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Halifax Central Library

Address: 5440 Spring Garden Road

City: Halifax

State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

Postal Code: B3J 1E9

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Sat
25

Bretton Loney launches "Unsettling Time"

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Bretton Loney is launching his new novel, Unsettling Time, a time travel murder mystery set during the founding of Halifax in 1749. The event will take place at the Halifax Central Library’s BMO Community Room on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 2 pm.
Sun
26

No Place for a Child: Honouring Nora Bernard

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We’ll screen a new mini-documentary about the life and work of 2025 Heritage Day honouree Nora Bernard, and then Shelagh Rogers will lead a panel discussion about reconciliation—how we move forward together, meaningfully. Andrea Currie, Ma’lglit Pelletier, and Rebecca Thomas will join us for this vital conversation. Then, you’re invited to enjoy some light catering […]
Wed
29

MFA Author Talks: Michelle Hebert

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BMO Room Join host Gillian Turnbull, Director of Writing & Publishing at the University of King’s College, in conversation with Michelle Hebert, author of Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. A darkly humorous family saga set in Nova Scotia about a young woman coming of age in a family that believes it’s cursed, for […]
Sat
15

A Storytellers' Circle

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BMO Community Room (2nd floor) What’s the first question an author is frequently asked? When did you start writing and why? Join us for an afternoon of storytelling with OC Publishing authors joined by indie author friends who will share their origin stories. Authors include Anne Louise O’Connell, Jill MacLean, Corinne Hoebers, Mark Gilbert, Ailsa […]
Sat
22

Historical fiction conversation with Sarah Emsley and Jill MacLean

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“Bringing the Past to Life through Historical Fiction” Readers of historical fiction often ask how much of the story is true and how much is invented. Historical novelists Jill MacLean (author of The Arrows of Fealty) and Sarah Emsley (author of The Austens) will talk about their approaches to bringing the past to life through […]
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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 and 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.

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 information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

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 you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca