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Wanda Baxter

BIOGRAPHY
Wanda Baxter lives on an old farmstead in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, with her long-time partner, Randy, their gregarious cat George, and an ever-changing assortment of wildlife. Wanda has Masters degrees in English (with Creative Writing) and Environmental Design, and she works primarily for environmental non-profit organizations. She is also an organic gardener, a ground bee and Monarch butterfly guardian, an amateur musician and country road rollerblader.

Wanda’s much-loved book If I had an Old House on the East Coast, illustrated beautifully by Kat Frick Miller, is in its 4th printing. Her brand new book She is Hope for Wildlife is based on the life and work of Hope Swinimer, the founder and director of the wildlife rescue Hope for Wildlife. An inspiring young reader for ages 6 – 11 and illustrated by Leah Boudreau, She is Hope for Wildlife is available in stores and via the wildlife rescue’s online store as of October, 2024. She is Hope for Wildlife is published by Nimbus Publishing, and a portion of the profit goes to Hope for Wildlife.

https://nimbus.ca/store/she-is-hope-for-wildlife.html

PUBLICATIONS

 

AWARDS

If I Had an Old House on the East Coast Wins The Coast “Best of” Award

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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