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WRITERS 4+ DOZEN EVENTS 6 days Tuesday OCTober 13 Wordfest Youth presents Bill Slavin Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 10am, FREE cREATIVE wRITING MAster Class trevor cole, nino Ricci & John VaIllant Mount Royal University @ 11am, FREE wORKSHOP: the social art of self-publishing mIKE mORRISON Westin - Eau Claire Room @ 11am, $20
WEdnesday OCTober 14
thursday OCTober 15
A Morning with Lawrence HilL Simmons Building – Sidewalk Citizen Bakery @ 8:30am, $20
Wordfest Youth presents Linda Bailey & MÉlanie Watt Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 10am, $10
Wordfest Youth presents Anne Villeneuve & Cybèle Young Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 10am, $10 (crafts at 9:30am)
Wordfest Youth presents Édith Bourget & Diya Lim Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 10am, $10
Wordfest Youth presents Susin Nielsen & Trina St. Jean Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 10am, $10
Wordfest Youth presents Kevin Sands & Kevin Sylvester Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 12:30pm, $10
Wordfest Youth presents Christophe Mauri & Elizabeth Turgeon Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 12:30pm, $10
Wordfest Youth presents édith Bourget & Maxim Cyr Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 12:30pm, $10
Wordfest Youth presents Kenneth Oppel Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 12:30pm, $10
The Right to Be Cold Sheila Watt-Cloutier Mount Royal University @ 1pm, FREE
Can Dogs Detect Cancer? Arlene Weintraub Clever Canines @ 5pm, FREE
Drink, Discover & Dash Clifford Jackman, Anakana Schofield, Sara Tilley & Steve Toltz Arts Commons – Motel Theatre @ 5:30pm, $30 (includes libation)
Reading and Q&A André Alexis, Trevor Cole & Patrick Gale Pages on Kensington @ 5pm, FREE Graphic Novel Master Class Patti Laboucane-Benson & Walter Scott Alberta College of Art + Design – Stanford Perrot Lecture Hall @ 3pm, FREE
Tuesday Night Showcase Don Gillmor, Nino Ricci & jOHN vAILLANT Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 7pm, $20
For the Love of Animals André Alexis, Bradley Somer, Sherwin Tjia & Arlene Weintraub Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 7pm, $20
Wordfest presents cHRISTIAN bÖK & Lawrence hill Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 9pm, $20
Wordfest Youth presents Kenneth Oppel Owl’s Nest @ 7pm, FREE This Really Happened: Secrets & Lies Festival & Local Artists Royal Canadian Legion #1 @ 9pm, $20 The Canadian Edge Zsuzsi Gartner, Michael Hingston, Neil Smith & Janine VanGool Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 9pm, $20
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Thursday Night Showcase Indigenous Voices Drew Hayden Taylor, Patti Laboucane-Benson, Tracey Lindberg, David Alexander Robertson & Sheila Watt-Cloutier Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 7pm, $20. *Pre-event reception @ 6pm, add $40. Limited number of tickets available Poetry Cabaret Derek Beaulieu, Lorna Crozier, Joshua Edwards, Ulrikka S. Gernes, MONICA Kidd, Patrick Lane, Peter Midgley, Damian Rogers & Nick Thran Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) Main Floor @ 8:30pm, $20 White Noise Talks Kenna Burima, Raziel Reid, Adam Shoalts & Damien Wilkins Royal Canadian Legion #1 @ 7pm, $20 Literary Death Match FESTIVAL ARTISTS, All-star judges & HOST ADRIAN TODD ZUNIGA Royal Canadian Legion #1 @ 9pm, $20
October 13 - 18, 2015 • Calgary, ab Great reads • Live authors • Pure fun Friday OCTober 16
saturday OCTober 17
Sunday OCTober 18
Wordfest Youth presents DAViD Alexander Robertson & Richard Van Camp Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 10am, $10
Gals and Good Times Sara BlÆdel, Marina Endicott, Elizabeth Hay & Sarah Winman Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 9:30am, $20
Italian Voices Giuseppe Catozzella University of Calgary @ 11am, FREE
Workshop: Graphic Novel Writing Richard Van Camp Westin - Eau Claire Room @ 10am, $20
Mystery Showcase Sara BlÆdel, Cecilia Ekbäck, Hannah Kent & Yrsa Sigurdardottir Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 10am, $20
Workshop: Poetry Damian Rogers Westin - Eau Claire Room @ 11am, $20 Hispanic Voices JUAN PABLO VILLALOBOS University of Calgary @ 12pm, FREE Wordfest & The Writers’ Guild of Alberta present Bradley Somer in conversation with Samantha WarWick Motel Theatre - Arts Commons @ 5pm, FREE Canadian Short Fiction ZSUZSI GARTNER, GREG HOLLINGSHEAD, Irina Kovalyova, & Tom Wayman Pages on Kensignton @ 5pm, FREE Friday Night Showcase David Constantine, Hannah Kent, Richard Van Camp & Ronald Wright Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 7pm, $20 Late Night Friday Nick Cutter, IRINA KOVALYOVA, NEIL SMITH & JEFF VANDERMEER Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 9pm, $20 Christian Bök’s Eunoia FuJiwara Dance Inventions (In partnership with Fluid Festival) Theatre Junction Grand Flanagan Threatre @ 8pm, $44 Second performance on Saturday, Oct. 17 @ 8pm *Note: For both perfomances of Eunoia, tickets are available only through the Theatre Junction Grand Box Office. Call 403-205-2992 x 1, or order online at theatrejunction.com
Black Comedy Clifford Jackman, Steve Toltz & Juan Pablo Villalobos Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 12pm, $20 Being Artsy Drew Hayden Taylor, Walter Scott, Richard Van Camp & Cybèle Young Shelf Life Books @ 12pm, FREE Oh, Canada Tim Cook, Douglas Gibson & ADAM SHOALTS Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 1pm, $20 Wordfest presents Patrick DeWitt Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 2pm, $20 Roadtrip Rwanda Will Ferguson & Jean-Claude Munyezamu Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 4pm, $20
Workshop: Weasel Brain Writing stories Greg Hollingshead Westin - Eau Claire Room @ 10am, $20
OCTOBER FEST
Stephen Harper REVEALED JOHN IBBITSON Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – Main Floor @ 10am, $20 Sunday Morning Showcase David Constantine, Elizabeth Hay, DAMIEN Wilkins & Ronald Wright Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 11am, $20 TALES OF SURVIVAL Giuseppe Catozzella, Michel Chikwanine, Peter Midgley & Tracey Lindberg Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 1:30pm, $20 Wordfest Presents Wab Kinew in conversation with Blake Brooker Arts Commons - Big Secret Theatre @ 1:30pm, $20
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Where YYC ARTISTS Experiment Arts Commons Motel Theatre (Mezzanine) 205 8th Ave SE, Oct. 13 to 17th Doors open at 6:15pm. FREE
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20th anniversary, Calgary’s artiest popup bar will open its doors again from Tuesday to Saturday, providing the right ambiance for gathering before and after the festival events. But what’s a lounge without entertainment? That’s why we created the OctoberFEST LAB (for Literary Arts Bonanza), where we’ll be
MONDAY OCTober 19
presenting live pop-up performances by
Wordfest Youth presents Michel Chikwanine Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 10am, $10
Tuesday Oct. 13
EMMEDIA screening of TEXT(E)/IMAGE/BEAT & (Mad) Men About Town: Kris Demeanor, Jordan Williams & Eugene Stickland
Wednesday Oct. 14
Noir on Eighth
2015 ANNE GREEN AWARD WINNER Dave Bidini, FEATURING Special MUSICAL LITERARY Guests Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 9:30pm, $45 (includes 8:30pm party)
THURSDAY Oct. 15
A Sublime Vernacular – Book & Film Tribute to Levine Flexhaug
FRIDAY Oct. 16
“Adult” Spelling Bee, hosted by Sherwin Tjia
*Attend both events and party for $80!
SATURDAY Oct. 17
A Celtic Wake for Murdoch Burnett
International Hot Reads HaNNAH KEnt, YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR, Ulrikka S. Gernes, DAMIEN Wilkins & Sarah Winman Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 4pm $20
SPECIAL EVENTs 20th Anniversary Celebration YOur Favourite wordfest authors tell all Glenbow Museum Theatre @ 7pm, $45 (includes 8:30pm party)
fearless local artists from a multitude of genres. Visit wordfest.com for full details.
Calgary Public Library (Main Branch) – John Dutton Theatre @ 12:30pm, $10
Great reads • Live authors • Pure fun
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