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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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29
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Corinne Hoebers & Yvette MacDonald book signing
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Humanities Today Lecture #3: "The Discipline of Poetry," George Elliott Clarke
30
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Atlantic & Nova Scotia Book Awards Shortlists Reveal
31
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Making the Everyday Magical / Making the Magical Everyday (virtual) with Julian Mortimer Smith
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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dartspeak Open Mic
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Sarah Emsley reads from The Austens
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Tegan Zimmerman, with Sue Goyette, launches Chimeras
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Local Author Showcase!
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Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail launches Children of the SS Atlantic
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Bruce W. Bishop reads from Stephanie Makes a Scene
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Last Night Aboard the Titanic with Donna Jones Alward
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16
All-day
Jampolis Cottage Self-Directed Retreats
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Bretton Loney & Brenda Tyedmers Book Signing
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Tracy Barron Signing at Open Book Coffee
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Corinne Hoebers & Brenda Tyedmers book signing
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Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail hosts book signing and activities
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21
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Fiction Intensive: The Short Story (virtual) with Sharon English
22
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Comedy Caravan: On the Road Again
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Speculative Realism (Halifax) with David Huebert
23
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Comedy Caravan: On the Road Again
24
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Comedy Caravan: On the Road Again
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King's Creative Writing & Storytelling Conference
25
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Comedy Caravan: On the Road Again
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King's Creative Writing & Storytelling Conference
All-day
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD)
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Dartmouth Book Exchange celebrates Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
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Treelines: Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop with Anne Simpson
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Woozles celebrates Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
26
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King's Creative Writing & Storytelling Conference
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Danielle Metcalfe Chenail Signing at Open Book Coffee
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Book Launch with Local Authors Jaime Forsythe and Jeff Miller
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28
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Open Heart Forgery poetry open mic
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Sarah Emsley on "Imagining the Austens in Halifax"
29
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Shelf Indulgence book club (virtual) with Jon Tattrie
30
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Wild Songs of Land and Sea: An Evening of Poetry
1
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Chapter by Chapter, ten-month manuscript intensive
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Christine Hartlin at Mother's Day Market
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Sarah Emsley signs The Austens
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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