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Sunday Night at AfterWords: Lynn Coady, Christy Ann Conlin

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

AfterWords Literary Festival presents Christy Ann Conlin and Lynn Coady in conversation with Mary Lynk. Andre Fenton opens with a reading from his work! 7:15pm-7:35pm Local YA sensation Andre Fenton reads 8pm-9pm Lynn Coady and Christy Ann Conlin in conversation with Mary Lynk. Buy Tickets Online

Poetry and Prose at AfterWords Festival

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hear poetry and prose Thursday, November 2 at AfterWords. Our night starts with Halifax’s Youth Poet Laureates, Asiah Sparks and Dáminí Awóyígà. Then poets Sylvia D. Hamilton and Nanci Lee read from their recent work. Finally, debut novelists Nicholas Herring and William Ping join poet, teacher, and editor Bart Vautour in conversation. It’s all happening […]

Afterwords: Friday Night Writes

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Clear schedule, full book bag, can’t lose. Friday, November 3 at AfterWords, it’s Friday Night Writes. First, see Alicia Elliott in conversation with Mercedes Peters. Alicia’s debut novel, And Then She Fell, is an urgent and unflinching look at inherited trauma, motherhood, and more. Then, it’s Sean Michaels and Amy Jones in conversation with Laurie […]

Afterwords Literary Festival

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Live your best literary life at AfterWords, November 2-10. The sixth annual AfterWords Literary Festival brings more than 50 writers together with audiences for conversations, readings, workshops, and more. There are four nights of programming at The Bus Stop Theatre, featuring Caroline Adderson, Elliott Gish, Fawn Parker, Deepa Rajagopalan, MG Vassanji, Tanya Talaga, Charlene Carr, […]

Seventh Annual AfterWords Literary Festival

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Writers and readers meet at the seventh annual AfterWords Literary Festival, with a full week of events in venues around Kjipuktuk/Halifax. From our opening Kids’ Day/Journée jeunesse at Halifax Central Library, to our closing night conversation with radio host and best-selling author Terry O’Reilly at The Bus Stop Theatre, from brunch at The Carleton with […]

The Ink Collective: Readings

The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Celebrate the voices of emerging Black writers in Nova Scotia with The Ink Collective at the AfterWords Literary Festival, a mentorship and skill-building series dedicated to uplifting Black Nova Scotian storytellers. Through workshops in creative writing,  the program nurtures talent and builds community within the arts. With readings by Paula Russell, Nikita Morris, Joel Adisenu-Doe, and Asiah Sparks and […]

Note: This calendar is not a reflection of our current availability for rentals. For our rental calendar, please see the calendar at the bottom of this page.