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Author Talk: Weather Lore & War with Cindy Day & Elizabeth Murphy

Date:
Time:
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Venue:
Halifax Central Library
Location:
5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/688131c116b091280039717a
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Community event

Join meteorologist and author Cindy Day (Grandma Says) and novelist Elizabeth Murphy (The Weather Diviner) for a lively conversation about weather lore and the North Atlantic Weather War (1939-45).

Cindy will talk about the old myths behind weather sayings and how they hold up against modern meteorology. Together, they’ll discuss how traditional weather lore connects to the war’s secret weather stations, encrypted forecasts, and planning of operations such as D-Day. They will also highlight the barriers women faced entering this field, through Violet’s fictional journey in The Weather Diviner and Cindy’s own experience building a career in meteorology.

The authors will do short readings and there will be time for questions and discussion.

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  • 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).
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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.

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