Spruce Grove Public Library Presents: Genre Jumping with Katherine Koller
Sunday, October 1 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Spruce Grove Public Library Free Spend some time writing with and learning from award-winning playwright and author Katherine Koller: I started writing for radio drama, moved to scripts for the stage, then film, ballet and opera, and finally to fiction, both long and short form, and nonfiction. I […]
NWU and The Nation Sign Freelance Agreement
NEW YORK, NY (September 12, 2017) – The National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) announced today that they have reached an agreement with The Nation over a contract that covers freelancers for the publication’s print magazine and website. The contract is one of the first of its kind for freelance digital writers, who have so far […]
Workshop: Writing the Earth – Autumn Reflections at the Garden (with Jenna Butler)
WRITING THE EARTH: AUTUMN REFLECTIONS AT THE GARDEN Sunday, October 29, 2017 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Devonian Botanic Garden Back by popular demand, a writing workshop for the naturally inclined, led by critically-acclaimed author Jenna Butler, in the beautiful setting of the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. Participants will take in the sights, sounds, […]
WGA and LitFest Present: Borderlines – Transcultural Artistic Encounters
Date: Sunday, October 15 Time: 11:00 – 12:30 Place: Metro Cinema (8712 109 St) Six writers, each with different backgrounds and writing in a variety of genres, offer their perspectives and insights on the coming together of differences—differing languages, values, practices—and the surprising commonalities that can emerge through sharing stories. By way of multimedia presentations, […]
WGA ED Carol Holmes Shortlisted for Rozsa Foundation Award
2017 ROZSA AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Celebrating Excellence in Arts Management [September 8th, 2017] The Rozsa Foundation is pleased to announce our shortlist for the 14th Annual Rozsa Award. Congratulations to David Chantler, Founder and Producing Director of Trickster Theatre, Carol Holmes, Executive Director of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, and JP Thibodeau, Managing Artistic Director of StoryBook Theatre. Selected […]
Wordfest Featured Events
We can’t wait for you to sample all the timely and tasty treats Wordfest has cooked up for the 2017 Festival. For one week in October, the most delicious writers from Canada and the rest of the world will be serving up life-changing ideas at theatres around Calgary, as well as Wordfest’s new home at […]
WGA PRESENTS: OPEN MIC NIGHT – READ LIKE THE PROS(E)
Thursday, October 5 7:00 pm The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Avenue Free for WGA members, $5 for non-members Not all open mic nights are poetry readings! Prose writers, this is your chance to share your work in a fun, supportive environment at our monthly pub night. Sign up to read when you arrive. Keep your reading […]
WGA & ALBERTA SMALL BREWERS ASSOCIATION PRESENT: BEER & LITERARY PAIRINGS 2017
Thursday, October 26 | 7:00—9:30pm WGA members Free | Non-members $5 cash donation @ the door Shelf Life Books @ 1302 – 4th Street SW, Calgary AB Please join us for Calgary’s 2nd annual Beer & Literary Pairings in celebration of Alberta Beer Week! Five local authors’ work will be paired to five local microbrews and guests will be invited […]
Access Copyright Addresses Fair Dealing Decision
The following was a press release from Access Copyright on Sept. 5, 2017: The York U. Decision: what does it mean for you? You have no doubt heard about the Federal Court of Canada decision in the action between Access Copyright and York University. As well, you may be aware that York University has announced it intends to […]
DEBBIE WILLIS AND MARCO MELFI: READINGS AND A DISCUSSION ON FINDING YOUR AUDIENCE
Thursday, November 2 7:00 pm The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Avenue Free for WGA members, $5 for non-members Join us as fiction writer Debbie Willis and poet Marco Melfi read from their work. Readings will be followed by a moderated Q&A period on finding your audience. Debbie Willis’s work has appeared in The Walrus, The Virginia Quarterly, […]