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David Hood

BIOGRAPHY

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

Hood, David. “Some Fiscal Realities of School Reform in Victorian Halifax” Nova Scotia Historical Review Vol. 16, No.1, 1996, pp.61-80.

Hood, David. “Loved Not Wisely: The History of Homeless Men in Halifax” Oral History Forum Vol. 21-22, 2001-2002, pp. 7-47.

Hood, David. Down But Not Out: Community and the Upper Streets in Halifax, 1890-1914. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2010.

Hood, David. Rev. of Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio. Daniel R. Kerr. Urban History Review Fall 2013, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p55.

Hood, David. What Kills Good Men. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2015.

Hood, David. (in press) A New Look for Chea Rahcana. The New Quarterly, Fall 2023.

AWARDS

Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program, Nova Scotia Writers Federation, 2013

Khayyam Zev Paltiel Doctoral Dissertation Prize – 2010

Thomas Betz Memorial Award – 2004 & 2005

Stan Mealing Bursary – 2004

Teaching Assistantship, Carleton University – 2003 to 2008

Departmental Scholarship, Saint Mary’s University – 1995

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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