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Fantastic Fiction

May 31, 2026
7 pm (doors at 6:30 pm)
The Wooden Monkey – Dartmouth

Fantastic Fiction brings together readers and Atlantic Canadian authors to celebrate the nominees of the Nova Scotia Book Awards fiction prizes. 

Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction Nominees…

Renée Belliveau, A Sense of Things Beyond, Vagrant Press

Robert de la Chevotière, We Were Not Kings, Little A

Danica Roache, Five Seasons of Charlie Francis, Vagrant Press

Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Fiction Nominees…

Danica Roache, Five Seasons of Charlie Francis, Vagrant Press

Julie K Strong, The Tudor Prophecy, OC Publishing

Brenda Tyedmers, Mrs. Walford, Self-published

Hosted by Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction nominee, Shelley Thompson. Shelley is nominated for and will be reading from her book of short stories, Winter Sky, Vagrant Press

Shelley Thompson

Hosted by Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction nominee, Shelley Thompson. Shelley is nominated for and will be reading from her book of short stories, Winter Sky, Vagrant Press