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The Journey Within: A Journalling Workshop (virtual) with Habiba Diallo

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The strength of journalling lies in its ability to produce clarity for the journaller. It is a powerful tool for introspection that allows us to observe, question, navigate, and understand ourselves and the world around us. In this workshop, Habiba Diallo, author of the acclaimed book #BlackInSchool, will lead participants in exploring the art and practice of keeping a journal. Through information-rich presentations and engaging exercises, participants will have the opportunity to stimulate their inner creativity and grow in their journalling practice.

About the instructor: Habiba Diallo is the author of #BlackInSchool. She is the inaugural winner of the Senator Don Oliver Black Voices Prize and was a finalist in the 2020 Bristol Short Story Prize. She was also one of six finalists in the 2018 London Book Fair Pitch Competition. She is a women’s health advocate passionate about bringing an end to a maternal health condition called obstetric fistula.

Recommended experience level: New and emerging writers of memoir, as well as more experienced writers exploring memoir and journalling (About recommended experience levels)

Participant cap: 12

Location: Zoom

Dates of 4-week workshop: Thursdays, Jan 23 + Jan 30 + Feb 6 + Feb 13, 2025 (7pm to 9pm Atlantic)

Registration for 2025 General Members: $169

Registration for non-members: $234 (includes 2025 General Membership in WFNS)

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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