Freedom to Read Week Discussion (Online) — March 1, 2025
Freedom to Read Week Discussion (Online)Saturday, March 1st, 202510:00am to 11:00am MTOnline via ZoomFREE Please join us for a virtual conversation with Kit Dobson and David A. Robertson for Freedom to Read Week. The authors will discuss the importance of intellectual freedom, and share their own experiences with writing, teaching, and reading banned and/or challenged books. About […]
Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Writers Against AI (online) — February 26, 2025
Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Writers Against AI Wednesday, February 26th, 202512-1 PM MSTOnline via ZoomFREE The AI debate is heating up and every day there are new questions about the ethical and environmental impacts of this technology, especially when it comes to literature and the written word. The time for hypothetical discussions is ending […]
Pub And Powerpoint Night (Edmonton) — February 19, 2025
WGA Edmonton Pub and Powerpoint NightWednesday, February 19, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 82 ave, EdmontonFREEPoetry open mic sign up at 7. What is a PowerPoint night? Do you have a PowerPoint you want to share? Email [email protected] should be roughly 5 minutes or less.
Under 30 Write Night (Edmonton & Calgary) — February 19, 2025
Under 30 Write Night!February 19, 2025at 7:00 PM MTin Edmonton at Block 1912 (10361 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 1Z9)and in Calgary at Element Cafe (331 17 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0A5) Come join us for a fun and chill writing session, where you can work amongst like-minded young peers, and inspire each […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) — February 18, 2025
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, February 18th, 20257:00pm – 9:15pm MTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour. Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. In celebration of Black History Month, our featured […]
Coffee & Chat (Calgary) — February 15, 2025
The Calgary Coffee & Chat Returns! Saturday, February 15th, 20259:00am to 10:00am MTFish Creek Library, 3rd floor program room11161 Bonaventure Drive SE 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 […]
Connections Brewing — (Calgary) February 10, 2025
Connections Brewing (Calgary) Monday, February 10th, 20256:00pm – 9:00pm MSTLast Best Brewing & Distilling607 – 11th Ave SWFree. 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 Ashley Frerichs at [email protected] ahead of time if […]
Write Night (Sherwood Park) — February 10, 2025
Write NightMonday, February 10, 20255:30-8pm MTStrathcona County Library, Birch Room 401 Festival Ln, Sherwood ParkFree 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 and unstructured meet-up where we sit […]
Kámbiyó Our Stories In A Shifting, Changing World (Edmonton) — January 25, 2025
Kámbiyó Our Stories In A Shifting, Changing WorldSaturday, January 25, 20252-4:30pm MTThe Rooster, 10732 Whyte Ave NW, EdmontonFree Join us for a reading and performances from BIPOC writers! Our past Horizons Writers Circle participants will be bringing you their writing. There will also be an open mic. Sign up for the open mic when you […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) — January 21, 2025
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, January 21, 20257:00pm – 9:15pm MTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE Join host Ashley Frerichs at the first Poetry Parlour of 2025! Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Our featured reader for January 2025 is the enchanting […]