7:00 PM – 10:00 PM MT
Joyce on 4th (Downstairs)
506 24 Ave SW
*Please note that the venue is wheelchair accessible using the elevator in the attached parkade.
Please join us for the 2026 Writers’ Guild of Alberta Calgary Holiday Party! We’re excited for a warm, festive evening celebrating another year of our bustling literary community.
You can expect light catering, book sales from Shelf Life Books, and readings from special guests Priscille Bukasa, Marcello Di Cintio, and Natalie Sue.
About the Special Guests
Priscille Bukasa is a Calgary-based spoken word artist, writer, and teaching artist with over 15 years of performance experience. Her work explores cultural identity, belonging, faith, and social reflection through poetry and storytelling. As a teaching artist, Priscille creates spaces where people discover the power of their own voice.
Calgary writer Marcello Di Cintio is the award-winning author of six books, including Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense, and Driven: the Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers, and, most recently, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers.
Natalie Sue is the bestselling and award-winning author of I Hope This Finds You Well and You’ll Love it Here. She is a Canadian author of Iranian and British descent. When she’s not writing, she enjoys bingeing great and terrible TV, attempting pottery and procuring houseplants. She lives in Calgary with her husband, daughter and dog.
