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Open Book Coffee

Address: 3660 Strawberry Hill Street

City: Halifax

State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

Postal Code: B3K 5A9

Website: https://www.facebook.com/openbookcoffee/

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Sun
14

Briana Corr Scott book signing

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Come join our Sunday Signing series and grab a coffee with the author and illustrator Briana Corr Scott. While you’re here, grab a personally autographed copy of Briana Corr Scott’s various books–– including the Anne of Green Gables bind-up with her beautiful cover illustration, which is Open Book Coffee’s September book club pick.
Sun
21

Michelle Hébert signs 'Every Little Thing She Does is Magic'

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Come join our Sunday Signing series and have a coffee with Michelle Hébert. While you’re here, grab a personally autographed copy of Hébert’s book, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic.
Sun
21

Open Book Club chats 'Anne of Green Gables'

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Grab a drink and join a lively discussion about our September book club pick, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. No registration in advance–just bring yourself, your copy of Anne of Green Gables, and your thoughts!
Sat
27

Word on the Hill

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We’d like to invite you to Word on the Hill, Nimbus Publishing’s annual book block party, on Saturday, September 27th from 10am–3pm! Join us on Strawberry Hill Street for author readings and signings, kids’ activities, and a book sale! Come hang out with Nimbus and with some other fantastic Atlantic publishers and members of the […]
Fri
03

Latte Lit Open Mic at Open Book Coffee

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Come share your works in progress with fellow writers in a safe and welcoming space. Feel free to come by for a drink and to just listen to other writer’s works, too. Each reader is allotted up to 7-10 minutes of reading time, depending on turnout.
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Simultaneous Submissions

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) administers some programs (and special projects) that involve print and/or digital publication of ‘selected’ or ‘winning’ entries. In most cases, writing submitted to these programs and projects must not be previously published and must not be simultaneously under consideration for publication by another organization. Why? Because our assessment and selection processes depends on all submitted writing being available for first publication. If writing selected for publication by WFNS has already been published or is published by another organization first, copyright issues will likely make it impossible for WFNS to (re-)publish that writing.

When simultaneous submissions to a WFNS program are not permitted, it means the following:

  • You may not submit writing that has been accepted for future publication by another organization.
  • You may not submit writing that is currently being considered for publication by another organization—or for another prize that includes publication.
  • The writing submitted to WFNS may not be submitted for publication to another organization until the WFNS program results are communicated. Results will be communicated directly to you by email and often also through the public announcement of a shortlist or list of winners. Once your writing is no longer being considered for the WFNS program, you are free to submit it elsewhere.
    • If you wish to submit your entry elsewhere before WFNS program results have been announced, you must first contact WFNS to withdraw your entry. Any entry fee cannot be refunded.

Prohibitions on simultaneous submission do not apply to multiple WFNS programs. You are always permitted to submit the same unpublished writing to multiple WFNS programs (and special projects) at the same time, such as the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program, the Emerging Writers Prizes, the Jampolis Cottage Residency Program, the Message on a Bottle contest, the Nova Writes Competition, and any WFNS projects involving one-time or recurring special publications.

Recommended Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) recommends that participants in any given workshop 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. The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the following definitions used by WFNS.

  • 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, and writing for children and young adults) 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.

For “intensive” and “masterclass” creative writing 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