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Book Event Space

Bookable literary event space is available to General Members of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS). General Membership is open to anyone with an interest in creative writing.

There is no fee for General Members to book event space, but please note that WFNS staff cannot be available to co-organize, speak at, or otherwise assist in the delivery of member events. 

All in-person event spaces are located at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, where WFNS shares facilities with other members of the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia (CFNS).

  • 1113 Marginal Road is a physically accessible building with two single-occupany, all-gender washrooms (including one wheelchair-accessible all-gender washroom).
  • Attendees will be required to enter & exit through the WFNS Office’s exterior door. A WFNS A-frame sign and a map to our exterior door are available as wayfinding aids.

CFNS Atrium

Best for readings and other public events

  • Features: skylights; simple kitchen (full fridge & freezer, microwave, electric kettle, and sink)
  • Capacity: 24 seated at workshop tables; 45 seated theatre-style; 100 standing
  • General availability: only outside of business hours (Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm)
  • Physically accessible

CFNS Boardroom

Best for larger, more formal, or hybrid (in-person/virtual) workshops and meetings

  • Features: large display monitor; whiteboard; kitchenette (mini-fridge and microwave)
  • Capacity: 13 seated at conference table
  • General availability: during and outside business hours
  • Not physically accessible (up a flight of stairs)

WFNS Office

Best for smaller, more casual workshops and meetings

  • Features: vintage chaise; smell of books; aura of productivity
  • Capacity: 6 seated in default configuration; 10 seated with rearrangement
  • General availability: only outside of business hours (Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm)
  • Physically accessible

To request a booking for an in-person event, email WFNS Executive Director Oriana Duinker (director@writers.ns.ca) with your selected space, your preferred date and time, and at least one alternative date. If you require use of WFNS’s projector and pull-up screen in the CFNS Atrium or WFNS Office, include that in your booking request.

Once your booking is confirmed:

  • You must arrange to pick up a key from the WFNS office during business hours, which you’ll leave in the WFNS Office as you lock up after your event.
  • If your event is open to the public, submit event info to our Literary Events Calendar (see Submit Event).
  • Review and abide by our Guide to 1113 Marginal Rd.

WFNS conducts all virtual events via the Zoom videoconferencing platform. Event organizers and attendees will have access to all non-host Zoom features (e.g., screen-sharing). Capacity for a Zoom meeting is 100 participants. Bookings are available both during and outside of business hours.

To request a booking for a virtual event, email WFNS Program Manager Andy Verboom (contact@writers.ns.ca), with your preferred date and time and at least one alternative date. If you require a training session for using Zoom, include that in your booking request.

Once your booking is confirmed:

  • If your event is open to the public, submit event info to our Literary Events Calendar (see Submit Event).
  • Review our Guide to Virtual Events, which includes our recording practices for virtual events.
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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