Carol Moreira

BIOGRAPHY
Journalist, novelist, editor, poet

Carol is a prize-winning journalist and the author of multi-genre books. She has published four young adult novels, three adult novels, and has a soon-to-be-released fantasy for adults.  She is a contributor to the non-fiction immigration anthology Coming Here, Being Here (Guernica Editions).

Inside Information, Carol’s most recent novel for older teens, was published by Hippie Hill Press in August 2023. Riptides, a novel for younger teens, was published by Moose House Publications in 2021. Membrane, her YA fantasy, was first published by Fierce Ink Press in July, 2013 and has recently been re-issued by Hippie Hill Press. Her YA novel, Charged, was published by James Lorimer in 2008.

Carol is also the author of three adult novels: Too Good, published by Hippie Hill in 2023, Culture Shock, published by Hippie Hill in 2024 and The Pet-Sit, published by Hippie Hill in 2025. Her adult fantasy, Terminal Indicators, will be published by Hippie Hill in 2026. She is one of more than 20 writers to participate in a group novel-writing adventure called Less Than Innocent published by Moose House in 2022.

UK-born Carol has also worked as a magazine and newspaper reporter and editor in Canada, England and Asia. She is a former editor of Celtic Life International magazine and is currently a partner in the Atlantic Canadian business news site www.entrevestor.com.

Carol has an English degree from London University and also studied Mandarin Chinese in Taipei, Shanghai and London’s Ealing School of Languages.

PUBLICATIONS

Inside Information: Inside Information eBook : Moreira, Carol : Amazon.ca: Books

Riptides: Riptides: Moreira, Carol, Wetmore, Rebekah, Wetmore, Andrew: 9781990187209: Books – Amazon.ca

Membrane: Membrane eBook : Moreira, Carol: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Charged: Charged: Moreira, Carol: 9781552770061: Books – Amazon.ca

Too Good: Too Good: Moreira, Carol: 9781738082223: Books – Amazon.ca

Culture Shock: Culture Shock: Moreira, Carol: 9781738082261: Books – Amazon.ca

The Pet-Sit: The Pet-Sit: A Compelling Mystery of Revenge, Redemption, and Closure: Moreira, Carol: 9781069210715: Books – Amazon.ca

 

AWARDS

Atlantic Journalism Awards, Best Magazine Article 2011

Atlantic Journalism Awards, Best Magazine Article (shared) 2009

WFNS contest for unpublished manuscripts: honourable mention, writing for children, 2009

WFNS contest for unpublished manuscripts: finalist in the poetry category, 2015

Nova Writes contest for unpublished manuscripts: finalist in the adult novel category, 2016


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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