Let me double back and talk a bit about the original question asked at the beginning of this thread - Word On The Street, a success or just huge?

Word On The Street in Halifax has been through a couple of interesting mutations. I still loved it best when it was completely out in the open, up on Spring Garden Road, but a couple of autumnal monsoons rained that whole notion out of practicality.

I've been telling stories and reading there off and on, and I was there that year of Hurricane Juan. The sky greyed over and everything grew calm. I felt as if I were trapped in one of those long heavy pauses that some performance artists love to indulge in.

Over the years it's become a little more commercial. There's a lot less book tables, and a lot more corporate booths. Like I really want to go to a writing festival to talk to someone about internet connections.

Two years ago I took part in the Pitch-A-Publisher event, and this year I'm launching the book that was the direct result of that pitch session...

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HAUNTED HARBOURS: GHOST STORIES FROM OLD NOVA SCOTIA, from Nimbus Press.
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...so I'd have to say that Word On The Street has been a great success for me.

Huge? It's hard to call anything "huge" in Halifax. I'm amazed we even rate a capital "H" in our name. I hope that Word On The Street continues to flourish, and I look forward to it every year.