2024 FESTIVAL

The 6th Annual Afterwords Literary Festival will take place at venues across Halifax from November 2-10, 2024. See the full schedule below.

Keen to experience the whole festival? Purchase a Festival Pass and access all festival events (except workshops and the Book Appétit Brunch). The Festival Pass also includes a 2024 AfterWords Book Bag with swag and treats!

Filter to: Workshops

With Marie-Lousie Gay

Saturday, November 2
9:15AM – 11:15AM
Halifax Central Library – BMO Room

$25.00

With Jack Wong, Marie-Louise Gay, Penelope Jackson, Sarah Everett, Heidi Tattrie Rushton, Lindsay Ruck, Bria Chiome-Miller, Meghan Marentette, Rebecca Thomas, Alan Syliboy, Marie-France Comeau, and Johanna Lezziero

Saturday, November 2
12:30PM – 4:00PM
Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax)

FREE

With Erin Brubacher and Stewart Legere

Saturday, November 2
3:00PM – 4:15PM
Room 301, Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax)

FREE

With B.R. Myers

Saturday, November 2
3:30PM – 5:30PM
BMO Room, Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax)

FREE

With Christina Cooke

Sunday, November 3
12:00PM – 2:00PM
Online via Zoom

$25.00

With Johanna Skibsrud

Sunday, November 3
2:30PM – 4:30PM
Online via Zoom

$25.00

With Geneviève Bigué

Sunday, November 3
2:00PM – 3:30PM
MacPhee Centre (50 Queen Street, Dartmouth)

FREE

With B.R. Myers, Sidura Ludwig, Geneviève Bigué

Sunday, November 3
4:00PM – 6:00PM
MacPhee Centre (50 Queen Street, Dartmouth)

FREE

Monday, November 4
6:30PM (Doors Open at 6:00PM)
Carbon Arc Cinema at the Museum of Natural History (1747 Summer Street, Halifax)

$10.00

With Atharv Mahajan, Andrea Currie, and Charlene Carr

Tuesday, November 5
7:00PM – 8:30PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Black Cultural Centre (10 Cherry Brook Rd, Cherry Brook)

FREE

With Sarah Mian, Alex Pugsley, Lisa Alward, Amanda Peters, Deepa Rajagopalan, Cory Lavender, and Andrea Currie

Wednesday, November 6
7:00PM – 10:00PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Cafe Lara (2347 Agricola St, Halifax)

$10.00

With Elliott Gish, Fawn Parker, Deepa Rajagopalan, Alexander MacLeod, and Caroline Adderson

Thursday, November 7
7:00PM – 10:00 PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$10.00

With Heather O’Neill, Caroline Adderson, Deepa Rajagopalan, Sarah Hampson, and Sue Goyette

Friday, November 8
12:30PM – 2:30PM (Doors Open at 12:00PM)
The Carleton (1685 Argyle St, Halifax)

$8.00

With Tanya Talaga, Mercedes Peters, M G Vassanji, and Mary Lynk

Friday, November 8
7:00PM – 10:00PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$15.00

With Fawn Parker

Saturday, November 9
9:30AM – 11:30AM
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$25.00

With M G Vassanji

Saturday, November 9
9:30AM – 11:30AM
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (1113 Marginal Road, Halifax)

$25.00

With Caroline Adderson

Saturday, November 9
12:00PM – 2:00PM
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$25.00

With Elizabeth Renzetti

Saturday, November 9
2:30PM – 4:30PM
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$25.00

With Carol Bruneau, Anne Fleming, Peter Counter, and Tanya Talaga

Saturday, November 9
1:00PM – 2:30PM (Doors Open at 12:30PM)
The Carleton (1685 Argyle St, Halifax)

$8.00

With Joshua Whitehead and Erin Wunker

Saturday November 9
4:00PM – 5:00PM (Doors Open at 3:30PM)
Bus Stop Theatre

$8.00

With Elizabeth Renzetti, Charlene Carr, Catherine Leroux, and Heather O’Neill

Saturday, November 9
7:00PM – 10:00PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$15.00

With Shashi Bhat and Heather O’Neill

Sunday, November 10
11:00AM – 1:00PM (Doors Open at 10:30AM)
The Carleton (1685 Argyle St, Halifax)

$40.00

With Elizabeth Renzetti and Portia Clark

Sunday, November 10
3:00PM – 4:30PM (Doors Open at 2:30PM)
The Carleton (1685 Argyle St, Halifax)

FREE

With Tanya Talaga and Kiahna Brennan

Sunday, November 10
1:00PM – 2:00PM (Doors Open at 12:30PM)
Millbrook Cultural Centre (65 Treaty Trail, Millbrook)

FREE

With Joshua Whitehead, Sue Murtagh, Shashi Bhat, Erin Wunker, Lisa Moore, and Stephanie Domet

Sunday, November 10
7:00PM – 10:00PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM)
Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St, Halifax)

$15.00