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Literary Events Calendar

This calendar includes WFNS program deadlines, workshops, and events, as well as events organized by WFNS members and by other NS literary & arts orgs, festivals, libraries, indie bookstores, etc.

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Donna Jones Alward Book Signing (Charlottetown)
29
30
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Creative Writer Cafes
2
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dART speak
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Countryside Literary Arts Series
3
All-day
Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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donalee Moulton launches "Melt"
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Latte Lit Open Mic at Open Book Coffee
4
All-day
Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Writing about the Seasons of Our Lives: A Memoir Workshop with Marjorie Simmins
5
All-day
Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Lesley Crewe signing at Open Book
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Allan Billard launches "Aideen's Promise"
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Lori Weber launches 'We Walked Him to the Door'
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Dark Stories for Dark Times, with David Demchuk & Peter Counter
6
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Author Reading: David Demchuk and Elliott Gish
7
8
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Creative Writer Cafes
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Booked for Murder: An Evening with Halifax Crime Writers
9
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Renée Hartleib launches 'Solo Camino'
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Sue Goyette launches 'Future Howl'
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Blind Date with a Book Speed Dating Night
10
11
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The Fantastic Grown-Up Book Fair
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Booktoberfest
12
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Autumn Book Swap at Open Book
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Head On: A Poetry Reading with Kathy Mac
13
14
15
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Creative Writer Cafes
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Locally Authored Book Club Exchange
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Brenda Tyedmers launches 'Mrs. Walford'
16
All-day
MacLeod Mentorship Program
All-day
Emerging Writers Prizes
17
18
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Writing & Illustrating Picture Books
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A Gift of Memoir: A Memoir Writing Workshop with Marjorie Simmins
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Jen Colclough signs 'Our Little Agonies'
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Pumpkin Carving and Reading with Steve Vernon
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Corinne Hoebers launches 'Tethered Spirits'
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Reading / Walking Tour of Historic Halifax with author Aren Morris
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Book Launch: The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa Penney & Veal by Mackenzie Nolan
19
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Sean Paul Bedell launches 'Shoebox'
20
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Creatively Speaking Toastmasters: Open House
21
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In the Shadows Tea with Deanna Foster and B.R. Myers
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Sarah Emsley launches 'The Austens'
22
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Creative Writer Cafes
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Making Memories Work for You: Memoir & Personal Essay (virtual) with Sandra Phinney
23
All-day
Hal-Con zine & writing prompts
All-day
Self-Directed Retreats at Jampolis Cottage
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Writing Rumble
24
25
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The Art & Evolution of Cookbook Writing
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NewNoWriMo Prep
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Open Book Club chats 'The Spirit of Scatarie'
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Sarah Emsley signs "The Austens"
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Corinne Hoebers reads from 'Tethered Spirits'
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Bretton Loney launches "Unsettling Time"
26
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No Place for a Child: Honouring Nora Bernard
27
28
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Bee Stanton signs 'Atlantic Ghosts'
29
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Creative Writer Cafes
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MFA Author Talks: Michelle Hebert
30
31
1
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AfterWords Literary Festival
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Renée Belliveau Book Signing
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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