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Author Spotlight: Lesley Crewe
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 9:26am

Lesley Crewe is the author of ten novels, including Relative Happiness (Nimbus Publishing, 2005), which has been adapted as a major motion picture; Mary Mary (Nimbus Publishing, 2016); and Beholden (Nimbus Publishing, 2018).

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Author Spotlight: Stephanie Domet
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 10:20am

Stephanie Domet is the author of two novels, Homing (Invisible Publishing, 2007), which won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and Fallsy Downsies  (Invisible Publishing, 2013), which won the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award. She also writes non-fiction for publications across Canada, including The Coast, Quill & Quire, and The National Post.

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Author Spotlight: Gerri Frager
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 11:05am

Gerri Frager is a retired physician and the former director of the IWK’s Pediatric Palliative Care Service. She is also a potter and a poet. Her debut collection of poetry, Signs of Life: Images formed from Words and Clay, was published by Pottersfield Press in 2018. In the following post, she shares her thoughts on poetry, inspiration, life on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, and more.

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Author Spotlight: Simon Thibault
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 11:02am

Simon Thibault is a Halifax-based journalist, author, and producer. His first cookbook, Pantry and Palate: Remembering and Discovering Acadian Food, was published by Nimbus in 2017. In the following post, he talks to us about getting started as a writer, where he likes to write (hint: it involves a vintage table), new trends in food writing, and more. 

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Author Spotlight: Lorri Neilsen Glenn
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 10:36am

Lorri Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of fourteen books of poetry, essays and scholarly work. Her recent title, Following the River: Traces of Red River Women (Wolsak and Wynn), is a blend of creative nonfiction, archival material and poetry.

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Author Spotlight: Angela Mombourquette
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 10:25am

Angela Mombourquette is an author, journalist, journalism instructor, and former CBC producer. Her articles and columns have appeared in publications including The Chronicle Herald, Atlantic Books Today, The Walrus, and UC Observer, and her first book, 25 Years of 22 Minutes: An Unauthorized Oral History of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, was published by Nimbus in 2017.

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Jump-Start Your Book: A Non-Fiction Writing Retreat with Lorri Neilsen Glenn
WFNS Office, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS
Saturday, January 12, 2019 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
First Words: Fiction
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 7:00pm to Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 7:00pm
$215.00
Tiny Universes - Writing and Publishing Science Fiction Short Stories
Western Counties Regional Library 405 Main Street, Yarmouth, NS
Saturday, March 2, 2019 - 10:00am to 3:45pm
$154.00
The Tax Savvy Writer: Get Ready for Income Tax and HST with Michelle Elrick
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax
Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
$89.00
Navigating Income Streams for Writers
CBU Cooperative Study Club, New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation, 37 Nepean Street, Sydney
Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
$40.00

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Dec 13 2018 - 6:15pm
Finding Farley, NFB Film Club @Library
Dec 15 2018 - 1:00pm
Wanda Baxter & Kat Frick Miller Signing for If I Had an Old House on the East Coast

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