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Tuesday, August 23rd

Literary

Christopher DiCarlo: How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

book release and lecture, 7:30-9:30pm. $10/$5. MSC Escalus Room, Mac Hall
University of Calgary August 23, 2011

Poetry Slam! & Open Mic

8pm, hosted by Sheri-D Wilson & Tyler Perry. www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com
Auburn Saloon August 25, 2011

Brian Brennan with "Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada"

7pm, 403-287-9557
Christ Church Elbow Park September 6, 2011

Virginia May with "The Chickens of 6th Street"

7pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books September 7, 2011

Good Night, World - book reading & signing with Carolyn Fisher

2pm, 403-240-1723. Monkeyshines Book Store
September 10, 2011

Joe Keithley of D.O.A. book signing & set

2:30-4pm, Sloth Records
September 10, 2011

Naomi K. Lewis - Writer in Residence Welcome and Program Launch

2-3:30pm, 403-221-2006
Memorial Park Library September 10, 2011

Single Onion Poetry Series featuring Lorna Crozier, Kirk Ramdath & Midnight Yoga for Alcoholics

7:30pm, www.thesingleonion.blogspot.com
Auburn Saloon September 15, 2011

Calgary Distinguished Writers Program

welcomes Jeramy Doddsd as 2011-2012 Writer-in-Residence and bids farewell to former Writer-in-Residence Oana Avasilichioaei with free public reading, 7:30pm
Arrata Opera Centre September 15, 2011

Winewords - Single Onion #87

8pm with Cecelia Frey, Julie Sedivy, Andre Rodgrigues, Erin Dingle & Midnight Yoga for Alcoholics. $20, 403-685-5218. thesingleonion.blogspot.com. J Webb Wine Merchant
September 22, 2011

Maxine Spence book signing of "Leaf"

2pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books September 24, 2011

Author reading of "The Pioneer, Book Three of the Alford Saga"

by Paul Almond. Noon-1pm
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch September 26, 2011

Open mic night for writers

7pm
Owl's Nest Books September 28, 2011

TALES presents "River of Dreams"

A storycafe. 7pm talesstorytelling.com for info
Shelf Life Books September 28, 2011

Author John Shields

launches new book The Priest Who Left His Religion. 7pm-9:30pm
Unity Church of Calgary September 29, 2011

Author reading "1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half"

by Stephen R. Bown. Noon-1pm
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch September 29, 2011

2011 Fundraiser Benefit Slam, Auction & Open Mic with hosts Tyler Perry & Sheri-D Wilson

8pm, $5. www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com
Auburn Saloon September 29, 2011

An Adventurous Woman Abroad

Evening with the author, Michale Lang 7pm $2
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies October 1, 2011

Garry Ryan book signing

His latest detective novel, Malabarista 7pm
Owl's Nest Books October 6, 2011
Lynn Coady returns to WordFest

16th Annual WordFest

featuring artists including Anita Rau Badami, Marty Chan, Arlene Dickinson, Zsuzsi Gartner, Ian Hamilton, John Marsden, Andrew Nikiforuk, Suzette Mayr, Justin Rutledge, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Ian Williams and more. www.wordfest.com
None October 11 - 16, 2011

Edmonton author Lynn Coady is busy these days travelling across Canada promoting her new book, The Antagonist, which was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her latest stop on the book tour is right here in the city for the 16th annual WordFest ...


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Author spotlight

Guy Vanderhaeghe presented by WordFest & The Banff Centre

7pm with "A Good Man" accompanied by musician Justin Rutledge. $20 at wordfest.com or 403-237-9068
Banff Centre October 15, 2011

Guy Vanderhaeghe will be participating in the Banff Distinguished Author Series on Saturday, October 15 at the Eric Harvey Theatre along with singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge.

In his new novel A Good Man, Guy Vanderhaeghe returns to the same territory he explored in his acclaimed Canadian ...


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Sarah Winman with "When God Was a Rabbit"

2:15-2:45pm
Owl's Nest Books October 16, 2011

Jean Hudson launches How To Make People Listen Without Being Pushy

7pm
Owl's Nest Books October 18, 2011

Single Onion #88

7:30pm with Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst, www.thesingleonion.blogspot.com
Auburn Saloon October 20, 2011

Gordon Cope signs his new mystery "Secret Combinations"

7pm
Owl's Nest Books October 20, 2011

Angela Kolias launches her book, "Alpha Omega Yoga"

3pm
Owl's Nest Books October 23, 2011

Dessa Kaspardlov "The Fireman and The Waitress: The true story of an ordinary couple reaching extraordinary financial heights" book signing

6pm, Chapters Chinook
October 25, 2011

YWCA Centennial Book Authors Speak

Unveiling of "Creating Cornerstones: A History of the YWCA of Calgary". 7:30pm-9:30 pm (doors at 6:30pm). Free parking.
Fort Calgary October 25, 2011

Open mic night for writers

7pm
Owl's Nest Books October 26, 2011

Midnight Tales presented by T.A.L.E.S.

7pm with storytellers Karen Gummo, Cassy Welburn and more, music by Dave Foster and an open mic. $10 donation, talesstorytelling.com
Shelf Life Books October 26, 2011

Open mic night for writers

presented with the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society , 7pm
Owl's Nest Books October 26, 2011

Adrienne Clarkson presented by WordFest

7pm with "Room For All of Us", $15. wordfest.com
John Dutton Theatre November 1, 2011

"Day of the Dead" presented by Calgary Spoken Word Society

Extraordinary evening of intense poetry presented by the Group of 5: Ian Ferrier, Jen Kunlire, Kirk Ramdath, Ali Riley, and Sheri-D Wilson.
Auburn Saloon November 2, 2011

2nd Annual Literary Vaudeville - Loud in the Library

Readings of poetry, plays, short stories and flash fiction. 7-8:15pm, Free event. RSVP to boziwrites@gmail.com
Memorial Park Library November 3, 2011

Fiction for All Readers with Mark Lavorato, Samantha Warwick & Andrew Wedderburn

hosted by Paul Kennett, 7pm
Milk Tiger Lounge November 3, 2011

Andrew Nikiforuk - "Empire of the Beetle" book signing

6-7:30pm
Willock & Sax Gallery November 5, 2011

Andrew Nikiforuk - Empire of the Beetle book signing

6-7:30pm
Willock & Sax Gallery November 5, 2011

Wade Davis presented by WordFest

7pm with "Into the Silence: the Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest." $15 at wordfest.com
John Dutton Theatre November 9, 2011

Don Ferguson signing "Air Farce: 40 Years of Flying by The Seat of Our Pants"

2pm, Deerfoot Meadows Walmart
November 13, 2011

Somebody's Child Calgary Book Launch with Dale Lee Kwong, Jill Robinson, Bonnie Evans, Raquel Schneidmiller, Judith Hope & Elaine Hayes

7pm, music by Kathy Cook & Jimmy Kukko
Memorial Park Library November 15, 2011

Homegrown literature and Home-baked goods

7pm, new fiction from Freehand Books with Stephen Gauer, David Whitton & Esme Claire Keith
Endeavor Arts Gallery November 16, 2011

Somebody's Child: Stories about Adoption Launch

evening of readings by Calgary and Banff area adoptees, foster children, adoptive and bio parents, 7-9pm. 250-360-0829 for info
Memorial Park Library November 16, 2011

Vivian Hansen - poetry reading

7:30pm, preceded by an open mic
Auburn Saloon November 17, 2011

TALES From the Bazaar with Karen Gummo & Cassy Welburn

6:30pm, $40, 403-244-2333 or www.sultanstent.ca to confirm
Sultan's Tent November 17, 2011

Slice me some truth: An anthology of Canadian creative non-fiction launch

7pm with readings by Luanne Armstrong, Sharon Butala, Myrna Kostash & Fiona Tinwei Lam
Shelf Life Books November 17, 2011

Alexis Kienlen launches "13"

2-4pm, 403-265-1033
Shelf Life Books November 19, 2011

Coming to Canada: Stories of Immigration with Brian Brennan and Frances Hern

1-2:30pm, 403-265-1033
Shelf Life Books November 20, 2011

Partners in Crime: local authors share and sign latest novels

with Susan Calder, Linda Kupecek, and Stephen Legault 7pm
Owl's Nest Books November 22, 2011

Ray Robertson with "WhyNot? Fifteen Reasons to Live" and Rebecca Rosenblum with "The Big Dream"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 22, 2011

TALES presents "Winter Nights, Northern Lights" storycafe

7pm with Anne Cowling, Linda Shantz and ore telling folktales from Russia and beyond. 403-282-5394
Shelf Life Books November 23, 2011

Tell Anna She's Safe with Brenda Missen

12-1pm, main floor south
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch November 23, 2011

Tell Anna She's Safe book signing with Brenda Missen

7pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books November 24, 2011

Mark Zuehlke launches "Breakout from Juno"

cocktails 6:30pm, lecture 7pm. $10, rsvp@themilitarymuseums.ca
Military Museums November 24, 2011

Gwen Sjogren signs "O Canada Crosswords Book 12"

11:30am-1:30pm. Indigospirit TD Square
November 24, 2011

What Echo Heard book launch with Gordon Sombrowski

5:30-9pm, 403-265-1033
Shelf Life Books November 24, 2011

Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference

featuring local children's authors and illustrators. 10am-4pm
Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre November 26, 2011

The FICTIONistas!

2:30pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books November 26, 2011

Gwen Sjogren signs "O Canada Crosswords Book 12"

11:30am-3pm, Coles Market Mall
November 26, 2011

Carelessness and Mercy: readings by Cecelia Frey & Wilhelmina Fitzpatrick

3-5pm
Shelf Life Books November 26, 2011

Open mic night for writers

7pm
Owl's Nest Books November 30, 2011

Nancy Miller launches Once Upon a Christmas

7pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books December 1, 2011

Chris Turner with "How Alberta Can Make The Leap Now"

11am, $5 or $15 incl. lunch, 403-283-6655 for tickets and info
Plaza Theatre December 4, 2011

Patrick DeWitt with "The Sisters Brothers"

7pm, John Dutton Theatre
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch December 6, 2011

Wil Ferguson with "Canadian Pie"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 7, 2011

Monthly Flywheel

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 8, 2011

Snare Books presents derek beaulieu, kevin mcpherson eckhoff & Jake Kennedy

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 9, 2011

Wendy Bryden with "The First Stampede of Flores LaDue"

1-3pm, Plaza Mercantile Shop
Heritage Park December 10, 2011

Tyler Hayden with "Ohmhole"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 15, 2011

Aritha Van Herk and George Webber launch "In This Place"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 16, 2011

Wendy Bryden with "The First Stampede of Flores LaDue"

1-3pm, Plaza Mercantile Shop
Heritage Park December 17, 2011

In This Place launch with Aritha van Herk & George Webber

2-4pm, www.shelflifebooks.ca
Shelf Life Books December 17, 2011

Revive: Celebrate the Great Tradition of Poetry

5pm, open mic for reading of work by dead poets
Auburn Saloon December 18, 2011

A Canadian Pie Christmas with Will Ferguson

3-5pm, www.shelflifebooks.ca
Shelf Life Books December 18, 2011

Freefall Magazine Winter 2012 launch

hosted by editor Micheline Maylor, 7pm
Owl's Nest Books January 2, 2012

Jean Corriveau with "Sleep Well, Live Well"

6:30-8:30pm, Obasan Calgary, 106A 10 Street NW. (877) 762-2726
January 17, 2012

We Have Something to Show You

- poems & stories by Laurie Fuhr, John Creary, Sam Zuk, Dave Eso, Caitlynn Cummings, Roberta McDonald, and music by Todd Maduke
The Area January 19, 2012

The Single Onion - 2012 Lecture Series

intro lecture by Jeramy Dodds, poetry reading by Joshua Trotter. 7:30pm
Auburn Saloon January 19, 2012

TALES presentes: New Year, New Tales Storycafe

host Mary Hays, music by Melissa Hemsworth, Kelsi McInnes and more, 7pm. 403-283-9489 or www.talesstorytelling.com
Shelf Life Books January 25, 2012

Author Reading with Brian Brennan and Frances Hern on the Canadian Immigration Experience

12-1pm, main floor south. Register at 403-260-2620
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch January 26, 2012

Cover and Uncover: Eric Cameron book launch

6-8pm, editor Ann Davis and Eric Cameron both in attendance. www.trepanierbaer.com
Trepanier Baer Gallery January 26, 2012

Fabulous Fiction Tour with Valerie Compton and Rosemary Nixon

reading from "Tide Road" and "Kalila" at 7pm
Shelf Life Books February 9, 2012

Kirk Ramdath and JenKunlire's Poetry Bash to Benefit the YWCA of Calgary

presented by Wax Poetry Magazine 8pm, $10 suggested donation with poetry and music frmo Weyman Chan, James Dangerous and the CIA, Erin Dingle, Laurie Fuhr, RichardHarrison, Sheri-D Wilson, Sublight. AA
Auburn Saloon February 18, 2012

Heather Stretch with "All the Dirt: Reflections on Organic Farming"

7pm
Shelf Life Books February 21, 2012

Home on The Range: Stories of Calgary History presented by T.A.L.E.S.

7pm with Jan McLean & musical guests, open mic to follow. $5/$10 suggested donation, 403-251-6459, talesstorytelling.com
Shelf Life Books February 22, 2012

Mature Retribution: A Smile book launch with Gary Hickling

7pm
Owl's Nest Books February 23, 2012

Montreal Night with Rona Altrows, Susan Calder, Barbarea Schleifer & Julie Sedivy

7:30pm
Shelf Life Books February 23, 2012

In the Mood for Peace: The Story of the Izzy Doll with singing author Phyllis Wheaton

7:15pm, admission is nonperishable item for the food bank, www.phylliswheaton.com
Cardel Theatre February 27, 2012

Open mic night for local writers

7pm, come prepared to read a piece no longer than 5 minutes
Owl's Nest Books February 29, 2012
Words of freedom

Celebrate Freedom to Read Week with Richard Wagamese & Valerie Fortney

7pm, rsvp to swarwick@writersguild.ab.ca by Feb 24
Barley Mill February 29, 2012

If you received your education in this country, there’s a good chance that at some point you came across Timothy Findley’s The Wars in your assigned readings.

(A broad assumption perhaps, based solely on the fact that this writer had to read it ...


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Freedom to Read Week - presentation of Calgary's Freedom of Expression award

7pm
Owl's Nest Books March 1, 2012

Calgary Poet Laureate Showcase

featuring host Russell Bowers and shortlist nominees Derek Beaulieu, Daniel Bennett, a.k.a. Transit, Kris Demeanor, Diane Guichon, Tyler Perry & Sheri-D Wilson. 7-9pm, RSVP to YYCPoet.Eventbrite.com
Hotel Arts March 1, 2012
No return to the urn

Goddess Party Book Launch

spoken word performances, musical accompaniment & dance party with Sheri-D Wilson. $10 at door
Auburn Saloon March 3, 2012

Technology has finally caught up with Calgary poet Sheri-D Wilson’s fertile mind, and the brainchild is a “crazy interactive opus” entitled Goddess: Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe, a collection of verse that incorporates QR codes into the text. The pixelated black-and-white ...


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Words of freedom

Are There Any Limits? Presentation and dialogue with Janet Keeping & Dr. Kori Street

St. Gerard's Church March 4, 2012

If you received your education in this country, there’s a good chance that at some point you came across Timothy Findley’s The Wars in your assigned readings.

(A broad assumption perhaps, based solely on the fact that this writer had to read it ...


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Holger Peterson’s deep roots

Talking Music with Holger Petersen & Terry David Mulligan

11am
Plaza Theatre March 4, 2012

Holger Petersen has worn many hats during his almost 45-year career in the Canadian music industry.

He’s a well-respected interviewer and radio host, having helmed CBC Radio One’s Saturday Night Blues for the past 25 years and CKUA’s Natch’l Blues show ...


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flywheel reading series with Christian Drake, Kirk Ramdath, Sandy Pool & Jason Christie

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington March 8, 2012

Writing in the Works 5 featuring emcee Rona Altrows and writers Rea Tarvydas, Robin van Eck, Lori Hahnel, Jane Cawthorne & Rita Bozi

1:30pm
Memorial Park Library March 10, 2012

Marcello Di Cintio - author reading presented by the Canadian Federation of University Women - Calgary

9:30am, www.cfuwcalgary.ca. The Uplands in Hawkwood, 20 Hawkside Rd NW
March 10, 2012

Single Onion 2012 Lecture Series: What the %$# is the meaning of poetry?

with Julie Sedivy, Steven Ross Smith, Weyman Chan & Stuart Ian McKay. 7:30pm
Auburn Saloon March 15, 2012

When Cowgirls Get the Blues featuring Nerys Parry, Betty Jane Hegerat, Lori Hahnel, Barb Howard & Lee Kvern

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books March 15, 2012

5000 Dead Ducks: Lust and Revolution in the Oil Patch - book launch

5pm
DeMille Books March 15, 2012

Wearing the Green - presented by T.A.L.E.S.

2-3pm, family storytelling in celebration of St. Patrick's Day with Cathie Keernaghan and Cassy Welburn. www.talesstorytelling.com
Ten Thousand Villages March 17, 2012

5000 Dead Ducks: Lust and Revolution in the Oil Patch - book launch

noon
Owl's Nest Books March 17, 2012

The World Tree - orienteering story and family concert presented by T.A.L.E.S.

meet at 1pm for a story walk in the woods, concert at 3pm with Jeff Stockton, Louis Soop, Allan Merovitz & Vocal Latitudes Choir. $10/$5, www.talesstorytelling.com
Triwood Community Centre March 18, 2012

Angela Kolias with "Alpha Omega Yoga"

7pm
Owl's Nest Books March 22, 2012

Open mic night for local writers

7pm
Owl's Nest Books March 28, 2012

Jennifer Cockrall-King with "Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution"

book launch 6:30pm with slideshow tour. The Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722-11 Ave SW
March 29, 2012

Stephen Legault with The Vanishing Track

7pm
Owl's Nest Books March 29, 2012

Joan Thomas reads from "Curiousity"

and Jeff Park reads from "The Cellophane Sky: Jazz Poems" , 7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 9, 2012
Canadian cure for terrorism?

Robert Sawyer launches "Triggers"

7pm
Fish Creek Public Library April 10, 2012

Quite possibly this country’s finest science fiction author, Robert J. Sawyer is the only Canadian to have won all three of the big SF awards for best novel of the year — the Hugo, the Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial Award (only eight other ...


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"Lifeworth: Fulfillment Beyond Networth"

presented by Hal and Dana Couillard, 7pm
Auburn Saloon April 11, 2012

Merilyn Simonds and other readers

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 12, 2012

Jarrett Walker

author of "Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Lives". 7pm, free
John Dutton Theatre April 12, 2012

April Youth Poetry Slam!

Hosted by Sheri-D Wilson, if you are under 18, bring 3 poems and compete for prizes! 2pm
John Dutton Theatre April 14, 2012

Emergent Writer's Sunday Salon #1 with Gordon Sombrowski and Peter Oliva

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books April 15, 2012

Dee Hobsbawn-Smith with "Foodshed: An Edible Alberta Alphabet"

book launch 6:30-9:00pm, Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722-11 Ave SW
April 17, 2012

2012 Golden Beret Award for Poetry presentation with Kirk Miles

8pm
Auburn Saloon April 17, 2012
Giving voice to the voiceless

2012 Calgary Spoken Word Festival

featuring C.R. Avery, Klyde Broox, moe clark, Tanya Evanson, Danielle French, Ian Keteku, Jen Kunlire, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Brendan McLeod and many more. www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com
None April 17 - 22, 2012

It always helps to be pretty, but being young and hot at Calgary’s Spoken Word Festival means coming to the stage with the fire of revolution in your belly. That fire infuses the work of two of the young poets mentored and hand-picked by ...


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Mike Grandmaison with "Prairies And Beyond"

6:30pm, Meeting Room 1
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch April 17, 2012

Frontenac Poetry Trio launch with Dave Bateman, Lisa Pasold & Ali Riley

7:30pm
Auburn Saloon April 18, 2012

The Dave and Dee Roadshow

with Dee Hobsbawn-Smith & Dave Margoshes, 7-9pm
Shelf Life Books April 18, 2012

Word-Birds and Song-Lines with CR Avery, Tanya Evanson, Danielle French, Fabrice Koffy, Brendan McLeod & Josee Thibeault

$10, 8pm
Auburn Saloon April 19, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Nelson launches "Catla and the Vikings"

7pm
Owl's Nest Books April 19, 2012

Author reading & signing with Melanie Schnell & Alex Leslie

7-9pm, Freehand Books Spring Release Party
Shelf Life Books April 19, 2012

CISWF Calgary POetry Shindig, Closing Party & Open Mic

with Kirk Miles, Andy Papadopolous, The Dingbats and more. 5pm until it ends, $5
Auburn Saloon April 22, 2012

In the Mood for Peace - The Story of the Izzy Doll with Phyllis Wheaton and friends

7pm
Owl's Nest Books April 24, 2012

Grimm and Company presented by T.A.L.E.S.

a 200 year celebration of the Brothers Grimm with Renee Englot & Jennie Frost, hosted by Linda Shantz. 7pm, $10/$5, www.talesstorytelling.com
Shelf Life Books April 25, 2012

Barbara Howard launches "Western Taxidermy"

7pm
Cantos Music Foundation April 25, 2012

Lyn Hancock presents The Ring: Memories of a Metis Grandmother, the pioneer love story of Sam & Jane Livingston

7pm, $2
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies April 26, 2012

Howard van Schaick with The Flatline Syndrome

book launch 8-10pm, www.thefulllife.webs.com
Auburn Saloon April 26, 2012

Ink Spot Slam

featuring Lishai Peel and hosts Sheri-D Wilson & Tyler Perry. 8pm
Auburn Saloon April 26, 2012

Marcello Di Cintio - farewell reading as Writer in Residence with the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society

7pm
Owl's Nest Books April 26, 2012

Hiromi Goto launches "Darkest Light"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 1, 2012

Vincent Lam with The Headmaster's Wager

7pm, $30 includes copy of book. www.calgarybookstore.ca/tickets
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch May 1, 2012

Virginia Nemetz launches Stone Child's Mother: A Jungian Narrative Reflection on the Mother Archetype

7pm
Owl's Nest Books May 3, 2012

Tom Wayman launches "Dirty Snow," Nora Gould launches "I see my love more clearly from a distance"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 3, 2012

Pages at the Plaza - Fictionistas

11am, $10/$20 (admission + lunch), 403-283-6655 for tickets
Plaza Theatre May 6, 2012

Linden MacIntyre with "Why Men Lie"

7pm
Memorial Park Library May 7, 2012

Kathryn Manry with "West on One"

author reading 12-12:45pm
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch May 7, 2012

Flywheel Reading Series with GP Lainsbury, Emily Ursuliak & Michael Yip

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 10, 2012

Michael Coren with "Heresy: 10 Lies They Spread About Christianity"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 11, 2012

Joan Donaldson-Yarmey with "Whistler's Murder"

author reading 6-7:30pm
Calgary Public Library - Central Branch May 14, 2012

John Lent with "The Path to Ardroe," Jamella Hagen with "Kerosene" and Claire Tacon with "In the Field"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 15, 2012

Richard Stursberg with "The Tower of Babble"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 16, 2012

Evening of Poetry with Bert Almon, G.P. Lainsbury & David Eso

plus open mic, 7:30pm
Auburn Saloon May 17, 2012

Brian Brennan with "The Calgary Public Library: Inspiring Life Stories Since 1912"

7pm
Memorial Park Library May 17, 2012

MC June, francophone slam poetry

showcase at 7p0m, $5-$10 suggested donation. www.afcalgary.ca
Alliance Francaise of Calgary May 18, 2012

Jeff Rubin with The End of Growth

12-1pm, $35 includes copy of book. www.calgarybookstore.ca. U of C downtown campus
May 22, 2012

The Saga of Grettir the Strong presented by T.A.L.E.S.

with storytellers Karen Gummo, Mary Hays and company, 7pm. $10 suggested donation
Shelf Life Books May 23, 2012

Talon Poetry Night with Weyman Chan, Daniel Zomparelli, Colin Browne

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 24, 2012
Making a killing

Wayne Arthurson with "Killing Winter"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 25, 2012

There are times when Wayne Arthurson wants to slap Leo Desroches across the head in frustration.

Since Desroches was a character created by Arthurson for a series of crime-thriller novels set in the seedier areas of Edmonton, this might seem ridiculous. After all, it’s ...


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Emergent Writer's Salon #3: The (Second) Novel

with Naomi K. Lewis & Samantha Warwick, 2-4pm
Shelf Life Books May 26, 2012

John Schwinghamer with "Purple Chips: Winning in the Stock Market with the Very Best of Blue Chip Stocks"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 29, 2012

Judy Rebick with "Occupy This!"

7pm
Old YMCA May 29, 2012

Dr. Alderson's Ultimate Book Launch Party

6-9pm, presentation by Dr. Alderson at 7pm
Ten X May 30, 2012

dee Hobsbawn-Smith with "Foodshed: An Edible Alberta Alphabet"

7pm June 1 at John Dutton Theatre, 2-4pm June 4 at River Cafe, 5-7pm June 5 at Calgary Petroleum Club
June 1 - 5, 2012

Gail Bowen launches "Kaleidoscope"

2pm
Memorial Park Library June 2, 2012

Our of the Shadows: A Panel on the Art of Translation

with Hugh Hazelton, Susan ouriou & Gisele Villeneuve, 3-5pm
Shelf Life Books June 2, 2012

Pages at the Plaza - Jay Ingram with "Fatal Flaws"

11am, $10/$20 (incl. lunch), 403-283-6655 for tickets & info
Plaza Theatre June 3, 2012

J. Jill Robinson with "More In Anger"

7pm
Shelf Life Books June 7, 2012

Emergent Writer's Salon #4

2-4pm, readings and discussion with Cathy Ostlere
Shelf Life Books June 10, 2012

Wendy Bryden with "The First Stampede of Flores LaDue: The love story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the beginning of the Calgary Stampede"

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books June 14, 2012

Runaway Brain Child

open music and poetry jam hosted by Ryan Cole Eliason & Francis A Willey, 8-11pm
Kawa Espresso Bar June 14, 2012
Swinging the lit lasso

Wild West WordFest

mini-festival that features events that celebrate the expression of cowboy culture through word, music and art. Festival launch June 18 with Kris Demeanor at Motion Gallery. Full schedule at wordfest.com/wild-west-wordfest/
Eau Claire Market June 18 - 20, 2012

Outside of the cowboy poetry scene, it’s fairly hard to find many people visibly exploring the intersections between rodeo and the written word.

Hopefully this will change with Wild West WordFest, a three-day mini-festival featuring events that “celebrate the expression of cowboy culture through ...


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Jane Birdsell launches "Emotional Enlightenment: Managing Feelings for Success"

7pm, owlsnestbooks.com
Owl's Nest Books June 19, 2012

Malcolm Mooney with Sheri-D Wilson and Kevin Stebner presented by Sled Island & MTT

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books June 19, 2012

An Evening of Poetry featuring Ali Riley, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang & Erin Dingle presented by The Single Onion

7:30pm
Auburn Saloon June 21, 2012

Sunday Salon #5: Emerged!

with Sharon Butala, Suzette Mayr, Peter Midgely, Barbara Scott & Fred Stenson
Shelf Life Books June 24, 2012

Curtis Gillespie presents "Almost There: The Family Vacation Then and Now"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington June 26, 2012

Sharron Proulx-Turner with "the trees are still bending south" and Weyman Chan with "Chinese Blue"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington June 28, 2012

Madeline Sonik with "Afflictions & Departures" and Barbara Janusz with "Mirrored in the Caves"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington July 5, 2012

Stampede Noir: Dark prose about the Greatest Outdoor Show

readings from Beth Everest, Micheline Maylor, Natalie Meisner & Rea Tarvydas, 7pm
Owl's Nest Books July 11, 2012

Larry Semchuk with "Running Free" and J. Edward Chamberlin with "HOrse: How the Horse has Shaped Civilization"

5-9pm, Essentia
July 12, 2012

Ian Brown presented by Banff Centre Literary Arts

Communitea Cafe July 19, 2012

Book Signing by Keith G. Powell

Author of Raising Kain, the adventurous life of Conrad Kain - Canada's greatest mountaineer Indigo TD Square, July 27th from 11am-2pm Indigo Signal Hill, July 27th from 3-6pm Indigo Cross Iron Mills, July 27th from 6:30-9pm Chapters Chinook Centre, July 28th from 2-5pm
July 27 - 28, 2012
Brave new world of words

When Words Collide

featuring Kevin J. Anderson, Kelly Armstrong, Anthony Bidulka, Rebecca Moesta & Vanessa Cardui. Aug 9 at 7pm, TFDL Gallery Hall, U of C; Aug 10 at noon, Central Libary. whenwordscollide.org
University of Calgary August 9 - 10, 2012

If you want to consider how important When Words Collide has become in one short year, you should probably look to the example of award-winning science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer.

Brought in as a special guest for the inaugural 2011 edition, Sawyer has already ...


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flywheel reading series

featuring Ian Kinney and Jason Wierzba, also launch of Jessica Moore's "Everything Now." 7:30pm
Pages on Kensington August 9, 2012

New Street Spoken Word Safari

7pm, curated and hosted by Roberta McDonald and featuring Kris Demeanor, Aaron Giovannone, Caitlynn Cummings and more. Starting at St. Stephen's cathedral, the evening concludes with a free concert in Nellie Breene Park. $10 at Zyn, Reworks, Gravity or Double L Bakery
August 15, 2012
By the people, for the people

The People's Poetry Festival

featuring workshops, readings and performances, poetic graffiti, random acts of poetry and more, with headliner Jen Kunlire and featuring Kirk Miles, Wakefield Brewster, Weyman Chan, Dave Eso, Andre Prefontaine, Bob Stallworthy, richard Harrison and more. Festival kick-off Aug 17 at 6:30pm at Pages Books. peoplespoetryfestival.com
Pages on Kensington August 17 - 19, 2012

Last summer marked the launch of The People’s Poetry Festival (PFF), which ran along Kensington Road in numerous markets, cafés and pubs. It featured workshops, readings and do-it-yourself poetry stations where patrons could create an assortment of poems. Events varied from family-friendly to ...


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Midnight Yoga for Alcoholics

video shoot & performance at People's Poetry Festival. peoplespoetryfestival.com
August 17, 2012

Get Literary - Calgary authors perform their most YYC-worthy pieces

featuring Kris Demeanor, Shannon Lee Bennett, Marcello Di Cintio, Jon R. Flieger, Barb Howard, Naomi K. Lewis & Fred Stenson. 1-2:30pm
Olympic Plaza August 26, 2012

Calgary's Ink Spot Slam featuring Jen Kunlire with Vi An Diep & Matt Hansen

8pm with hosts Tyler Perry & Andre Prefontaine
Auburn Saloon August 30, 2012

The Costumer's Notebook by Rae Stephens - book launch and signing

7-9pm, Chinook Boston Pizza Sports Bar
September 6, 2012

Steven Owad - Hard Currency book launch

7pm
Owl's Nest Books September 6, 2012

Naomi K. Lewis with "I Know Who You Remind Me Of"

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books September 9, 2012

Hello Goodbye - welcoming Deborah Willis as the 2012-13 Canadian Writer-in-Residence

and celebrates the completion of Jeramy Dodds' CDWP residency through a public reading, 7:30pm
Arrata Opera Centre September 13, 2012

Andrew Nikiforuk with "The Energy of Slaves"

7-9pm, 403-283-6655 for info
Memorial Park Library September 13, 2012

Carmen Rodriguez with "Retribution"

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books September 13, 2012

flywheen Reading Series

with Julia Williams, Colin Martin and Rachel Zolf. 7:30pm
Pages on Kensington September 14, 2012

Partners in Crime: International Edition with Stephen Legault, Susan Toy and Garry Ryan

7pm
Owl's Nest Books September 18, 2012

Fran Kimmel with The Shore Girl - book launch

7pm
Shelf Life Books September 19, 2012

Marcello Di Cintio launches "Walls: Travels Along the Barricades"

7pm, Crown Surplus, 1005-11 St SE
September 20, 2012

Single Onion #97

7:30pm with Lee Gamble, Kye Kocher, Tyler Perry, Kirk Ramdath & Francis Willey
Ubu Lounge September 20, 2012

Eden Robinson and Richard Wagamese - Indigenous Readings

7:30pm, Bentley Chamber Music Studio
Banff Centre September 21, 2012
Bitter pill to Swallow

Theanna Bischoff launches "Swallow"

6pm
Auburn Saloon September 23, 2012

Author Theanna Bischoff’s Swallow starts off with a familiar refrain: “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don’t know why she swallowed a fly....”

In the book, Bischoff’s protagonist, Darcy Nolan, is also chasing down a mystery: why did ...


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Richard Ford - presented by WordFest

Ford will read from his new novel "Canada," 7-9pm, $15. 403-237-9068 or wordfest.com
John Dutton Theatre September 24, 2012

Lives of Girls and Women presented by TALES

stories told through ballad and poetry, 7pm with Joanna Drummond, Cassy Welburn. $10, 403-265-1033 or talesstorytelling.com
Shelf Life Books September 26, 2012

Cordelia Strube and Stephen Marche book launch

of "Milosz" and "Love and the Mess We're In" 7pm
Pages on Kensington September 27, 2012

Cordelia Strube and Stephen Marche book launch

7pm
Pages on Kensington September 27, 2012

Dru Oja Jay with "Paved With Good Intentions Canadian NGO's: from idealism to impoerialism"

book launch at 5pm
Old YMCA September 28, 2012

100 Thousands Poets for Change

featuring Adrienne Adams, Weyman Chan, Erin Dingle, David Eso, Paul Finkleman, Richard Harrison, Jen Kunlire, Christa Mayer and many more. King Edward School, 1720-30 Ave SW, main gym
September 29, 2012

Rob Stewart with "Save the Humans" and Larry Semchuk with "Running Free: The Wild Horses of Alberta's East Slopes"

7pm
John Dutton Theatre October 3, 2012

The Sacred Text Alive on a Page: The Making of The Saint John's Bible public launch

7:30pm, McGivney Hall. stmu.ca/SJB
St. Mary's University College October 4, 2012

James Davidge launches "My Modern Panic: Short Stories"

with "Arts & Activism" video release by Cowpuncher, community discussion. 7:30pm, jamesdavidge.blogspot.com for info
Shelf Life Books October 4, 2012

Rae Spoon with "First Spring Grass Fire" and C.P. Boyko with "Psychology and Other Stories"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington October 4, 2012

Youth Poetry Slam!

hosted by Sheri-D Wilson, youth can compete by bringing 3 poems (no longer than 3 minutes each). ciswf.com
Shelf Life Books October 6, 2012
War of the Wager

Wordfest

featuring 70+ writers, 65+ events in Calgary and Banff. Featured writers include Martin Amis, David Bergen, Maxim Cyr, Joanne Drayton, Karine Gottot, Arno Kopecky, Pasha Malla, Donna Morrissey, Andrew Nikiforuk, John Ralston Saul, Noah Richler, M.G. Vassangi and many more. wordfest.com
None October 9 - 14, 2012

Drawn across the arc of history that sees Vietnam from Japanese occupation to the twilight of civil war, Vincent Lam’s Governor General Award-nominated The Headmaster’s Wager (2012) settles on the Chinese expat community of Cholon, where Percival Chen is headmaster of a prestigious ...


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This Really Happened - WordFest Event

featuring Kris Demeanor, Michael Hornburg, Candace Ford-Taperek, Deni Y. Bechard, Marcello di Cintio & Noah Richler. 8pm, wordfest.com
Auburn Saloon October 9, 2012

David Bergen presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Playhouse October 10, 2012

flywheel presents: Three Book Launches! With Monica Kidd, Garry Morse & Catherine Owen

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington October 11, 2012

Doug Barbour & Sheila Murphy - Readings of Collaborative Poetry

9:30-11pm with Kath MacLean
Vertigo Theatre October 11, 2012

Yutaka Dirks with "Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution" book launch

7pm, beautifultrouble.org
Shelf Life Books October 11, 2012

Jaap Blonk presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Studio October 11, 2012

Noah Richler presented by WordFest

5-6pm, wordfest.com
Art Gallery of Calgary October 11, 2012

Ken Babstock presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Studio October 12, 2012

Jaap Blonk presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Banff Centre October 12, 2012

Lorna Crozier presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Studio October 12, 2012

Patrick Weekes reading/signing/book launch for The Palace Job

7-9pm
Sentry Box October 13, 2012

Yutaka Dirks with "Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution" book launch

3pm, beautifultrouble.org
The Area October 13, 2012

Up Close and Spiritual - inspirational reading by Calgary authors

1-4:30pm, Indian Bluffs Clubhouse, Patterson View SW. calgaryauthors.com
October 13, 2012

Clare C. Marshall launches "The Violet Fox"

2pm, MonkeyShines Books in Marda Loop
October 13, 2012

Martin Amis presented by WordFest

7-8:30pm, wordfest.com
Margaret Greenham Theatre October 13, 2012

Ken Babstock presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Margaret Greenham Theatre October 13, 2012

David Bergen presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Studio October 13, 2012

Lorna Crozier presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Playhouse October 13, 2012

Lorna Crozier presented by WordFest

wordfest.com
Margaret Greenham Theatre October 13, 2012

Single Onion Poetry Series #98

7:30pm with Ali Riley, 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac and David Gamble
Ubu Lounge October 18, 2012

Bianca Lakoseljac with "Summer of the Dancing Bear"

2-5pm. Indigo Crossiron Mills
October 19, 2012

Bianca Lakoseljac with "Summer of the Dancing Bear"

1-4pm
Chapters Chinook Centre October 20, 2012

Carolyn Pogue launches West Wind Calling

2pm
Owl's Nest Books October 20, 2012

Jane Birdsell with "Emotional Enlightenment: Managing Feelings for Success"

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books October 20, 2012

Bianca Lakoseljac with "Summer of the Dancing Bear"

1-4pm. Chapters, Crowfoot
October 21, 2012

Story Slam

come prepared with a 5 minute Supernatural Story that happened to you! or just come and listen. 7pm, hosted by Jillianne Yawney and Sheri-D Wilson. $5
Shelf Life Books October 24, 2012

Alexander McCall Smith presented by WordFest

7pm, $15/$20 at door at epcorcentre.org
Knox United Church October 25, 2012

Maya Angelou presented by Unique Lives

3pm, uniquelives.com/calgary for info & tickets
Jack Singer Concert Hall October 28, 2012

Warren Kinsella with "Fight The Right"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington October 30, 2012

Writing in the Works Fall 2012

with readings by Dwayne Clayden, Allan Gallant, Shaun Hunter, Sarah Johnson & Elaine Morin, Emcee Lori Hahnel. 7pm
Owl's Nest Books November 1, 2012

The Third Annual Literary Vaudeville: Loud in the Library

hosted by Ken Cameron and featuring writers Rona Altrows, Rita Bozi, Ken Cameron, Tyler Perry and Rea Tarvydas. 7-815pm, seating limited, rsvp to boziwrites@gmail.com
Memorial Park Library November 1, 2012

Charlotte Gill with Eating Dirt, Carol Shaben with Into the Abyss

10am, $13. Book signing to follow presentation. Max Bell Auditorium
Banff Centre November 1, 2012

David Suzuki and Dasho Kinley Dorji in Conversation: Happiness from Bhutan to Banff

7:30pm, $32 TM
Eric Harvie Theatre November 1, 2012

The Adventures of Akai and Mamoo book and CD launch by Renay Eng-Fisher

with Cindy Church. PHT
River Park Church November 2, 2012

Voices of Adventure: An interview with Stephen Venables

10am, $13 TM. Max Bell Auditorium
Banff Centre November 2, 2012

Words and Whisky: A Mountain Reading

4pm, Kinnear Centre
Banff Centre November 2, 2012

Author reading & book launches

featuring John Vigna with "Bull Head," Naomi K. Lewis with "I Know Who You Remind Me Of" and Marcell Di Cintio with "Walls," 7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 2, 2012

The Adventures of Akai and Mamoo book and CD launch by Renay Eng-Fisher

with Cindy Church. PHT
River Park Church November 3, 2012

Youth Poetry Slam!

2pm hosted by Sheri-D Wilson
John Dutton Theatre November 3, 2012

Bradley Somer launches "Imperfections"

6-10pm with DJ Tom Mannix, bodybuilders and Strut - a burlesque pole dancing troupe. bradleysomer.com
Endeavor Arts Gallery November 3, 2012

Kevin Dutton with "The Wisdom of Psychopaths"

talk, Q&A and book signing, noon
John Dutton Theatre November 3, 2012

Auburn Nights 4 - The Launch of A Madhouse, Only with More Elegant Jackets by Hamish Crawford

7pm, with Kirk Ramdath and DJ Cake
Auburn Saloon November 4, 2012

Lemony Snicket with the launch of his new series "Who Could That Be At This Hour?"

6:30pm, wordfest.com/event/wordfest-presents-lemony-snicket/
John Dutton Theatre November 7, 2012

Stella Harvey with "Nicolai's Daughers"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 7, 2012

Bill Bunn launches "Duck Boy"

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books November 8, 2012

Flywheel

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 8, 2012

Flywheel featuring readings by Jason Lee Norman, Hollie Adams and Theanna Bischoff

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 8, 2012

Filling Station issue launch

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books November 9, 2012

The Identities of Marie Rose Delorme Smith

author signing 12-5pm
Chapters Chinook Centre November 10, 2012

Where Military and Civilian Lives Converge - readings & discussions with Michael Hornburg, Shaun Hunter, Kari Strutt & Chris Turner

1-3pm
Shelf Life Books November 11, 2012

Lloyd Robertson presents his memoir "The Kind of Life It's Been"

calgarypubliclibrary.com
John Dutton Theatre November 12, 2012

Wil Ferguson with "419"

$10 at wordfest.com
John Dutton Theatre November 13, 2012

Randy Gage with "Risky is the New Safe"

7-10pm with proceeds going to Project: Forgive. projectforgive.com
Carriage House Inn November 14, 2012

Liminal Minim by Rael Bischoff

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books November 14, 2012

Single Onion #99

7:30pm with Richard Harrison, Rael Xavier Bischoff & Midnight Yoga for Alcoholics
Ubu Lounge November 15, 2012

Fred Wah with "The Poem of the Season"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 15, 2012

The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves

discussed by the Ideas that Matter book panel, Brooks Decilia moderating. 7pm
Pages on Kensington November 16, 2012

Single Onion #100

7pm featuring 10 finalists from the SO 100 poetry contest. singleonion.com
Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre November 17, 2012

Wade Bell & Gordon Pengilly - author readings

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books November 17, 2012

Festival of Ideas with Jan Wong interviewing Chan Koonchung, China's Orwell and Dissident

2pm
Knox United Church November 18, 2012

Alberta Books Canada Literary Salon Series

with Alice Major, Geo Takach & Peter Midgley, 1-4pm, $10. Email susanmtoy@gmail.com with subject line ABC Salon for attendance & location details
November 18, 2012

Andrew Nikiforuk with "The Energy of Slaves"

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books November 18, 2012

Karen Dudley and Chadwick Ginther read from "Food for the Gods" and "Thunder Road"

7pm
Calgary Public Library - Louise Riley branch November 20, 2012

Freehand Fall Book Launch with Ian Colford and Barry Grills

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 20, 2012

Susan Raby-Dunne with Bonfire: The Chestnut Gentleman

7pm, author reading & signing
Owl's Nest Books November 20, 2012

Garry Ryan with "Blackbirds," Peter Kirby with "The Dead of Winter"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 22, 2012

Sharon Wildwind launches Loved Honour More

7pm
Owl's Nest Books November 22, 2012

Rael Bischoff launches "Liminal Minim"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 23, 2012

An Afternoon of Poetry & Fiction with Coby Stephenson & Brenda Niskala

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books November 24, 2012

Yukon Wings Book Launch with author R.B. Cameron & the Razzama Jazz Big Band

1-3pm
Aero Space Museum of Calgary November 24, 2012

Derek Donais with "Talisman" and "Revelation"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 27, 2012

Bring Me One of Everything - Healing the Mother-Daughter Wound through Fiction

dramatic performance & talk by Leslie Hall Pinder, 7-9pm
Shelf Life Books November 27, 2012

Sandra Hayes-Gardiner and Joan-Diane Smith launch "One Life" and "All Things Considered"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington November 29, 2012
Spelling it out in black-and-white

Raymond Biesinger book launch, with The Famines with Fist City & The Allovers

$9
Broken City November 29, 2012

Ask any frugal musician for their design preference and they’ll tell you, “black-and-white.” Why? It’s cheap, it’s crisp and it’s direct — there’s no room for communicative ambiguity on a Xeroxed show poster. Beyond pragmatism, however, black-and-white also offers a set ...


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Fred Stenson with Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park: Grass, Hills and History

7pm, author reading & signing
Owl's Nest Books November 29, 2012

An Evening with Starhawk

7pm, $15 at Community Wise Resource Centre
Memorial Park Library November 30, 2012

Youth Poetry Slam!

hosted by Sheri-D Wilson, youth can compete by bringing 3 poems (no longer than 3 minutes each). ciswf.com
Shelf Life Books December 1, 2012

Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Book Signing

2-4pm with Fred Stenson
Shelf Life Books December 2, 2012

TransLit Volume 9: An Anthology of Literary

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books December 5, 2012

Brews & Views

7-9pm
Shelf Life Books December 6, 2012

Will Ferguson - Book reading & signing

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books December 8, 2012

Pic a Pix with author Diane Baher

11am-2pm
Shelf Life Books December 9, 2012

Writer's Guild of Alberta Holiday Party with readings by Bradley Somer, Naomi K. Lewis and Kris Demeanor

7pm, $5 at door, writersguild.ab.ca
Rose & Crown December 11, 2012

Mothering in Hip-Hop Culture - Representation and Experience with Maki Motapanyane

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington December 11, 2012

Chandra A. Bell with The Elf on the Shelf

4-6pm, author reading & signing
Owl's Nest Books December 12, 2012

flywheel Reading Series

7:30pm with Judith Pond, Jani Krulc, Jason Lee Norman & Patrick Horner
Pages on Kensington December 13, 2012

Larry Semchuk and Susan Raby-Dunne with "Running Free" and "Bonfire"

11am-4pm
Shelf Life Books December 15, 2012

Marcello Di Cintio with "Walls"

1:30-3pm
Shelf Life Books December 16, 2012

Sudhir Jain launches "Pages From an Immigrant's Diary"

7pm
Owl's Nest Books December 20, 2012

The Ink Spot Poetry Collective December SLAM! & Open Mic

8pm, $5 with Erin Dingle & Andre Prefontaine
Auburn Saloon December 27, 2012

Youth Slam & Open Mic with Sheri-D Wilson

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books January 5, 2013

January Youth Poetry Slam!

hosted by Sheri-D Wilson, 2pm
Shelf Life Books January 5, 2013

flywheel Reading Series with Caitlynn Cummings, Emily Chin and Mark Truscott

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington January 10, 2013

Creating Celebrations and Rituals throughout 2012 with June Churchill

MSW, Sage-ing Circle Facilitator, 2-4pm. 403-239-3419
Shelf Life Books January 13, 2013

Single Onion #101 - Poet as Songwriter

7:30pm with Kris Demeanor, Geoff Berner and Calgary poets
Ubu Lounge January 17, 2013

LG Pomerleau launches "Becoming Sand"

1-5pm
La Cité des Rocheuses January 19, 2013

Prairie Gothic - photo presentation and book reading by George Webber and Aritha van Herk

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books January 27, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar January 28, 2013

Calgary Story Slam: Under Cover

7pm, bring a 5 min (mostly) true story based on the theme "under cover." $5
Auburn Saloon January 30, 2013

Rob Tripp launches "Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the Kingston Canal Murders"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington January 31, 2013

Marcello di Cintio - Walls

talk and book signing, 5-7pm
Willock & Sax Gallery February 2, 2013

Margaret Atwood presented by the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program

reading at 7:30pm, followed by Q&A and book signing. Free, unticketed event - first come, first served. calgarywritersprogram.com/events/
MacEwan Hall February 14, 2013

Jowi Taylor celebrates the Six String Nation Guitar

as played by Barnaby Bennett, 4-6pm
Shelf Life Books February 14, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar February 18, 2013

Single Onion #102 - Lecture Series (Part II of III) with Eugene Stickland

7:30pm, singleonioncom
Ubu Lounge February 21, 2013

Happy Endings: Spoken Word Comedy

longform, story-based performance, 8-10pm. calgarycomedy@gmail.com for info
Shelf Life Books February 22, 2013

Michael Quinn

Author of Peaks and Partnerships talks about challenges and lessons of transboundary protection. Free Lincoln Park Room 12-1pm
Mount Royal University February 28, 2013

Freedom to Read

Come and grab a banned book and celebrate your freedom to read! 7-9pm
Shelf Life Books February 28, 2013

Groundswell

Documentary 7-9pm, Admission: by donation. Ticket reservation groundswellcalgary.evenbrite.com
John Dutton Theatre March 2, 2013

Phir Kabhi

Stanford Perrot Theatre 7 pm
Alberta College of Art & Design March 2, 2013

Megan Bishop-Scott book signing of "Inside the Wall - from Hollywood to Homeless to Higher Consciousness with an Avatar"

noon-2pm. Self Connection Books
March 2, 2013

Beware the Ides of March: Readings by the IFWA

Wine and cheese to follow, 7-9pm
Shelf Life Books March 14, 2013

fillingStation flywheel presents readings by Nikki Reimer and ryan fitzpatrick

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington March 14, 2013

Michael Shermer

Uof C room 140, advance tickets $25, $30 door
University of Calgary March 15, 2013

Michelle Ray

Signing copies of her new book Lead Yourself First!
Self Connection Books March 16, 2013
Women taking charge

Sally Armstrong

Sally will be speaking about her new book Ascent of Women - Free event
John Dutton Theatre March 19, 2013

While working in the war-torn states of Africa, in Central Asia and the Middle East, veteran conflict-zone journalist Sally Armstrong became focused on the status of women.

Armstrong, who will be in Calgary on March 19 to discuss her latest book, Ascent of Women, says ...


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Carnival of Storytelling: Fate and Fortune

$10, featuring Cassy Welburn, Maria Hopkins, Karen Gummo, Anne Cowling and more. storytelling.com
Shelf Life Books March 20, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar March 25, 2013

ArtRecruits Book Launch

5-8pm
Art Central March 27, 2013
The poetry of language

10th Annual Calgary Spoken Word Poetry Festival

40 events including workshops, DEB talks, electronic experiementation, live streaming, panels, launches, special events and much more. ciswf.com
None April 1 - 30, 2013

Though poet Bob Holman has been a central figure in New York City’s spoken word scene since the ’70s, when asked to describe “N.Y. poetry,” he says there’s no such thing. “Except as Papa Walt (Whitman) laid it out — the everlovin’, everchangin ...


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The Stop Book Launch with Nick Saul

7-9pm, cfccanada.ca/book
Kahanoff Conference Centre April 2, 2013

Dramatized reading of Rose Scollard's "Tango Noir"

7pm, followed by Don Gillmor reading from "Mount Pleasant"
Pages on Kensington April 2, 2013

Micheline Maylor launches "Whirr & Click"

7pm
Memorial Park Library April 4, 2013

Corinne Jeffrey presents "Thriving 1920-1939" book two of the Understanding Ursula trilogy

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 4, 2013

Frank O'Keefe launches "Harry Flammable"

7pm, 403-287-9557
Owl's Nest Books April 4, 2013

Architectural Briefs! with Bill Johnston

10am-2pm
Shelf Life Books April 6, 2013

Robert Kanigel discusses "On an Irish Island"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 8, 2013

Fighting for Our Future: People Power vs. Corporate Control with Linda McQuaig

7pm, $15 at Pages
Parkdale United Church April 10, 2013

Access Copyright with the Writers' Guild of Alberta and Roanie Levy

3-5pm
Shelf Life Books April 10, 2013

Writing In The Works 2013

readings by Ken Cameron, Lori Hahnel, Steve Passey, Inge Trueman & Roberta Rees, with emcee Susan Calder. 7pm
Memorial Park Library April 11, 2013

flywheel reading series with Aaron Giovannone, Naomi K. Lewis & Dorothy Trujillo Lusk

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 11, 2013

Double launch of "Please, no more poetry" by derek beaulieu and "Writing Surfaces: Selected Fiction of John Riddell"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 12, 2013

Happy Endings: Spoken Word Comedy

longform, story-based performance, 8-10pm
Shelf Life Books April 12, 2013

Ali Bryan and Corinna Chong book launch

launching "Roost" and "Belinda's Rings" respectively, 7pm
Rose & Crown April 16, 2013

Single Onion #104 - Hot Mix of Sizzling Poetry

7pm with Bob Holman, Paul Finkleman, Chris Gilpin, Mary Pinkoski, Sandy Pool, Ali riley, Sarah Murphy & Tom Wayman, music by DJ Sublight. $10, singleonion.com
Festival Hall April 18, 2013

Tamara and Roberta Seiler present "Reel Time: Movie Exhibitors and Movie Audiences in the Prairies 1896-1986"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 19, 2013

Re:act Poetry with Lesley Battler, Kris Demeanor, Dymphny Dronyk, David Martin, Rob Omura, Tyler Perry, Juleta Severson-Baker & Paul Zits

CSWF Event #22, 7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 22, 2013

WGA presents Alberta Literary Awards Shortlist

readings, social and pub night celebration, 7-10pm. rsvp to swarwick@writersguild.ab.ca
Rose & Crown April 23, 2013

Jessica Kluthe with "Rosina, The Midwife" and Cateriina Edwards with "Finding Rosa: A Mother with Alzheimer's, a Daughter's Search for the Past"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 23, 2013

Jill MacLean with "Nix Minus One"

7pm. Monkeyshines Children's Books
April 23, 2013

Jill MacLean with "Nix Minus One"

noon-1pm, Pixie Hollow
April 23, 2013

Jerry Auld with "Short Peaks: 33 Brief Mountain Tales"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 24, 2013

U of C's Nod Magazine Issue 16 launch

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington April 25, 2013

filling Station Magazine's 20th Anniversary Collective Retrospective

6pm-late, readings and book launches by Paulo de Costa, Jonathan Ball and Jacqueline Turner. Pay what you may
Royal Canadian Legion #264 April 25, 2013

Spoken Word & Song

7:30-10:30pm, $10 at door (cash only). limelighter.ca
Village Brewery April 26, 2013

Martin Parnell with Marathon Quest

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books April 27, 2013

Martin Parnell - presentation and book signing of Marathon Quest

2-4pm
Shelf Life Books April 27, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar April 29, 2013

Taylor Lambert "Leaving Moose Jaw" launch party

7:30pm, author readings and signings, Q&A and more
James Joyce Irish Pub & Restaurant May 6, 2013
Opening doors to the future

Shyam Selvadura

Canadian author launches his new book The Hungry Ghost.
Pages on Kensington May 6, 2013

Shyam Selvadurai’s new novel, The Hungry Ghosts (Random House, 374 pp.), took 13 years to complete. After the success of his debut novel, Funny Boy, he wrote two more novels and edited an anthology, but was continually challenged by the process of constructing this ...


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Shyam Selvadurai with "The Hungry Ghosts"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 6, 2013

Book Party for Diane Henders and her series Never Say Spy

5:30-8pm, reading at 7pm
Owl's Nest Books May 9, 2013

Flywheel with Sandra Ridley reading from "Fallout," Christine McNair reading from "Conflict" and Stephen Collis from "To the Barricades"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 9, 2013

Architectural Briefs! with Bill Johnston

discussing Princeton Architectural Press' Architecture Brief Series, 10am-noon
Shelf Life Books May 11, 2013

W.O. Mitchell Award Shortlist Reading

7-9pm
Rose & Crown May 14, 2013

Guy Gavriel Kay presents "River of Stars"

7pm
John Dutton Theatre May 14, 2013

Freefall Launch

with readings from contributors, 7-9pm
Shelf Life Books May 16, 2013

Kevin McPherson Eckhoff with "Forge" and Jake Kennedy with "Lateral"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 16, 2013

Tyler Trafford with "Almost a Great Escape"

1-3pm
Owl's Nest Books May 17, 2013

Poetry is Dead: Mental Health Inside/Outside issue Calgary launch

readings and discussion with Claire Lacey, Eric Zboya, Natalie Simpson, 7:30pm. poetryisdead.ca
Shelf Life Books May 22, 2013

Jowita Bydlowska with "Drunk Mom: A Memoir"

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 23, 2013

Jeanne Martinson with "Generation Y and the New Work Ethic" and Rod Burylo with "More Awesome Client Events"

7pm
Pages on Kensington May 26, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

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Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar May 27, 2013

Astrid Blodgett with You Haven't Changed a Bit

7pm, STASH Needle Art Lounge, 1215 - 13 St SE
May 28, 2013

FictionKNITstas Reading Series with Astrid Blodgett, Ali Bryan and Dora Dueck

7pm, hosted by Betty Jane Hegerat. Stash Needle Art Lounge, 1215 13 St SE
May 28, 2013

Sandra MacIntyre with "Everything is So Political" with readings by Joan M. Baril, R. Jonathan Chapman, J. Paul Cooper & Fran Kimmet

7:30pm
Pages on Kensington May 30, 2013

Cartwheels: The Amy Updates: My Journey with ALS book launch with Amy Doolittle

7pm
Shelf Life Books May 30, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar June 24, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar July 29, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar August 26, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar September 30, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar October 28, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar November 25, 2013

Ink Spot Poetry Collective SLAM Open Mic Series

ciswf.com
Wine-Ohs Bistro and Cellar December 30, 2013

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