Pub Night (Edmonton) — April 16, 2025

WGA April Pub Night (Edmonton)Wednesday, April 16, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 Whyte aveEdmontonFREE “The Best (free) Writing Advice I Ever Received”Special guests Ella Pfalzgraff, Ruth DyckFehderau, and Jasmina Odor will join us to talk about the best (free) advice about writing they ever received. A discussion and audience Q&A will follow. All are […]
Write Night (Edmonton) — April 16, 2025

Write NightWednesday, April 16, 20256-8pm MTStanley Milner Library, Civic Emplotees Room 2 – First FloorDowntown, EdmontonFree and open to the public Have you always wanted to write but other things get in the way? Join a WGA Horizons Write Night to focus on your writing and set words onto the page. This is a casual […]
The Olive Reading Series at Edmonton Poetry Festival: Featuring Horizons Writers Circle (April 9, 2025)

The Olive Reading Series at Edmonton Poetry Festival: Featuring Horizons Writers Circle Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 – 9:00 pmRooster Kitchen & Bar10732 82 Avenue NWEdmonton, AB T6E 6P4 CanadaFREE The Olive Reading Series at the Edmonton Poetry Festival will feature 7 readers from the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Horizons Writers Circle. This program provides support and mentorship for […]
A Chat with Danny Ramadan (Calgary) — April 9, 2025

A Chat with Danny Ramadan (Calgary) Wednesday, April 9th, 20257:00pm – 9:00pm MSTCommunityWise – Main Common Room (ground floor) 223 – 12th Ave SW, CalgaryFREE. No registration required. All are welcome. Join us for an evening with Danny Ramadan, the current Writer in Residence of the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program and outgoing president of […]
Connections Brewing — (Calgary) April 7, 2025

Connections Brewing (Calgary) Monday, April 7, 20256:00pm – 9:00pm MTLast Best Brewing & Distilling607 – 11th Ave SWDownstairs in the beer room Free. No registration required. Open to members of WGA and/or AWCS.Street parking free after 6pm. 7 minute walk from 4th street c-train station. Venue is wheelchair accessible by request, using the back entrance. Please email […]
Coffee & Chat (Calgary) — April 5, 2025

The Calgary Coffee & Chat Saturday, April 5th, 20251:00pm to 2:30PM MTCrowfoot Library8665 Nose Hill Dr NW, Calgary, AB Please join host Ashley Frerichs for the return of the Calgary Coffee & Chat, a place for Calgary writers to get together and gab about all things writing! Come enjoy some coffee (and timbits!) and share […]
Poetry Month Kickoff – Poetry Karaoke (Calgary) — April 2, 2025

Poetry Month Kickoff – Poetry Karaoke (Calgary) Wednesday, April 2nd, 20257:00pm – 9:00pm MSTAroma Café Bar1845 33rd Ave SW, CalgaryFree. No registration required. All are welcome. Join us for an evening of Poetry Karaoke at Aroma Café Bar in Marda Loop to kick off Poetry Month 2025! The event will have an open mic format. The […]
Online Reading with Alberta Literary Awards Finalists (Online) — May 1, 2025

Online Reading with Alberta Literary Awards Finalists Thursday, May 1st, 2025 at 6:30PM MTWGA YouTube Channel Featuring: Katherine Abbass, E.C. Dorgan, Samantha Jones, Cristalle Smith, and Natalie Sue
Creative Planning Micro-Intensive with Robyn Braun (Online) — March 31, 2025

Creative Planning Micro-Intensive with Robyn BraunMonday, March 31st, 20257-8:30 PM MTOnlineMembers: $25Non-Members: $35WGA Student Members: $10 The intensive will run for 1.5 hours with periods of presentation, periods for participants to write and reflect, and periods for participants to share into the space. First, we will consider writing habits. For this portion of the intensive, […]
Speak Up: Spoken Word Open Mic Launch (Calgary) — March 27, 2025

Speak Up: Spoken Word Open Mic Launch Thursday, March 27th, 20255:30 PM to 7:30 PM MTSan<k>Juri booksMarlborough Mall3800 Memorial Drive, Unit 34FREE Please join us for the launch of MelVee X’s new spoken word open mic series, Speak Up! Speak Up is a once monthly spoken word open mic night for emerging and experienced poets […]