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Book Signing - Francene Gillis
July 29, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Francene Gillis, author, Where Did i Go? a Memoir Plus
Join Francene at the Four Mermaids Gift Shop in Port Hood, Cape Breton where she'll have copies of her new book, Where Did i Go? a Memoir Plus in which she shares her life-altering experience with a traumatic brain injury that resulted from a slip and fall on black ice.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Where: Four Mermaids Gift Shop
8790 Nova Scotia Trunk 19, Port Hood, NS
Learn more about Francene here.
Author Reading - Pat d'Entremont
August 9, 2025 from 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Semaine acadienne / Acadian Week
Pat will join fellow Acadian authors at the annual Acadian Week celebrations in West Pubnico to read from his upcoming novel (due to release in July 2026).
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Where: Le Centre de Pombcoup - Firehall
897 NS 335, West Pubnico
Learn more about Pat here.
Author Meet 'n Greet
August 16, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Meet 'n Greet and Book Signing
Meet historical fiction authors Yvette Ward MacDonald (Honour Above All) and Julie K. Strong (The Tudor Prophecy) and hear about the weaving of their stories, one set in 1960s Ottawa and one in 1541 England) and get signed copies of their books.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Where: LaHave River Books
3421 Route 331, LaHave, NS
Launch Party - The Arrows of Fealty
September 21, 2025 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
We will be celebrating the launch of Jill MacLean's second medieval novel, The Arrows of Fealty, the stand alone sequel to The Arrows of Mercy this fall.
More details to follow.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Where: WFNS
1113 Marginal Rd., Halifax
When: September 21, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Learn more about Jill here.
Book Signing - Jill MacLean
September 24, 2025 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Wolfville Memorial Library
21 Elm Avenue, Wolfville
Books will be available for purchase.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill here.
Booktoberfest
October 11, 2025 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Halifax Central Library
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 Hoeber's 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. We'll post the schedule as we get closer to the date.
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.
Halifax Central Library
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.
Pugwash Library
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.
Launch Celebration - Tethered Spirits
October 26, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
St. John's Anglican Parish Hall
Lunenberg, NS
Corinne Hoebers will also have a South Shore celebration in Lunenberg for the launch of her novel, Tethered Spirits.
More details to come.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn more about Jill MacLean on her website.
An Afternoon of Historical Fiction
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
LaHave River Books
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.
Halifax Central Library
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.