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YA! Meet The Authors

Date:
Time:
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Venue:
MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning
Location:
50 Queen Street, Dartmouth. More info
Link:
https://atlanticbookawards.ca/june-3-ya-meet-the-authors-at-the-macphee-centre-for-creative-learning/
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Community event

YA! Meet The Authors at The MacPhee Centre For Creative

Learning Hosted by Nova Scotian Youth Ambassador Jorja Walker

Tuesday, June 3rd, 4 pm to 6 pm

Come hear the shortlisted authors of the Ann Connor Brimer Award! Each nominated author will be reading snippets from their novels, there will be time to ask questions, and even some breakout activities to get your writing juices flowing! There will be snacks!! Register in advance to save a spot!

Participating writers:
– Chad Lucas, You Owe Me One, Universe, Harry N. Abrams
– Rebecca Phillips, The End of Always, Second Story Press
– Hannah D. State, Journey to the Dark Galaxy, Glowing Light Press
– Gloria Ann Wesley, Shovels not Rifles, Formac Publishing Company

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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