A graphic featuring the Oil People book cover, showing a close-up of oil-covered rocks, along with a photo of David Huebert and details about the March 26th virtual event.
Join us with @writersfedofns.bsky.social to celebrate David Huebert's Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award-winning novel Oil People. David will sit down with Alexander MacLeod on March 26 @ 7:30 pm to discuss writing, fiction, storytelling, and the impact of the award. Register: bit.ly/2025-raddall
05.03.2026 18:45
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As arts groups celebrate milestone anniversaries, misguided austerity policies gut them - Halifax Examiner
It takes only moments to undo the work of decades.
As arts groups celebrate milestone anniversaries, misguided austerity policies gut them
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
25.02.2026 15:21
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Make it make sense #nspoli
25.02.2026 00:23
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a reminder that the deadline for the Poet Laureate Mental Health Poem Project is coming up Saturday February 28, 2026! If you'd like the invitation letter and consent form to submit with your poem emailed to you, please contact me at plmhpoemproject@gmail.com.
25.02.2026 01:54
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The 2026 Nova Writes Competition is open for submissions until JAN 22!
NS emerging writers, send us your submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or writing for children. All entries receive feedback and winners are published in our annual anthology.
writers.ns.ca/programs/nov...
15.01.2026 21:20
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New to nonfiction writing? This upcoming workshop series is for you!
Foundations of Nonfiction with Tina Capalbo, Andrea Currie, & Darryl Whetter
Sundays, Jan 18 to Mar 15 (1-3pm AST)
Open to both WFNS members and nonmembers 😀
writers.ns.ca/workshops-events/foundations-of-nonfiction-winter-2026
13.01.2026 13:21
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Still a few seats left in our upcoming virtual workshop "How to Self-Edit Your Novel" with Sarah Mian!
Workshop starts tomorrow (January 13) and runs on Tuesday evenings for five weeks.
Register here: writers.ns.ca/workshops-events/self-edit-your-novel-mian-2026/
12.01.2026 14:05
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Hal-Con Zine available as a free ebook
Featuring Brittni Brinn, Peter C Church, Gus Doiron, Joshua Elliott, Lindsey Harrington, Richard Levangie, Cole Martin, Baleigh McWade, Jude Mire, JS Sarick, Sunil Sarwal, Nailah Tataa, & Brenna Thibo...
For Hal-Con 2025, we published a free zine featuring flash fiction pieces and excerpts by 13 Nova Scotian writers of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
For a limited time—from now until December 15—you can download and enjoy the PDF version of the zine!
writers.ns.ca/announcement...
19.11.2025 15:05
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UPCOMING VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Death by Info Dump with donalee Moulton (Nov 18 & 25)
This workshop tackles the common trap of the info dump and discusses how to reveal character histories, settings, and key facts in ways that feel natural, compelling, and necessary.
writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...
29.10.2025 17:16
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Background is a blue, ocean illustration. Text reads "Introducing our 2025/2026 Board of Directors" and "Welcome and welcome back to the people who give their time to keep WFNS vibrant and running!" Thirteen rectangular photos show headshots of board members.
Introducing the WFNS 2025/2026 Board of Directors!
Thank you to those directors who are returning for another year, and welcome new directors Sonja Boon and Renée Hartleib!
See the full list of board members here: writers.ns.ca/about/staff-...
17.06.2025 17:41
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WFNS AGM tonight!
7:00pm to 8:30pm Atlantic, on Zoom
Register: us02web.zoom.us/.../WN_ylvlB....
Important docs: writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...
Join us to hear from WFNS’s staff and outgoing Board of Directors, review the annual financial statements, and get up-to-date on our newest programming.
16.06.2025 14:11
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Well my poem is on a power box in Graves-Oakley Memorial Park! Thanks HRM for the fun opportunity!
06.06.2025 20:31
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Just a reminder that tonight I will be in conversation with the wonderful Yputh Poet Laureate Asha Abdosh!
29.04.2025 14:07
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SAVE THE DATE! It’s the talent portion of our 10th anniversary bash at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg Nova Scotia! #janedoucet @deanjobb.bsky.social @amimckay.bsky.social @tomryanauthor.bsky.social
27.04.2025 18:31
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Blue and white square graphic that reads "Ellemeno Visual Literature Prize: 2025 Finalists. Sonja Boon, At Sea (textile; Doretta Groenendyk, We Just Swim (visual); and Jamie Samson, Still, Life. (poetry)."
Congratulations to the the three finalists for the 2025 Ellemeno Visual Literature Prize: Sonja Boon, Doretta Groenendyk, and Jamie Samson!
The Ellemeno Prize annually celebrates creative cross-pollination between the literary arts and the visual arts.
Stay tuned for an announcement of the winner!
26.04.2025 00:01
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Thank YOU for being such a lovely host!
25.04.2025 20:59
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Virtual panel, WED April 23, 7PM Atlantic
Join trans and gender non-conforming writers Zoë Comeau, K.R. Byggdin, Luke Hathaway, Trynne Delaney, and moderator Sal Sawler for an evening panel on reading, writing, storytelling, and celebrating trans narratives.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
21.04.2025 13:25
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peter rabbit reading some books
today’s plan
20.04.2025 12:31
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Our Self-Directed Retreat program at Jampolis Cottage is available to Nova Scotian, Canadian, AND international writers!
Now booking for weeks between May 25 and December 6.
Apply by APR 17: writers.ns.ca/jampolis/sel...
15.04.2025 12:59
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Rita Joe Poetry Prize
"Family Function" by Susie DeCoste
Joyce Barkhouse Middle-Grade & YA Fiction Prize
"Going Back Home" by Charlie Bligh
Mark your calendars for our Celebration of Emerging Writers on June 11, where we'll launch our new Nova Writes Anthology! 🎉
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12.04.2025 17:32
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WFNS is delighted to announce the four winners of the 2025 Nova Writes Competition!
Budge Wilson Short Story Prize
"two girls at the end of the world" by Sophia Linfield
Silver Donald Cameron Essay Prize
"Helicopter Down in the Barrens" by Larry Hicks
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12.04.2025 17:32
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So I've started the process of collecting mental health and illness and mental health care related poems from people who live and working HRM, with the aim of creating a new work of art or collection them as my legacy project during my 2024-27 term. Come out April 29 to the Central Library for more!
11.04.2025 02:43
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Background photo of a camping tent brightly lit from within, under a starry night sky. Text reads “in-person workshops with Alice Burdick, Stephanie Domet, Joanne Gallant, Tiffany Morris, and Sal Sawler. Flexing your creative muscles: summer camp for adults. June 23-27, Halifax”
You asked, and we’re answering: WFNS is finally offering a creative writing day camp for adults! 😎
June 23-27 at our office on the Halifax waterfront
writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...
09.04.2025 23:39
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Upcoming panel on Trans Joy and Authorship on April 23!
08.04.2025 02:04
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2025 Atlantic & Nova Scotia Book Awards shortlists
The shortlists for the 2025 Atlantic Book Awards and 2025 Nova Scotia Book Awards were jointly announced on March 31 at the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (Halifax). Congratulations to the twenty ...
2025 Atlantic Book Awards noms announced! writers.ns.ca/award-news/b... incl titles by @gaspereaupress.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, @nimbuspub.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. #DSPBposts #BookSky
03.04.2025 22:18
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Join us next Thursday evening for a National Poetry Month event here in Halifax, featuring Clare Goulet, Nanci Lee, @nolannatasha.bsky.social, @annaquon.bsky.social, and yours truly. Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax, 7 pm, April 10.
04.04.2025 19:06
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