SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME! Click here to join the waitlist. (Thank you, Wordfesters, for your remarkable support. If you missed out on tickets, get yourself, your friends, family, supper club, and neighbours to sign up for our e-blast to ensure you are all the first to hear about even more stellar authors coming to Calgary this year.) YES CHEF! Wordfest & The Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts are thrilled to announce that Matty Matheson will be making an exclusive appearance at the Bella Concert Hall in Calgary on Saturday, Nov. 16 @ 1pm. Don't miss the acclaimed Canadian chef, bestselling author, actor, and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning series The Bear in conversation with CBC Radio's Paul Karchut. Your ticket to this unmissable experience includes a signed copy of Matty's new cookbook: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches. READ MORE

Wordfest is over the moon to present the first Canadian to fly to outer space, astronaut Marc Garneau and his captivating memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream. The don’t-miss conversation starts at 7PM MT and will be hosted by journalist and adventurer David Gray. This event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Owl’s Nest Books. READ MORE

Wordfest is thrilled to welcome back lawyer, politician, and best-selling author Jody Wilson-Raybould with her new book, co-written with Roshan Danesh, Reconciling History: A Story of Canada. It’s a continuation of the vital conversation fuelled by the history shared in True Reconciliation, which sparked one of Wordfest’s most meaningful in-person experiences in 2022. The conversation, hosted by Wordfest's Shelley Youngblut, includes an audience Q&A and book signing. READ MORE