Latest Past Events

Catherine Leroux at AfterWords Festival: Fantastic Ideas

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax

Join Catherine Leroux, author of Canada Reads-winning The Future, at the AfterWords Festival's event, "Fantastic Ideas." Catherine will be reuniting with her Canada Reads champion Heather O'Neill in conversation about their their respective dark fairy tales The Future and The Capital of Dreams. The event will also feature readings from Elizabeth Renzetti, Charlene Carr, and […]

Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Creating Believable Characters

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax

Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be hosting a workshop at the AfterWords Festival: "Creating Believable Characters." Caroline will be teaching how to people your stories and novels with characters who might walk right off the page. She will cover the meaning of names, explore techniques to deepen characterization, examine the hidden motivations […]

Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Open Secrets

The Carleton 1685 Argyle St, Halifax

Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) we be joining the AfterWords Festival's event, "Open Secrets." When Andrea Skinner wrote in the Toronto Star about being assaulted by her stepfather when she was a child, and about how her mother chose to stay with the man instead of to stand by her daughter, many survivors […]