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Philip Moscovitch

BIOGRAPHY

Philip Moscovitch is an award-winning freelance journalist, editor, and audio producer. He began his career as an alt-weekly books columnist in Montreal, then worked at the National Film Board of Canada before moving to Nova Scotia to write full-time.

A versatile freelancer, Philip writes non-fiction, fiction and poetry, works as an editor and French-English translator, and produces and hosts a French-language podcast. For 14 years, he was also the writer of the “Daisy Dreamer” children’s comic, appearing in Chickadee magazine.

Philip has a B.A. in creative writing and an M.A. in the history and philosophy of religion from Concordia University, and an M.F.A. in creative non-fiction from the University of King’s College.

He is a believer in writer solidarity, mutual support, and sharing expertise for the benefit of all.

PUBLICATIONS

Sole contributor:

Adventures in Bubbles and Brine (Formac, 2019)

Anthologies:

Romy Lives (Eds. A. B. Patterson and Vern Smith, Publicious Pty Ltd, 2024): short story

Jacked: An anthology of crime fiction (Ed. Vern Smith, Run Amok Crime, 2022): short story

2020 (Ed. Judith Bauer, Black Dog & One-Eyed Press, 2021): poems

Gathering In (Ed. Pat Thomas, WindyWood, 2020): essay

Soundings (Ed. Pat Thomas, WindyWood, 2017): short story

Salt Lines (Ed. Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Backalong Books, 2012): essay

After the Mountain: The A.M. Klein Reboot Project (Ed. Jason Camlot, Synapse Press, 2011): poem

A Maritime Christmas (Ed. Clary Croft, Nimbus, 2008): short story

Sounds New (Ed. Peter van Toorn, The Muses’ Company, 1993): poetry

Other selected publications:

As editor: Write magazine, Canadian Screenwriter magazine.

As contributor: Halifax Examiner, Atlantic Business, The Walrus, Saltscapes, Atlantic Books Today, Canadian Geographic, Chickadee, The Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, Climate Stories Atlantic.

Selected audio:

D’Innombrables voyages podcast, produced for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: producer (7 seasons) and host (3 seasons).

Dog-eared and Cracked, books podcast: co-producer and co-host.

CBC radio: Short and feature documentaries for Information Morning, Atlantic Voice, Radio Noon, and Mainstreet.

AWARDS

Silver, Atlantic Journalism Awards (Best Commentary), 2022

National Magazine Award Finalist (Best Short feature), 2017

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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, writing for 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.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

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 info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

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 uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca