CSL Blog Project, Volume 2: Logical or Emotional? How is Computer Science Related to Writing? (feat. Dustin Archibald)
Logical or Emotional? How is Computer Science Related to Writing? by Haoyang Lin Many people think science and art are two totally different professional fields. They stand on two opposite sides because the people who learned them are different. Scientific scholars may be more logical and rigorous because they usually deal with logical questions that just […]
CSL Blog Project, Volume 1: Different Challenges and Highlights of Alice Major’s Writing
Different Challenges and Highlights of Alice Major’s Writing by Junyan Feng Alice Major is a Canadian poet who emigrated from Scotland to Canada when she was eight. Some of her collections of poetry have been published, such as Memory’s Daughter and Welcome to the Anthropocene. She was president of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and also […]
Bridging Cultures Through Writing
Bridging Cultures Through Writing Multicultural Writing Forum Series Sunday, April 15 2:30 – 4:30 Action for Healthy Communities 100, 10578 – 113 Street, Edmonton FREE Hosted by Edmonton Chinese Writing Club and Writers’ Guild of Alberta Moderated by Dr. Leilei Chen, four multicultural writers speak about why they chose to be a writer, the meaning of writing for their lives, […]
Borderlines Writers Circle Readings 2018
BORDERLINES WRITERS CIRCLE READINGS Thursday, March 15, 2018 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 2017 Borderlines Writers Circle program. Join Mila Philipzig, Leilei Chen, […]
WGA Blog: WGA Writers Make a Significant Contribution
Home: Stories Connecting Us All is a celebratory anthology of multicultural stories edited by Tololwa Mollel and assistant editor Scott Sabo. Several Edmonton and provincial organizations initiated the compilation and publication of this e-book founded on the belief that sharing stories is a way of addressing issues that many newcomers to Canada face. “Perhaps sharing […]
Photos from the 2016 Borderlines Writers Circle Readings
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 […]
WGA Blog: Wanderings and Rootings: Reflections on Language, Identity and Adaptation by Julie Robinson
“I will continue my story of a failed hipster,” Fahim jokes with the crowd at Massawa Café in Edmonton. In the first half of the event “A Place Called Home: Immigrant Writers’ Stories,” he related the differences between his “Hollywood” idea of the writer’s life prior to arriving in North America, and the overwhelming […]
2016 Borderlines Writers Circle
Mohamed Abdi is a Somali-Canadian writer, documentary film maker, and essayist in advocacy journalism, with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies. He self-published a nonfiction book, The Agony of Somalia’s Civil War, in 2004, and an eBook of short stories titled Mother Somalia: Stories of Hope in 2012. He has contributed many articles written in English […]
Borderlines Series: Storytelling in Times of Turmoil
Storytelling in Times of Turmoil presented by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. Aboriginal writers, Naomi McIlwraith and Anna Marie Sewell, and Borderlines Writers Circle members, Marina Ivanova, Susana Chalut and Fahim Hassan, discuss truth and reconciliation, civil war, personal identity, and the risks of being a writer. Produced by Dan Ivanov and Julie Robinson. November […]