Call for Mentors for the Borderlines Writers Circle
Thank you for your interest. The call for Borderlines mentors is now closed. The Writers’ Guild of Alberta seeks mentors to work with participants of the 2017 Borderlines Writers Circle. Borderlines Writers Circle is a program for multilingual, multicultural writers who have not yet found a place in the local writing community. A significant […]
2017 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
We are proud to announce this year’s instructors for Wordsworth 2017. More names and course descriptions will be added as they are confirmed! [tabs style=”default”][tab title=”Brandon Wint”] Week 2 Brandon Wint is an Edmonton-based poet, educator and spoken word artist. For Brandon, the writing and performance of poetry are tools for investigating and embodying his […]
WGA Annual Conference 2017: Juxtapositions
Conference Schedule and Rates Welcome to the WGA Annual Conference 2017: Juxtapositions! This is where writers from all across Alberta come together to socialize, network, learn, and celebrate writers and writing. We’ve asked over a dozen authors to share their talents and experiences in fiction, short story, poetry, and journalism through keynote speeches, author interviews, panel […]
Webinar: PITCH YOUR STORY TO A FILM PRODUCER with Michael Jorgensen
Saturday, December 10, 10:00 – 11:00 AM mountain time How do great stories get into the hands of filmmakers? Can you market your novel to the film industry? How about that screenplay you’ve been working on? Michael Jorgensen of Myth Merchant Films will discuss the importance of story, current themes in media, and the […]
WGA Webinar: CREATIVE NONFICTION – HOOKING YOUR READER with Angie Abdou
Saturday, January 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Why should anyone care about your story? What makes your writing worthy of a reader’s valuable time? Contemporary life is busy. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have encroached on the time people used to devote to reading. With the ever-increasing demands on readers’ time and energy, writers must remember: readers don’t owe […]
2016 Borderlines Writers Circle
Mohamed Abdi is a Somali-Canadian writer, documentary film maker, and essayist in advocacy journalism, with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies. He self-published a nonfiction book, The Agony of Somalia’s Civil War, in 2004, and an eBook of short stories titled Mother Somalia: Stories of Hope in 2012. He has contributed many articles written in English […]
Making Readers and Characters Squirm with Beth Hill
Saturday, September 24, 10:00-11:00 am Mountain Time How do we keep readers “up all night” wanting to find out what happens to characters they have come to care about? Beth Hill, author of The Magic of Fiction offers an array of techniques—Sophie’s Choice dilemmas, Balloon tension, closing escape routes, the ticking clock, and more—for raising […]
WGA Podcast: IN OUR TIME: WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE EVOLVING WORLD OF GETTING PUBLISHED
Join Kelsey Attard and Lee Kvern as they discuss the economics of the writing life, working with an agent, finding a publisher that’s right for you, and an inside look at submitting to granting agencies. A podcast series in two parts. This podcast series was produced by Barb Howard and Dan Ivanov.
MagaScene: Magazine Writing in Edmonton
An overview of Edmonton’s magazine writing scene, with Elizabeth Hanes, Samantha Power, Mack Lamoureaux, and Omar Mouallem. This podcast is produced and presented by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. Samantha Power is the feature writer for The News, a provincial affairs publication. Her work can most often be found in The Tyee, The Yards, and […]
Borderlines Series: Storytelling in Times of Turmoil
Storytelling in Times of Turmoil presented by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. Aboriginal writers, Naomi McIlwraith and Anna Marie Sewell, and Borderlines Writers Circle members, Marina Ivanova, Susana Chalut and Fahim Hassan, discuss truth and reconciliation, civil war, personal identity, and the risks of being a writer. Produced by Dan Ivanov and Julie Robinson. November […]