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Joe Britto

BIOGRAPHY
Joe Britto was born in the UK and now lives in Nova Scotia where he works as a writing and mindset coach.

Joe writes upmarket fiction about the complexity of the human condition, and explores themes such as self-deception, discrimination, and the beauty and tenderness that come from being human.

He has two books published: one novel: Worth, A Story of Love and Self-Esteem (New World Publishing, 2000); and one non-fiction business book, The Six Attributes of a Leadership Mindset (Crown House Publishing, 2019). He has also published articles on mindset for various magazines including Training Industry and HR Gazette.

Joe holds a BA in English with a minor in creative writing, and an MA in modern and contemporary literature. He has won the Jane Law Shaw Scholarship for demonstrated ability in the arts, and placed second in the Hisa-Marshall Literary Prize from St Mary’s University, Halifax.

He has presented work for the ILA and CIPD in the UK and given readings at Chapters/Indigo in Canada. A member of the Nova Scotia Writers’ Council, Joe is currently serving on the Board of the Afterwords Literary Festival. He is the founding member Writer’s Together and teaches creative writing for the Halifax Library.

Joe’s is currently shopping his newest novel, and is working on his second upmarket book club novel.

PUBLICATIONS

Novel: Worth, A Story of Love and Self-Esteem (New World Publishing, 2000)

Non-fiction business book, The Six Attributes of a Leadership Mindset (Crown House Publishing, 2019).

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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