WONDER–Reclaim Your Curiosity
Friday May 22 (Alberta Literary Awards) + Conference May 23-24, 2020
Calgary Public Library, Downtown Central Branch
800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
Hotel info (Alt Hotel) coming soon!
Registration will open February 11th, 2020 – stay tuned for full program of speakers & sessions!
Join the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society for a weekend of inspiration, professional development and networking opportunities! This year we’ll explore themes of WONDER, CURIOSITY & RETROSPECT. We’ll offer sessions that delve into topics such as discovering truth in an era of fake news, what makes an exceptional memoir, writing literary suspense, historical fiction, YA, and speculative fiction. We’ll explore digital storytelling and modern poetry, getting published in magazines (and beyond), working with agents and how to address social justice in our work. Hints of magic realism sprinkled throughout.
CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT—SUNDAY MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ALIX OHLIN
Alix Ohlin is the author of five books, most recently Dual Citizens (June 2019). Dual Citizens,like her novel Inside, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Walrus, Best American Short Stories, on public radio’s “Selected Shorts,” and many other places. She lives in Vancouver, where she chairs the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia.
