Pub Night (Edmonton) — June 18, 2025
WGA May Pub Night (Edmonton)Wednesday, June 18, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 Whyte aveEdmontonFREE Join the WGA for our June pub night and help The Rooster with their annual patio inspection* to make sure that everything is ready for summertime on the patio. Special guest poet Marco Melfi will also join us to read […]
Controversy @ Noon – Why Buy Canadian?(online) — May 28th, 2025
Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Why Buy Canadian? Wednesday, May 28th, 202512-1 PM MSTOnline via ZoomFREE Register here. The current trade war between the United States and Canada–including tariffs focused on the book and publishing industry– has people thinking about buying products made in Canada and supporting local companies that keep our money in Canada. […]
Pub Night (Edmonton) — May 21, 2025
WGA May Pub Night (Edmonton)Wednesday, May 21, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 Whyte aveEdmontonFREE For the May pub night we will be joined by members of the CrW Creative Writing Club from the University of Alberta and MacEwan’s Bolo Tie Collective to play some writer games. Come and bring a pen and paper and […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) — May 20, 2025
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, May 20th, 20257:00pm – 9:15pm MTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour. Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. In May, we are excited to feature poet & translator, Leilei Chen! About the Featured Reader Leilei Chen 莫譯 published Re-orienting China: Travel […]
Mentorship Program Reception and Readings (Edmonton) — May 3, 2025
Mentorship Program Reception and Readings Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 5PM MT (Readings at 7pm)Artshub Ortona Armoury 9722 102st, Edmonton Join us as we celebrate the end of another year this great program for writers: the WGA Mentorship Program. Mentee writers and their mentors will gather to talk about what they worked on over the past […]
NO MORE FEAR OF FAILURE: INTERACTIVE WRITING WORKSHOP (Edmonton) — April 30, 2025
No More Fear of Failure: Interactive Writing WorkshopWednesday, April 30, 20256-8pm MT8331 104 St NWSecond floor, Activity RoomEdmontonFree and open to the public Join Alyx Bui at this interactive writing workshop. Actively build scenes, characters, narrative structure, and improvisational skills. Bust through the barriers and fear and achieve the limitless possibilities of being fearless. This […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) — April 22, 2025
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 7:00pm – 9:15pm MTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE **Important** Please note, April’s Poetry Parlour is happening on the 4th Tuesday of the month, NOT the 3rd Tuesday as usual. Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour. Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on […]
Pub Night (Edmonton) — April 16, 2025
WGA April Pub Night (Edmonton)Wednesday, April 16, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 Whyte aveEdmontonFREE “The Best (free) Writing Advice I Ever Received”Special guests Ella Pfalzgraff, Ruth DyckFehderau, and Jasmina Odor will join us to talk about the best (free) advice about writing they ever received. A discussion and audience Q&A will follow. All are […]
Write Night (Edmonton) — April 16, 2025
Write NightWednesday, April 16, 20256-8pm MTStanley Milner Library, Civic Emplotees Room 2 – First FloorDowntown, EdmontonFree and open to the public Have you always wanted to write but other things get in the way? Join a WGA Horizons Write Night to focus on your writing and set words onto the page. This is a casual […]
A Chat with Danny Ramadan (Calgary) — April 9, 2025
A Chat with Danny Ramadan (Calgary) Wednesday, April 9th, 20257:00pm – 9:00pm MSTCommunityWise – Main Common Room (ground floor) 223 – 12th Ave SW, CalgaryFREE. No registration required. All are welcome. Join us for an evening with Danny Ramadan, the current Writer in Residence of the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program and outgoing president of […]