WGA & YOGA SANTOSHA PRESENT: Yoga & Writing Workshop Series with Lisa Tierney and Samantha Warwick
Three Saturdays: Feb 26, March 5 and March 12, 2022 | 1:45-3:15 PM Mission Studio (in-person) at 320 1800 4th St. SW + Livestream | In-person please arrive by 1:30 PM $35 General | Full Series $99 $25 WGA Members (Visit WriteClick for WGA member promo code) | Full Series $75 Register for IN PERSON or VIRTUAL. Please contact Dalia at Yoga […]
C.U.E. Connect, Unlearn, Expand: Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 63:00 pm – 5:00 pm CoLab Community {Arts} Laboratory 9641 102A Ave NW Readings from Asian, Black, and Indigenous Writers Let us enrich and encourage each other with an afternoon of poetry reading from Asian, Black, and Indigenous communities in Edmonton. The writers are: Shima Robinson, Sandra Ngo, Naomi McIlwraith, Mubarik Adams, Mila […]
Wolf Moon Guided Write Night with Samantha Warwick
Monday, January 175:00-6:15 PM MSTJOIN US ON ZOOM “A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity,” wrote Franz Kafka one hundred years ago. And here we are, nearly two years into a collective experience that is perpetuating ongoing mental health challenges for many writers. Our individual circumstances will differ—too much isolation, too little uninterrupted time, trouble […]
Single Onion #180
SINGLE ONION #180 IMPORTANT: You will need to register for the event. WHAT: The Single Onion kicks off the new year with four excellent poets: Weyman Chan, Josephine LoRe, Tim Murphy, and Sabrina Samuel. WHEN: Thursday, January 20, 7:00 pm (MDT) WHERE: register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdemrpzIjEtfQFBJB5BkRH6MR9GIqcXRg About the readers: Finalist for the 2008 Governor General’s Award […]
WGA 2022 Online Retreat: Focus your Creativity – Jan. 14-16
January 14th – 16th, 2022 Meet the new Virtual Writer-in-Residence, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, as well as fellow retreat participants at a virtual fireside conversation on Friday evening on Friday evening with host Barbori Garnet. 7:00 – 8:30 PM (MST). Enjoy Saturday’s fireside visit with a focus on your writing; conversation guided by our host and partner from the Write-In, Savanna Harvey […]
The WGA, LTAC and Horizons Writers Circle Present: Translation 101 (Jan. 18)
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM MST In an increasingly interconnected literary world, literary translation is a most pertinent topic for authors who either would like to consider their works to be translated into other languages (English to French or vice-versa, Italian, Chinese, etc.) or are thinking of becoming literary translators. Join us in […]
Edmonton Outdoor Holiday Party
When: Saturday, December 4. 2-4pmWhere: Victoria Park Picnic Site #2 (Next to Victoria Park Pavillion)12030 River Valley Rd NW, Edmonton, AB It has been so long since we last saw each other for a WGA event. We will be having this gathering outside and following all provincial and municipal COVID regulations. The canopied picnic shelter […]
Merry Calgary Christmas in the Country
Saturday December 4TH, 2021. Join us for a festive time at the Granary Road Market. Enjoy a hot drink and treat, meet new members, and enjoy the atmosphere of the market with optional S’More making. Drop-in visiting, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PMS’More making starts at: 11:00 AM Please pre-register for this free members’ event. AHS […]
Official Notice of the 2021 Writers’ Guild of Alberta Annual General Meeting – Registration Deadline Extended!
Monday, November 22, 20217:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Online The AGM is free and open to all WGA members in good standing. This year’s AGM will be held online. If you are a member and wish to attend the AGM, please RSVP by Sunday, November 21. The AGM agenda, draft minutes of the 2020 AGM, and a […]
The WGA and Horizons Writers Circle Present: Literary Festivals 101
Literary Festivals 101 Thursday, November 18, 2021.6:30 MST, Free REGISTER HERE The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is hosting the first panel of their new 101 Series on all things literary. Four female festival directors from across Canada, Amanda Leduc, from The FOLD Festival, Charlene Diehl from Winnipeg’s Thin Air Festival, Fawnda Mithrush from LitFest YEG, and […]
2022 WGA Mentorship Program Participants Announced
Meet the Participants! The WGA is thrilled to announce the participants for the 2022 Mentorship Program! In January 2022, sixteen Alberta writers will begin their participation in the WGA’s annual mentorship program. 2022 marks the eleventh year for the program, which pairs emerging writers with established Alberta authors to develop the emerging writer’s literary work, […]
Online Workshop: Storytelling Through Comics with Teresa Wong
Saturday, November 20th. 10-11AMZoomWGA Members: $25 Non-members: $35Students $10Space is limited Cartoonist and graphic memoirist Teresa Wong walks through the basics of visual storytelling through comics. We’ll discuss some of the technical choices comic artists make to shape their stories and work on a short comic together. No artistic skills necessary. Teresa Wong is the […]
WGA Online Reading Series 2021
The WGA Online Reading Series is back! This summer we will be featuring WGA members with books released in 2021 and presenting a safe event for them to talk about their books. All events will be live streamed through the WGA YouTube channel. Audio versions of the readings will be shared shortly after. Micheline Maylor: […]
Alberta Culture Days Free Workshops
For Alberta Culture Days the WGA is offering a day of free writing workshops held over Zoom. Writers of all skill levels are welcome to sign up for one or all three. Space is limited so register today! 9AM – John O’Neil – Short Fiction: Dialogue and DescriptionIn this informal, hands-on workshop, participants will be […]
WGA Member Event – Reading, interview, and Q&A with Carrie Armstrong
Saturday, September 18 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, online Carrie Armstrong is author of Mother Earth, Plants for Healing & Health, part memoir, part guidebook to Indigenous Plants, Traditions, and Recipes.Join us online on Saturday September 18th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM. An author reading, short interview and audience Q & A will be followed by an interactive […]