Book Signing - Jill MacLean
September 24, 2025 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
21 Elm Avenue, Wolfville
Books will be available for purchase.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill here.
Booked For Murder
October 8, 2025 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Paul O'Regan Hall
5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax
As a satellite event of Booktoberfest, presented by The Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and Halifax Public Libraries, join in on a spine-tingling "who dunnit" discussion with seven Halifax crime writers (Pamela Callow, Anne Emery, Steven Laffoley, Bretton Loney, Carol Moreira, Peter Moreira and Anne Louise O'Connell), sharing their latest releases and more.
Dartmouth Book Exchange will be on hand to sell books from all the guest authors. Pick up your very own signed copy or check off your mystery-loving family members and friends from your holiday shopping list!
Learn more about BooktoberFest on the WFNS website.
Booktoberfest
October 11, 2025 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax
This year we will be featuring OC Publishing authors who have launched books since last Booktoberfest: Julie Strong (The Tudor Prophecy), Anne Louise O'Connell (Deep Freeze), Francene Gillis (Where Did i Go?), Jill MacLean (The Arrows of Fealty), Carolyn Nicholson (The Last Witch on Skye), and we'll have a sneak peek at Corinne Hoebers' debut novel Thethered Spirits that will release shortly after Booktoberfest, on October 18th.
Books will be for sale and authors will be available for signing at the following times:
11:00-1:00 - Corinne Hoebers and Julie Strong
1:00-3:00 - Carolyn Nicholson and Francene Gillis
11:00-3:00 - Jill MacLean (at her own table) and Anne Louise O'Connell (at the OC Pub table)
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about BooktoberFest on the WFNS website.
Launch Party - Tethered Spirits
October 18th, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
We will be celebrating the launch of Corinne Hoeber's debut historical fiction, Tethered Spirits, this fall.
More details to follow.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Where: Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax, NS
When: October 18th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Learn more about Corinne here.
Author Reading & Book Signing - Jill MacLean
October 22, 2025 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
10182 Durham St., Pugwash, NS
Jill will read from The Arrows of Fealty and books will be available for purchase.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill MacLean on her website.
Author Reading, Q&A, & Signing - Corinne Hoebers
October 25, 2025 from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
97 Kaulbach Street
Corinne will read from Tethered Spirits and books will be available for purchase.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Corinne Hoebers on her website.
Storytellers' Circle
November 15, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax, NS
BMO Room, 2nd floor
What's the first question an author is frequently asked? When did you start writing and why?
Join us for an afternoon of storytelling with OC Publishing authors joined by indie author friends who will share their origin stories. There will be opportunity for to ask your own questions, and of course, there will be books for sale.
An Afternoon of Historical Fiction
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
3421 Route 331, LaHave, NS
An afternoon of historical fiction featuring Sarah Emsley, who will read from her novel, The Austens (Pottersfield Press), and Jill MacLean who will read from The Arrows of Fealty.
Books will be for sale by LaHave River Books.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill MacLean on her website and Sarah Emsley on hers. Sarah was also recently interviewed on The Author Journey.
Bringing the Past to Life Through Historical Fiction
November 22, 2025 from 2:00 -4:00 p.m.
5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax, NS
Bringing the Past to Life through Historical Fiction with Sarah Emsley, author of The Austens (Pottersfield Press), and Jill MacLean, author of The Arrows of Fealty. Both authors will talk about their approaches to writing historical fiction and its possibiities for "truth-telling".
Bookmark will be selling copies and the authors will be available for signing.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill MacLean on her website and Sarah Emsley on hers. Sarah was also recently interviewed on The Author Journey.