WGA at the Metro – Al Purdy Was Here

Tuesday, April 23 7:00 pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St. For National Poetry Month we celebrate the poet who put the country of Canada into words like no other has before or since. The boxcar riding, beer drinking, A-Frame building, booming voiced, lanky, obstreperous Al Purdy. Features live performances by Kat Cameron, Jason Lee Norman and Thomas […]

YEG- April Member Night: Spring Cleaning Open Mic

Wednesday, April 3rd Almanac on Whyte 7pm. Open Mic starts at 7:30pm It’s been a long, dark, bitterly cold winter but Spring is around the corner and with it brings the sweet slushy promise of lukewarm temperatures, puddles, and of course spring cleaning. We writers have been going stir crazy in our houses, caves, and […]

Workshop (Fort McMurray) – Finding the Words: Writing About the Fort McMurray Wildfire

Finding the Words: Writing About the Fort McMurray Wildfire will help any new writer navigate the first steps in the writing process. This free, limited seating workshop for new writers is custom-designed with practical tips and inspiration to help you commit to your writing in a judgement-free environment. Saturday April 6, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. […]

(YEG) Reading as Place- Multilingual Poetry

Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM   Action for Healthy Communities Society of Edmonton #100, 10578 113 St Multilingual Poetry Reading on Amiskwaciwâskahikan Join AHC Artist in Residence Luciana Erregue – as she reads along with her multilingual writer friends Yasser Abdel-Latif, Lisa Dublin, Shimelis Gebremichael, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Leilei Chen Family Friendly – Light […]

(YYC) WGA VOICES: Pub Night, Readings & Panel Discussion (On Writing)

Thursday, March 28 | Rose & Crown Pub at 1503 4th Street Guests are invited to arrive anytime after 6:00 p.m. to settle-in, order dinner & socialize  Happy Hour ($5 drinks) is on between 6:00—7:00 p.m! Readings & Panel Discussion | 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.  Join us for a spring pub night and enjoy six punchy […]

(YEG) Editors and Writers: Both Sides of the Page

Editors and Writers: Both Sides of the Page – a partner event by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and Editors Edmonton, the local group of Editors Canada Are you a writer with a finished or in-progress manuscript or a short piece of work that needs editing, but you don’t fully understand the services that an editor can offer or how to get started? […]

Introducing the 2019 Borderlines Writers Circle Calgary

On behalf of the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, we are pleased to announce the participants and mentors for the 2019 Borderlines Writers Circle Calgary. The Writers Circle is made possible through the generous support of the Calgary Foundation.  The Borderlines Writers Circle is an initiative that aims to serve […]

YEG-March Member Night – Writers in Residence: They’re here to help!

WGA Member Night Wednesday, March 6. 2019 7pm. The Almanac on Whyte, 10351 82 Ave. Members: Free. Non-members $5 Writers in Residence: They’re here to help! The Alberta writing community is blessed to have multiple institutions that provide a Writer-in-Residence program. Libraries, universities, and other literary institutions and non-profits support these programs that make skilled writers […]