Matt Robinson, Allison LaSorda, Johanna Gibson, Ben Gallagher, Anna Swanson, Cory Lavender, Andreae Callanan, Ambrose Albert, Jimmy T Cahill, Sappho, and Alison Smith.

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Open Book Club chats Five Seasons of Charlie Francis

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Venue:
Open Book Coffee
Location:
3660 Strawberry Hill Street, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://instagram.com/openbookcoffee
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Community event

Grab a drink and join a lively discussion about our November book club pick, Danica Roache’s Five Seasons of Charlie Francis.

Just bring yourself, your copy of Five Seasons of Charlie Francis, and your thoughts!

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Sarah Emsley signs “The Austens”

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Link:
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-austens-a-novel/9781990770876.html
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Member event

Come and chat with Sarah Emsley about her debut novel, The Austens, and Jane Austen’s connections with Nova Scotia.

The Austens brings to life the story of Jane Austen’s friendship with her sister-in-law Fanny Austen, who lived for a while in Nova Scotia with her naval captain husband during the years when Jane was writing Pride and Prejudice and other novels that would eventually make her famous.

Jane chooses art and the freedom to write fiction instead of marrying for money and thereby selling her body and soul, while Fanny chooses to marry for love. Their disagreements about work and family threaten their friendship in a world that is hostile to art and love, and even the idea of a woman making a choice.

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Readings in the Parlour: ‘Mrs. Walford’ by Brenda Tyedmers

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Venue:
George Wright House
Location:
989 Young Avenue, Halifax. More info
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Member event

Hosted by Louise Renault, with readings by author Brenda Tyedmers and Louise. Books will be available for sale and signing. 25% of the author’s royalty from books sold at this event will be donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada.

Please enter by the side ramp entrance.

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Danica Roache signs Five Seasons of Charlie Francis

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Venue:
Open Book Coffee
Location:
3660 Strawberry Hill Street, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://instagram.com/openbookcoffee
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Member event

Come join our Sunday Signing series and have a coffee with Danica Roache, the author of our November Book Club pick.

While you’re here, grab a personally autographed copy of Danica Roache’s book, Five Seasons of Charlie Francis.

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A Storytellers’ Circle

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Venue:
Halifax Central Library
Location:
5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://ocpublishing.ca/upcoming-events
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Community event

BMO Community Room (2nd floor)

What’s the first question an author is frequently asked? When did you start writing and why?

Join us for an afternoon of storytelling with OC Publishing authors joined by indie author friends who will share their origin stories. Authors include Anne Louise O’Connell, Jill MacLean, Corinne Hoebers, Mark Gilbert, Ailsa Keppie, John Grant, Marcia Barss, Francene Gillis, Francene Cosman, Barbara Ann Miller, Pat d’Entrement, Angela Jeffreys, and Carolyn Nicholson.

There will be opportunity for to ask your own questions, and of course, there will be books for sale.

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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