“What Lurks Beneath: Subtext and Theme” with Cara Hedley Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am Online $25 for members, $35 for non-members Describing his famous “Iceberg Theory,” Hemingway wrote, “If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if […]
Monday, November 20th 2017 | 5:30—10:00 pm WURST Beer Hall & Restaurant at 2437 4th St SW, Calgary | Private Room Downstairs $15 until October 2 | $20 after October 2 | $25 at the door GET YOUR TICKETS HERE WGA Perk: First 20 WGA members to register will be reimbursed for their tickets ALL proceeds go toward literacy programs in Southern […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Rose & Crown Pub: 1503 4 St SW Calgary, 3rd Floor Private Room Gather anytime after 6:00pm | Program 7:00 pm Free for WGA members $5.00 cash donation for non-members Join the WGA (YYC chapter) for our annual Fall Pub night at the Rose! Meet old friends and make new ones while we talk about the upcoming literary […]
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2018 Banff Retreat will be open to more participants, and we will be hiring two Writers in Residence for the duration of the retreat. The retreat takes place February 2 – 11, 2018, at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The Writers in Residence will provide individual manuscript consultations for […]
The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Avenue Thursday, September 7 Gather at 7:00 pm, program at 7:30 pm Free for WGA members, $5.00 for non-members Join us at our annual Fall Kick-off! Meet old friends and make some new ones while we talk about the upcoming literary season in Edmonton. The WGA will be joined by representatives […]
WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But […]
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 […]
