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Poetry, Place, and the Sea: Sue Goyette Reads from Ocean

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Location:
Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Steele Ocean Sciences Building, 6375 Edzell Castle Cir, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
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https://bit.ly/dal-reads-poetry
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Writer & author appearances

Join us under the whale skeleton to hear select poems from Ocean read by author Sue Goyette!

Dalhousie Libraries will host the launch of the 2026-2027 Dal Reads program, featuring acclaimed poet and creative writing instructor Sue Goyette.

This year’s Dal Reads selection, Ocean, is an award-winning poetry collection that explores our relationship with the sea through imagination, storytelling, and reflection. During this special event, Goyette will read from the collection, exploring themes of place, creativity, and our connection to the Atlantic.

Set beneath the iconic whale skeleton at the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity, the event will also feature perspectives from across the Dalhousie community, highlighting the intersections of literature, ocean science, and our sense of place.

Whether you’re a longtime poetry reader or simply curious about this year’s Dal Reads selection, all are welcome.

Dal Reads is Dalhousie’s community reading program, bringing students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members together through a shared reading experience.

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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