STARFest (St. Albert Readers Festival) returns for its 12th season with a star-studded slate of authors over three weeks from October 13 to 28, and we’re excited to return to an in-person festival. The 2022 lineup features prizewinning authors and bestselling, powerful books by authors you know and love, and authors you’ll always …
Named Alberta’s Best New Magazine in 2021, The Polyglot has proudly published 188 writers and artists working in 51 Indigenous and Heritage languages in the last five years. Join us as we launch and celebrate our tenth issue with readings by brilliant bilingual writers Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Meghan Eaker, Diana Gaviria, …
A new month means a new reading! Antler River Poetry is delighted to present Chantal Gibson and Kevin Andrew Heslop with local opener Jack Bradley on October 19 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Landon Library in Wortley Village. A reminder that we ask all guests to wear a mask to …
The Department of English's Esther Freier Lecture Series presents former US Poet Laureate (2019-2022) Joy Harjo and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Layli Long Soldier reading from and discussing their poetry. Co-sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies; AIS Associate Professor Christopher Pexa will moderate a conversation about contemporary …
The A-frame house at the edge of Roblin Lake was built in 1957 by Al Purdy and his wife Eurithe. The Purdy house is now the site of the A-frame Residency Program, under which writers are offered a time and place to work in a location that is attractive and …