Borderlines Writers Circle Readings (Edmonton)

  BORDERLINES WRITERS CIRCLE READINGS March 30, 2017 7:00 pm Whitemud Crossing Library (Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211 – 106 Street) FREE The WGA and Edmonton Public Library present an evening of new work from six multicultural, multilingual writers in celebration of the completion of the 2016 Borderlines Writers Circle. Join Nermeen Youssef, Tazeen Hasan, Mohamed […]

F.O.O.L. (Fiction Or Other Lit) (Edmonton)

Saturday, April 1, 2017 Cha Island Café & Lounge, 10332 81 Ave, Edmonton Time: 6:00 – 11:00 pm Cost: $5 The WGA has teamed up with MacEwan University Arts and Cultural Management students to present the social and guest speaker event, F.O.O.L. (Fiction Or Other Lit.) at Cha Island on April 1st, 2017, and we are […]

SOLD OUT: Strawberry Creek Retreat, May 10 – 14, 2017

Join your fellow writers May 10 – 14, 2017 at the Strawberry Creek Lodge for our annual writing retreat—the 60th writing retreat the Writers’ Guild of Alberta has held at Strawberry Creek Lodge! Our popular spring retreat is a self-directed writing retreat open to participants at any stage of their writing career. Strawberry Creek Lodge […]

WGA Writers’ Hub for Youth Presents: Ask An Expert 2017

On March 18th, from noon to 4 pm, The Writers’ Guild of Alberta will be hosting their “Ask an Expert” event. This event aims to connect young, aspiring writers to experienced and established authors. This year, our focus is on publishing, and we have created a panel of authors and publishers with extensive experience, to provide knowledge […]

Drink the Wild Air 2017

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Date: March 10-12, 2017 Place: Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $190 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Because we can’t offer WordsWorth all year long, there’s Drink […]

WGA Presents: Noir at the Kasbar! (Edmonton)

Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:00 pm Kasbar, 10444 Whyte Avenue FREE Join Greg Bechtel (author of Boundary Problems), Wayne Arthurson (author of Fall from Grace and A Killing Winter, both Leo Desroches mysteries), and S.G. Wong (author of the Lola Starke series: Die on Your Feet, In for a Pound, and Devil Take the Hindmost) […]

WGA Book Club Discussion + Wine & Beer Literary Pairings (Calgary)

WGA Book Club Discussion + Wine/Beer Literary Pairings With Samantha Warwick in acknowledgement of Freedom to Read Week Tuesday, February 28, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm Shelf Life Books, 1302 – 4th Street SW PLEASE READ THESE TWO TITLES **BEFORE** THE EVENT SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28. PICK UP YOUR COPIES AT SHELF LIFE BOOKS! […]

Create Your Bestseller in 2017 with Teresa de Grosbois
 (Calgary)

Wednesday, March 29 | 2017 7:00—9:00pm Shelf Life Books at 1302 – 4th Street SW Calgary AB Polish, publish and promote! How do authors achieve bestseller status? What are the distinctions that agents and mainstream publishers look for? How can we entice top authorities on our subject matter to endorse our books? Join four-time bestselling author Teresa de Grosbois for an […]

WGA Webinar: CREATIVE NONFICTION – HOOKING YOUR READER with Angie Abdou

  Saturday, January 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Why should anyone care about your story? What makes your writing worthy of a reader’s valuable time? Contemporary life is busy. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have encroached on the time people used to devote to reading. With the ever-increasing demands on readers’ time and energy, writers must remember: readers don’t owe […]

Gen Next & Z Edmonton Writers Meet-Up

Thursday, January 19, 2017 7:00 pm Devaney’s Irish Pub, 11113 87 Avenue FREE Born between 1980 and 2000? What are you reading? What are you writing? Who are your literary heroes? Open mic, nachos, door prizes.