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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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We Were Here film screening

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Paul O’Regan Hall, First Floor A gentle evening of remembering and care for people we have lost to fentanyl. Hosted by Jessica Hiemstra, the animator. This event is a safe and loving space with hot tea, resources, and room to feel. Jessica will share 10 hand-drawn animated films, with guitar and song performed by Janelle […]

Open Heart Forgery poetry open mic

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Join community poetry journal Open Heart Forgery at Halifax Central Library in the RBC Room (3rd floor) for an afternoon of poetry! You’re invited to bring your own poetry to share (max. 5 minutes at the mic per person), or simply come to listen and enjoy. Face masks are welcome but not required, and you […]

Jane Doucet launches Blood Typed

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Join Jane Doucet on June 20 as she launches her first murder mystery, Blood Typed, in Room 301 at Halifax Central Library from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Author Janice Landry will conduct a short Q&A with Jane, then audience members can help themselves to a piece of celebratory cake. Joe Tinney from Open Book […]

Open Heart Forgery poetry open mic

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Join community poetry journal Open Heart Forgery at Halifax Central Library in the RBC Room (3rd floor) for an afternoon of poetry! You’re invited to bring your own poetry to share (max. 5 minutes at the mic per person), or simply come to listen and enjoy. Face masks are welcome but not required, and you […]
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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