Sunday September 23, 2012 11am - 5pm.
With over 55 authors sharing their stories it will be quite the day. Please note that scheduling may change slightly but directions will be available on site should that occur.
What's new
Graphic Novel programming at Alderney Landing. Schedule change:
Mike Holmes will be on at 11:30
The NS Writer's Federation presents the 34th annual awards
Atlantic Writing Competition is at the Nova Scotia Main Stage at 11:00
The Fifth Rule
Panel Discussion: The Bad Boys in YA Literature
DON AKER is the author of several novels, including The First Stone, winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award and the White Pine Award, and One on One, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Lilla Stirling Award. One on One was also...
Don Aker is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 1:00
Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities: The Contested Schoolhouse in Maritime Canada
Paul W. Bennett...
Paul Bennett is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 2:30
Urban Tigers, Tales of a Cat Vet
Kathy Chisholm is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 1:00
Dumb Luck
Lesley Choyce lives at Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, where he surfs the North Atlantic year round. He is one of Canada’s most versatile writers; the author of more than 70 books in genres including autobiography, history, poetry, fiction and young adult novels. He has won the Ann...
Lesley Choyce is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 4:00
The Antagonist
Lynn Coadyis an award-winning author, editor, and journalist. Her previous novels include Saints of Big Harbour, which was a national bestseller and a Globe and Mail Top 100 book, and Mean Boy, a Globe and Mail Top 100 book. Her popular advice column, “Group Therapy...
Lynn Coady is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 1:00
A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk
Jan Coates’ interest in writing stemmed from her love of the written word and her interest in sharing her passion for literacy with young readers. Her favourite hotspots include the library, the badminton court, the cottage, and Frenchy’s. Jan’s work has appeared in Canadian...
Jan Coates is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 11:30
African Chronicles: A Memoir
Burris Devanney is well known as a co- founder (along with his wife Louanne) of the Nova Scotia – Gambia Association (NSGA). For 20 years (1986-2006) he served as NSGA’s first Executive Director. However,...
Burris Devanney is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 4:00
RED - bio coming soon
George Elliott Clarke is at the Nova Scotia Main Stage at 12:00
Now You See Her
Joy will also be reading from her Good Reads book - Home Invasion at the Halifax Magazine stage at 3:00
Joy Fielding is at the Nova Scotia Main Stage at 3:30
There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen - must pre-register
Also see Sheree in the CBC area reading with Super Y at 11:00
Sheree Fitch’s first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around ...
Sheree Fitch is at the Theodore Tugboat Canada Book Fund Stage at 2:00
Word Rhythm
Shauntay Grant is an award-winning writer, spoken word performer, broadcast journalist, and musician. She is Halifax's third poet laureate (2009–2010). Her first children's book, Up Home, won the 2008 Atlantic Book Award for Best Atlantic Published Book and has also been shortlisted...
Shauntay Grant is at the CBC/Herald Zone at 2:30
Betsy Wickwire's Dirty Little Secret
Vicki Grant has been called “one of the funniest writers working today” (The Vancouver Sun). Her comic legal thriller, Quid Pro Quo, was described as “John Grisham for the skateboard set.” Not Suitable for Family Viewing won the Red Maple Award and it was been...
Vicki Grant is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 3:00
Thank You For My Bed
pre-registration is required and will open on Sept. 19th
Doretta Groenendyk is at the Theodore Tugboat Canada Book Fund Stage at 1:00
Writing Out Notes: Life in Great Big Sea and Other Musical Misadventures
Bob Hallett has produced several albums for other traditional Newfoundland musicians, and has played on numerous records. He has also written a guide to the music business for the federal government, two best- selling language arts textbooks, and a documentary for...
Bob Hallett is at the Nova Scotia Main Stage at 3:00
True Story
Mike Holmes is an author and illustrator working in Halifax. He has
several books in print, True Story being his most recent.
Holmes is a prolific creator, collaborating with notable entertainers
from Canada and the US, always working on new projects and new
commissions. His comics also appear weekly in...
Mike Holmes is at the Alderney Landing - Graphic Novel Stage at 11:30 at Alderney Landing by the Craig Gallery
Good Reads book Home Invasion
Anthony Hyde will also be part of a mystery discussion at 4:30 on this same stage.
Anthony Hyde is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 3:00
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
(if the weather is not suitable this reading will happen at another location)
Steven Laffoley is at the On The Deck of the CSS Acadia at TBD
The Slayer
Mystery discussion
Nadine LaPierre is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 4:30
Juba This, Juba That.
pre-registration is required and will open on Sept. 19th
Ron Lightburn is at the Theodore Tugboat Canada Book Fund Stage at 12:00
Our session will open with Giller Award Nominee, Alexander MacLeod, author of Light Lifting talking about "My life in books" and what he read as a child that turned him into a committed reader, author and teacher.
Then representatives from 4 diverse literacy and reading organizations in HRM...
Literacy Celebration is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 2:00
Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada. If the weather is not suitable this reading will be moved to another location.
Jerry Lockett is a two-time Atlantic Journalism Awards finalist, contributor to many publications, and his Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada is Winner of the 2011 Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction. An...
Jerry Lockett is at the On The Deck of the CSS Acadia at TBD
Chung Lee Loves Lobsters
pre-registration is required and will open on Sept. 19th
Hugh MacDonald is at the Theodore Tugboat Canada Book Fund Stage at 11:00
Distinction Earned: Cape Breton Boxing Legends 1946-1970
Paul MacDougall is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 12:30
Home Truths
Panel discussion: The Bad Boys in YA Literature
Jill MacLean is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 1:00
Light Lifting
Alexander MacLeod was born in Inverness, Cape Breton and raised in Windsor, Ontario. His first collection of short stories (Light Lifting, Biblioasis 2010), was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Prize, two Atlantic Book Awards, and went on to become a national bestseller. Alexander holds degrees from the...
Alexander MacLeod is at the Nova Scotia Main Stage at 1:00
twentythree
an interactive conversation
Brenna MacNeil is a graphic designer and photographer who grew up in Inverness. She credits the west coast of Cape Breton for her appreciation of seeing beauty in the simple things in life – which is often reflected in her photography. Brenna self-...
Brenna MacNeil is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 12:00
Big Town: A Novel of Africville
STEPHENS GERARD MALONE currently lives and writes on Canada’s east coast. In 1994, he published his first novel Endless Bay (Mercury Press) under the pseudonym, Laura Fairburn. His second novel, Miss Elva (Random House, Canada) followed in...
Stephens Gerard Malone is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 12:00
The Town That Drowned
I grew up in Hawkshaw, New Brunswick, not far from the shore of the St. John River. Now I live in Quispamsis with my husband, six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter....
Riel Nason is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 3:30
11:00 to 12:30 Children's & Young Adult panel
12:45 to 2:15 Fiction panel
2:30 - 4:00 Non-fiction panel
Registration will open at 9:30 a.m. on September 12, 2011. Space is limited. To book a time for your pitch, please email apma...
Pitch The Publisher is at the Inside the Museum at 11:00
The Glory Wind
TD Kids Book Club with CBC's Don Connolly
Valerie Sherrard is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 12:00
Power Failure?
RICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, appearing in everything from Atlantic Insight to Progress. A lifelong student of Maritime history, Starr is married to playwright and...
Richard Starr is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 11:30
Hold That Hidden Salt!
Maureen Tilley is a registered dietitian and graduate of Mount Saint Vincent University. She has a passion for nutrition and loves to experiment with new recipes to prove healthy foods tastes delicious.
She is the author of Formac’s popular Hold the Salt! published in 2009, and Hold...
Maureen Tiley is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 11:30
Ashes, Ashes
Jo Treggiari was born in London, England and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. Her first attempts at writing were when she started revising classic fairy tales at the age of eight. Jo has also lived in...
Jo Treggiari is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 3:30
The Social Worker
Michael Ungar, Ph.D. is the author of 9 books and more than 70 articles and book chapters. His works include We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids, Too Safe for Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive, Counseling in Challenging Contexts, and Strengths-based Counseling with At-risk Youth....
Michael Ungar is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 11:00
Sinking Deeper
Steve Vernon learned the storytelling tradition from his grandfather, and as part of the Writers in the Schools program he now teaches the art of storytelling to Nova Scotia children. Steve is the author of over fifty published short stories, as well as the books Halifax Haunts, Wicked Woods, and Haunted Harbours and the...
Steve Vernon is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 2:00
Chasing Freedom
Gloria Ann Wesley is an African Nova Scotian writer who published her first book of poetry, To My Someday Childin 1975...
Gloria Ann Wesley is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 2:00
Otto Strasser in Paradise
H. Millard Wright was born and grew up in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. He had a successful business career, becoming a vice president and board member of L.E. Shaw Ltd. and president of Clayton Developments. He is a past president of the Halifax Board of Trade, a past director of the Maritime Chamber of...
H. Millard Wright is at the A Taste Of Everything Atlantic at 1:30
Lost on Brier Island - Jo Ann Yhard grew up addicted to Nancy Drew mysteries and cryptoquotes. The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines, her first novel, won top prize in the 2006 Atlantic Writing Competition and landed on the Canadian Children’s Bestseller List just weeks after its release. Jo Ann lives in Halifax with her husband...
Jo Ann Yhard is at the Canada Book Fund Young Adult Stage at 11:00
Media Mediocrity - Waging War Against Science: How the Television Makes Us Stoopid!
Richard Zurawski is at the Halifax Magazine Stage at 11:30
