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Linda Turner

BIOGRAPHY
Bio: Thirty-year career as social worker and educator at St. Thomas, University of New England (NSW Aus), Algoma and Dalhousie Universities. PhD dissertation at Memorial University focused on Creativity. Co-author of one book, four book chapters and several academic articles.

PUBLICATIONS

”Still” In Always with me: Parents talk about the death of a child.“ Edited by Donna Sharkey. Demeter Press.

Engaging and Changing” (Co-authored with Myfanwy Maple). In Community and Human Services: Concepts for Practice Eds. K. Crinall and L. Berends. Oxford University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780190302917

“Progressive Field Education: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Advocacy.” (Co-authored with Sandra deVink-Leblanc and Brian Carty). In Shifting Sites of Practice Pearson Canada 2012. ISBN: 0137013418

“Our Bilingual Heritage: The Context of Official Languages Policy” In Canadian Social Welfare, Eds .J. C. Turner and F.J. Turner. 2009. Pearson Education Canada.

Turner, L. (2015) “Social Work Student Views on Palliative Care Learning Resources” with Hunter, S.V., Kuyini, A.B., Agustine, S. Australian Social Work.

Turner, L. (2013). “Encouraging professional growth among social work students through literature assignments: Narrative Literature’s capacity to inspire professional growth and empathy”, British Journal of Social Work.

Turner, L. (2006). “Renewing our genuineness in the classroom: Ways to become vulnerable again”. Atlantic Universities Teaching Showcase 2005.

Turner, L. (2005) “Linguistic Respect as a Social Justice Issue”. Social Justice in Context, 1(1), 61-75).

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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