Literary Events

We want to set you up with the book of your dreams! Featuring books with sharp and witty profiles better than anything you’ll find on Tinder.  

Happening anually during the same week as Valentine's Day, Blind Date with a Book is your chance to peruse a display of discreetly wrapped books and their descriptive tags. You’re sure to find one that quickens your pulse.

Dal Reads is designed to encourage people in the Dalhousie community to share their love of books. Launched in 2009, the program brings the Dalhousie community together to read the same book and take part in programming related to the book.

Programming may include author readings, book club-type discussions, film viewings, and other events and opportunities to celebrate a shared love of reading. In addition, faculty members may choose to include the Dal Reads book in their course curriculum.

Dal Reads aims to provide a common intellectual experience, and encourage discussion as the development of new and innovative programming.

A Dal Reads book:

• must be able to generate discussion and exchange of ideas;
• must be appealing to a broad range of readers of varying ages, literacy levels, and life experience;
• must be in print and available for purchase in paperback, ebook, and audiobook; and
  
• must be strongly written with elements that will generate excitement among readers.

Dal Reads Title Selections

In partnership with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie Libraries host an annual ghost storytelling event with professional storytellers in the Victorian Lounge in Shirreff Hall.  

In partnership with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, the Dal Libraries hosts an annual reading with the winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. 

The Raddall Award was first presented in 1991. Established with an endowment by Thomas Head Raddall himself, and with ongoing support from the Raddall family, this award honours the work of fiction writers in the Atlantic region and, as the original benefactor envisioned, provides “the gift of time and peace of mind” so essential to the creation of new work.

More information about the award and past winners is available through the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.