Literary Travel Adventures Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 5:00 PMRooster Kitchen 10732 82 ave. EdmontonFree event. Books will be for sale. Join Esmeralda Cabral and Meaghan Marie Hackinen for an evening of literary travel adventures!Esmeralda will be sharing her book, How to Clean a Fish: And Other Adventures in Portugal (U of A Press), and Meaghan […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, October 17, 20237:00pm – 9:30pm MSTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 830 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour Open Mic. Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Our October featured reader is the eloquent Manpreet Niagara: Manpreet is an […]
Single Onion Reading Series #196 Thursday, September 19, 2023 7:00pm MSTShelf Life Books, 1302 4th Street SW, CalgaryFree Event To attend virtually, register HERE. Visit the FB Event. The Single Onion is excited to host Victoria’s poet laureate, Marie Metaphor Specht, as she launches her debut collection of poems, with very special guest Erin Dingle. […]
This Beautiful Place: Authors in Fish Creek Park Sunday, October 15th, 2023 1:00pm to 3:00pm MSTThe PoetTree at the Bow Valley Ranche15979 Bow Bottom Trail SE, Calgary, ABFree In hopes that this beautiful autumn weather holds firm, please join us at a gorgeous, unique venue in South Calgary for an outdoor afternoon event of readings […]
We would love to know what our members are publishing in 2023! If you have a book slated for publication in 2023 and would like to tell us about it, please do so via the form below. All books by WGA members that are commercially available in 2023 are welcome, including self-published and ebook or […]
Oh, Is That a Fact? Saturday, November 25th, 202311:00am to 1:00pmAlexandra Writers’ Centre at cSpace1721 29 Ave SW (4th floor) $10 for WGA members || $20 for nonmembers Please register online using the form below. How applying the fundamentals of fiction and cultural criticism can strengthen your personal essay. An in-person workshop with Mikka Jacobsen, […]
The Golden Pen Award We cordially invite WGA members to submit nominations for the 2026 Golden Pen Award. Nominations for the 2026 award will be accepted until December 1, 2025. The Golden Pen Award is presented to acknowledge the lifetime achievements of outstanding Alberta Writers. Past recipients are W.O. Mitchell, Grant MacEwan, Rudy Wiebe, Myrna […]
We are happy to welcome Christyn Carter to the WGA staff as our new Communications Coordinator. With nine years of experience in professional writing, coupled with a background in administrative assistance and social media coordination, Christyn brings a multifaceted skill set to the workplace. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in […]
Write/Right: Law for Writers Column Online Archive Since 2018, Edmonton lawyer Jeananne Kirwin, K.C., has contributed a legal column for each issue of WestWord Magazine. With her permission, we are pleased to post this continuing archive of those articles. Please note: The information in these articles is of a general nature only. It does not […]
Connections Brewing (Calgary) Monday, November 6, 2023, 6pm – 9pm MSTPrairie Dog Brewing105D 58th Ave SE, Calgary Come ready to mingle and network with the Calgary literary community. Our November event will feature a talk from AWCS Writer-in-Residence, Jenna Butler. Free. No registration required. All are welcome. About the facilitator: Dr. Jenna Butler (she/her) is an award-winning poet, essayist, […]
