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Jane Baskwill

BIOGRAPHY
Jane Baskwill is an author, educator, and poet living in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. She writes middle grade novels in verse and picture books that celebrate the power of story, imagination, and place. When not writing, she enjoys exploring local history and folklore—the sparks that often find their way into her books. You can learn more at www.janebaskwill.com

 

PUBLICATIONS

Jane has authored many professional books and articles for teachers in addition to an award-winning video series. She has also authored a book of poetry for children and three picture books: Somewhere, Touch the Earth, and If Peace Is… (Mondo Publishing, New York).

Her latest novel, Spyglass Secrets, (InSync Books), the second Lori Daniels mystery, is a verse novel set in a community on the Bay of Fundy shore. The novel weaves together local folklore with mystery, treasure, and ghost sightings.

She is a former teacher, principal and teacher educator at Mount Saint Vincent University.

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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