Nova Scotia Mainstage

Adult readings, panel discussions and author interviews.

Halifax Magazine Stage

Discussions, panels, debates and audience Q&A with authors and experts.

Canada Book Fund Children & Young Adults Stages

Readings by some of Atlantic Canada's best children and young adult authors, panel discussions and audience Q&A.

TD Kids Book Club brought to you by CBC. This session will feature Valerie Sherrad, author of "The Glory Wind."

We will also have readings for very young children on Theodore Tugboat.  Pre-registration will be required, watch for that soon!

Ross Creek Centre for the Arts Children Zone

For all things fun and playful. Bring the whole family to this interactive and engaging section.

A Bit Of Everything Atlantic

A full day of author readings in half hour slots. A bit of everything sports, plays, short stories and cookbook authors.

Atlantic Publishers "Pitch the Publisher"

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.admin@atlanticpublishers.ca or call   (902) 420-0711  Pitches will also be accepted from the audience should time permit.

Are you a closet writer who has a secret desire to be published? Do you have a laboured-over manuscript in your lower desk drawer? Or have you thought up a great book idea that has yet to be written?

The Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association invites you to bring your book idea or simply your curiosity to Pitch the Publisher at this year’s Word On The Street Festival on the Halifax Waterfront.

On Sunday, September 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Pitch the Publisher will offer potential authors a unique opportunity to present their book ideas to a panel of Atlantic-based publishers. Panelists will give suggestions and feedback on how to develop book ideas or manuscripts for publication.

Visit atlanticbookstoday.ca to read about the kinds of books being published in Atlantic Canada.