WGA and LitFest Present: Rosemary Sullivan
When: Wednesday, October 21 Time: 7:00 pm Where: Stanley Milner Library Theatre Host: Myrl Coulter What: Rosemary Sullivan with host Myrl Coulter present Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of her subject’s daughter, Sullivan pieces together Svetlana […]
Open Mic with the Rasp and the Wine
When: Wednesday, November 4 Time: 7:30 pm sign up, shows starts at 8:00 pm Where: Kasbar (downstairs at Yanni’s, 10444-82 Avenue, Edmonton) What: We are again partnering with the Rasp and the Wine to bring you an incredible evening of sound-byte lit. Bring your bytes, 3-5 minutes maximum. Free for WGA members.
WGA and Canadian Literature Centre – Blue Pencil Café
When: Thursday and Friday, November 5 &6 Time: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Where: University of Alberta, Humanities Centre 4-113 What: In partnership with the Canadian Literature Centre, this two-day event allows emerging writers or students to make an appointment with a published author and discuss work in progress. 2015 Blue Pencil authors are Pierrette […]
Federal Election 2015 / Alberta Culture and Tourism Budget
Click the links below for information pertaining to the 2015 federal election: Alberta Budget 2015: What does it mean for the AFA? Oct 28, 2015 Alberta Culture and Tourism: Budget 2015 – Message from Minister Eggen, Oct 27, 2015 Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) Press Release: Culture and the Liberal Platform, Oct 23, 2015 Professional Arts […]
Alberta Culture Days 2015
September 25 – 27, Province-Wide During Alberta Culture Days, the WGA is partnering with numerous libraries and schools to bring Alberta’s acclaimed authors and artists to your community! Events will range from writing workshops to author presentations and readings. Find out what WGA Culture Days are happening in your area! Please note – all events are […]
WGA AND WORDFEST PRESENT: FISHBOWL (THE WRITING LIFE) WITH BRADLEY SOMER
Friday, October 16, 2015. 5—6:15 pm, Motel at Arts Commons, 205 8th Ave. SE, Calgary Presented with Wordfest, Samantha Warwick will guide a conversation with author Bradley Somer about his new novel, Fishbowl. They will discuss the writing life and process, what it means to “build a platform,” marketing, agents, publishing, and book promotion—regional, national […]
Master the Art of Writing Query Letters with Joan Marie Galat
When: Wednesday, September 16 at 7:00 pm Where: Stanley Milner Library, Program Room (main floor classroom) What: You’ve spent a lot of time on your manuscript, now it’s time to sell it. In this workshop with Joan Marie Galat, tackle the mystery of the query. The query is where you make your first impression with decision […]
WGA Calgary Fall Kickoff Pub Night & Interview with Lynette Loeppky
Wednesday, September 23, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, The Rose & Crown Pub, 1503 4 Street SW, Calgary Ah, the TRUTH. We want to tell the truth—so we write a whole book full of nothing but the TRUTH—but the book involves other people. Dang. Real people. And what if they’re offended? How do we write without […]
WGA Mentorship Program Call for Applications
About the Program The Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Mentorship Program, modeled off similar programs, matches five mentors with five apprentices for a mentorship taking place January-April 2016. The program is designed to meet the needs of emerging Alberta writers for guidance, collaboration and encouragement while senior writers receive short-term employment and an opportunity to […]
2015 Borderlines Writers Circle
Yasser Abdel-Latif Yasser Abdel-Latif is a writer and poet from Cairo, Egypt. He has lived and worked in Edmonton since 2010. He has published four fiction books, two poetry collections, and translated many literary works from French and English into Arabic. He writes mainly in Arabic although his works have been translated into English, […]