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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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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
All-day
Hal-Con zine & writing prompts
31
1
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AfterWords Literary Festival
All-day
Book Awards
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Renée Belliveau Book Signing
2
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AfterWords Literary Festival
3
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AfterWords Literary Festival
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Renée Belliveau reads from A Sense of Things Beyond
4
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AfterWords Literary Festival
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Readings at the Woodside
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Poetry Masterclass: Erasures, Insertions, Collages (virtual) with Anne Simpson
5
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AfterWords Literary Festival
6
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AfterWords Literary Festival
All-day
Lunenburg Literary Festival
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dART speak
7
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AfterWords Literary Festival
All-day
Lunenburg Literary Festival
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Latte Lit Open Mic
8
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AfterWords Literary Festival
All-day
Lunenburg Literary Festival
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Corinne Hoebers signs 'Tethered Spirits'
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Shamanism for Creativity
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Sarah Emsley signs "The Austens"
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Open Heart Forgery Poetry Open Mic
9
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AfterWords Literary Festival
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Trish Joudrey launches 'Dancing with the Marigolds: My Twelve-Year Journey in India'
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A Halifax Legal Thriller Showcase with Pamela Callow
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12
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
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Decomposing TERF: Turning Old H***y P****r Books into Oyster Mushrooms
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After 'The End': Self-Editing Strategies for Writers (Sydney) with Sherry D. Ramsey
13
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
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OC Publishing Author Meet & Greet
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Vicki Grant launches "Death by Whoopee Cushion"
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Countryside Literary Arts Series
14
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
15
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Listening to Ourselves Think about Family (Yarmouth) with Cory Lavender
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A Storytellers' Circle
16
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Danica Roache signs Five Seasons of Charlie Francis
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Jill MacLean and Sarah Emsley read from their historical novels
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Readings in the Parlour: 'Mrs. Walford' by Brenda Tyedmers
17
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Public Presentation: Queen Elizabeth the First
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The SFFH Short Story Market (virtual) with Charlotte Ashley
18
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Sarah Emsley signs "The Austens"
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Gather ’Round: A Winter Storytelling Event & Fundraiser
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Death by Info Dump (virtual) with donalee Moulton
19
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
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Locally Authored Book Club Exchange
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Sharpen Your Setting (virtual) with K.R. Byggdin
20
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
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I don’t believe a word of it: Suspending Disbelief (virtual) with Julian Mortimer Smith
21
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
22
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Timothy Brushett signs 'Crusoe and the Stone Gardener'
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Open Book Club chats Five Seasons of Charlie Francis
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Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash
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Historical fiction conversation with Sarah Emsley and Jill MacLean
23
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Who-dunnit? afternoon with Anne Emery & donalee Moulton
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25
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Words / Matter: Writing, Power, and Our Commodified World
26
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
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MFA Author Talks: Emma Kuzmyk
27
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
28
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Novel November Write-In at Trenton Library
29
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Meet & Greet with OC Publishing's Children's Authors
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Steps to Self-Publishing
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Making the Everyday Magical / Making the Magical Everyday (Yarmouth) with Julian Mortimer Smith
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Timothy Brushett launches 'Crusoe and the Stone Gardener'
30
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Holiday Book Event
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dART speak
5
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Latte Lit Open Mic
6
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Second Degree With Kayla Hounsell
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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