Nova Scotia Literary Festivals & Book Fairs

Information in this index is updated as organizers contact us. Please consult individual websites for annual dates and schedules.
Did you organize a literary festival or book fair in the past year?
We're updating this index of Nova Scotia literary festivals and expanding it to include Nova Scotia book fairs, big and small, that are held on an annual (or other periodic) basis. Please consider submitting or updating a listing (guidelines below) to help us spread word of your festival or fair!
To submit or update a listing, please contact communications@writers.ns.ca with all required information and the subject line “Nova Scotia Festivals & Fairs.” Each listed festival / fair must be held annually (or more frequently) and must have a regularly updated website.
Festival or fair | Location(s) | Duration | Specialties | Frequency |
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AfterWords Literary Festival | Halifax | Multi-day | Annual (Oct/Nov) |
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Atlantic Book Awards Festival | Halifax | Multi-day | Annual (May/June) |
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Booktoberfest | Halifax | One-day | Nova Scotian authors & presses | Annual (Oct) |
Cabot Trail Writers Festival | St. Ann’s | Multi-day | Annual (Sept/Oct) |
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Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival | Dartmouth | One-day | Comics & cartooning | Annual (Aug) |
Funny Pages | Halifax & Queens County | Multi-day | Children's books | Annual (Apr) |
Hackmatack Festival of Reading | Halifax | Multi-day | Children's books | Annual (May) |
Hal-Con | Halifax | Multi-day | Science fiction & fantasy | Annual (Oct/Nov) |
Lunenburg Literary Festival | Lunenburg | Multi-day | Annual (Oct/Nov) |
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Port Medway Readers' Festival | Port Medway | Multi-day | Annual (July/Aug) |
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Read by the Sea | River John | Multi-day | Annual (July) |