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Literary Events Calendar

■ Events presented by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS), including workshops & program deadlines
■ Events organized by or featuring WFNS members
■ Events offered by other Nova Scotian literary & arts orgs, including festivals, libraries, indie bookstores, and others.

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28
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Sunday Signing with Jane Doucet
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30
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
7
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
8
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
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Shannon Fay hosts Writing Game Night
9
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
10
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
11
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
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Read By The Sea Literary Festival 2026
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Open Mic for Emerging Writers (River John)
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Book Fair By The Sea
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One Year Anniversary Celebration at FluffyCat Books
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Book Talk with Sarah Emsley and Donna Jones Alward
12
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
13
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
14
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
15
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
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Patrick d'Entremont launches Acadian Shores
16
All-day
ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour
All-day
50th Anniversary Composition Project
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Stephen Franks launches Rise Again series
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Poetry for Pride
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Sarah L Hawthorn launches A Fate Worse than Drowning
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Sarah L Hawthorn reads/signs A Fate Worse than Drowning
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Sarah L Hawthorn & Mere Joyce in Conversation
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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