WGA Golden Pen Award Past Recipients
The WGA Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023 2022 Chris Wiseman 2020 Vivian Hansen 2019 Bob Stallworthy 2018 Cecelia Frey 2017 Candas Jane Dorsey
2017 ROBERT KROETSCH CITY OF EDMONTON BOOK PRIZE SHORTLIST READING
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 pm Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Avenue We invite you to join us for the 2017 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book
WGA Presents: Be a Video Poem Maker Workshop
May 11– On May 11, The Writers’ Guild of Alberta and YEP! will launch Be A Video Poem Maker! Part 1 instructed by celebrated filmmaker
THE WGA PRESENTS: THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZE FINALISTS READING, CELEBRATION AND COMPLIMENTARY FOOD FROM AIDA’S BISTRO
Wednesday, April 19th, 7:00—9:00pm at Shelf Life Books (1302 4 St SW, Calgary) Seating: first-come, first-served. The City of Calgary and the Writers’ Guild of
MENTORSHIP CELEBRATION: EMERGING ALBERTA VOICES
Saturday, May 6, 2017 7:30 pm Tiramisu Restaurant 10750 – 124 Street Reading: Marco Melfi, Jacqueline Kwan, Sherryl Melnyk, with special guest Claire Kelly (NeWest
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
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
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
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