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 […]
WGA Partnership – Single Onion Poetry Reading Series
The Single Onion, Calgary’s longest-running poetry series, brings to its audience a variety of renowned Canadian poets, as well as up-and-coming local artists. Our events are held the third Thursday of each month, nine times a year, at Shelf Life Books. We also host a monthly open-mic series at Hear’s My Soul Cafe. Events this fall […]
C.U.E. – Connect. Unlearn. Expand – Event Postponed
Due to the new public health emergencies and restrictions that were just announced for Alberta, the organizers and the WGA have decided to postpone the C.U.E. event scheduled for September 18th to a later date. Our sincere apologies to the presenters and to those who have signed up to attend for any inconvenience this may […]
Live by the Word: Titilope Sonuga on the Business of Poetry
Tuesday, September 14th from 6:00-7:30pm Titilope Sonuga is a poet, playwright and performer, the author of three collections of poetry and two spoken word albums, and Edmonton’s new Poet Laureate. Join Ms. Sonuga for a frank discussion of the difficult but essential work of getting paid for your poetry. This session is presented by the […]
2021 Alberta Literary Awards Gala Video Presentation
Wednesday, June 98:00 pmPremiering live on the WGA YouTube Channel Join us June 9, for the video presentation of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards and Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. Winners will be announced in nine categories. Details for the presentation of The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize on June 21 are available […]