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Literary 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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Creature Connections
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Michelle Hébert signs A Good Girl's Guide to Lying
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Carol Bruneau launches The Little Way
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Ronald Huebert launches Loving John Donne
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Latte Lit Open Mic
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Joanne Merriam in conversation with Julian Mortimer Smith
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Tim Covell reads from Ocean's Lure and Cover Charm
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Christine Hartlin at Mahone Bay Makers Market
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The Architecture of Luck: Fate, Duty, and Private Harry Hillyer
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Booktoberfest 2026 (Halifax)
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Concrete Thoughts: Socialism & Social Changes in the Valley, from Past to Present
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Autumn Inspiration: A Writers' Retreat at Thinkers Lodge
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Cabot Trail Writers Festival
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Writing and Illustrating Picture Books with Emma FitzGerald
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Michelle Hébert launches A Good Girl's Guide to Lying
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Leona MacDougall launches Your Light Knows
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Reading Between the Lines: The Material Culture of Hidden History
5
All-day
Dartmouth Book Exchange spotlights Corinne Lewandowski's Star Chatter
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Baneberry Book of Horror launch celebration
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Tom Ryan launches Return to Breakneck Island
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Leigh Kotsilidis launches Some of Us May Live (with guests)
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Poetry reading at LaHave River Books
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Writing Workshops: Writing from your life
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Darren Greer launches The Range Rules
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Poetry at the Trident
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Copper Woman movie screening with Dr. Afua Cooper
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Readings from Cynthia French's Barachois
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Serendipity: A Life in Words
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Self-Publishing Roadmap (Sydney) with Sherry D. Ramsey
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Curating Nonfiction: From Clippings to Collage (virtual) with Rebecca Rose
15
All-day
Emerging Writers Prizes
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Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program
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Nancy Drew Cozy Mystery Tea
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Lindsey Harrington launches Nobody's Mother
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Kate Inglis launches The Good Salt Girl
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Launch of Cynthia French's Barachois
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Woozles' Birthday Party
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Conversations in Trust Halifax: Canadian Authors Make Sense of Our World
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Countryside Literary Night with Amanda Peters & Cory Lavender
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Hauntings & Harvests: An Autumn Author Reading
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Sandra Phinney launches BUSTED! Confessions of an 80-Year-Old Tree Hugger
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Writing from Superstition
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Writing with Tarot: Symbols, Archetypes, and the Creative Journey (virtual) with Tiffany Morris
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Stephen Kimber launches Traitor's Game
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A Study in Horror: Techniques for Writing the Horror Genre
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Crafting Scary Stories
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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