In late 2018 members of the WGA volunteered to be interviewed by students at the University of Alberta as part of a Community Services Learning project. We feel like these brief interviews will help give more than just a face to go with a name in our members list. We hope you enjoy learning more about your fellow Writers' Guild members.
Anamol Mani Paudel
Ann Campbell
Audrey Whitson
Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson
Beth Rich
Betty Jane Hegerat
Blaine Newton
Breanna Massey
Bre… Read More
Call for BORDERLINES WRITERS CIRCLE CALGARY Participants
Thanks to the generous support of the Calgary Foundation, The Alexandra Writers' Centre Society, in partnership with the Writers' Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the launch of the Borderlines Writers Circle Calgary.
The Borderlines Writers Circle is an initiative that aims to serve writers from a variety of linguist and cultural backgrounds who live in Calgary and are not yet connected to the local writing community. The program is designed to yield new literary works, explore the imm… Read More
WGA Webinar – How to Edit Your Work with Kimmy Beach
How to Edit Your Work with Kimmy Beach
Saturday, January 19 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Online
Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35
Students:$10
In this webinar, you’ll discover quick ways to tighten your prose before sending it on for further editing. You’re the first editor of anything you write, and while you won’t be the last, it’s best to be able to produce the cleanest copy possible for the next person who will see it (a substantive editor, copy editor, agent, publisher, writing group, your mom, a li… Read More
Member Night: Blue Monday
*Special date and location*
Monday, January 21, 2019. 7pm
The Aviary (9314 111ave) Edmonton
Free for Members. Non-members $5
Guest Speakers: Alexis Kienlen and Amy Willans
The third Monday in January is supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Part pseudoscience, part marketing stunt, the validity of these claims are difficult to prove but writers in Alberta are certainly not immune to mental health issues. Despite the dubious title we writers could use a d… Read More
Myriad Translations: Giving Stories New Life through Alternative Forms (YYC)
Thursday, January 24 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Rose & Crown Pub | Private room (3rd floor) at 1503 4 St SW, Calgary
Please RSVP via Facebook
Free for members for WGA, LTAC & RAFA | Non-members $5 cash at the door
Guests are welcome to arrive anytime after 6:00 p.m. to settle in, enjoy dinner and socialize. Thursdays are ½ price bottle of wine night at the Rose—Santé!
We all know that great works of literature have been translated into other languages around the world, but how often do w… Read More
Drink the Wild Air 2019
Date: March 8-10, 2019
Place: Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta.
Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19.
Cost: $208 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Registration Deadline: February 8
REGISTER NOW!
A Message from Colin Matty
Dear Friends of WordsWorth,
The best of the season to one and all! This is Colin Matty, Director of WordsWorth, with a timely announceme… Read More
Episode 3: Anna Marie Sewell
The WGA presents the Let's Get Lit podcast with guest Anna Marie Sewell. Episode 2: Jenna Butler
The second Let's Get Lit Poetry Podcast is now out! In the second episode, Rayanne Haines and Matthew Stepanic talk with Jenna Butler, author of the prose-poetry travelogue, MAGNETIC NORTH (University of Alberta Press, 2018). As we enjoy a Pinot Noir (and a Rosé!) paired with her book, we discuss sea voyages to Svalbard, the character of darkness, and the looming thr… Read More
Announcing the 2019 Banff Retreat Writers in Residence
We are happy to announce the Writers in Residence for our annual Banff Retreat, February 15 – 24, 2019 at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Alison Pick and Wayne Arthurson will be joining us at Banff Centre to provide manuscript consultations, advice about the writing life, and group activities.
Alison Pick is the author of the novels Strangers with the Same Dream and Far to Go, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her memoir Between Gods won the Canadian Jewish Book Award and was… Read More
The Writers' Guild of Alberta is a provincial arts service organization that represents both professional and emerging writers in Alberta. We envision an Alberta where past, present, and future contributions of writers are supported, acknowledged, and valued.
Our mission is to inspire, connect, support, encourage and promote writers and writing, to safeguard the freedom to write and to read, and to advocate for the well-being of writers.
