SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME! Click here to join the waitlist. (We are thrilled to see the outpouring of community support, and we are looking at options for a larger venue. If we are successful, waitlisted guests will be the first to know. Please encourage your friends and family to sign up for our insider emails to make sure they're the first to hear about more stellar experiences like this coming to Calgary.) Come and celebrate trans art, words, and lives with us! Wordfest and trans artist Vivek Shraya have partnered to co-curate a glorious night of trans storytelling, featuring noted essayist Kai Cheng Thom, comedian and theatre artist JD Derbyshire. They will be joined by four stellar Calgary-based multi-disciplinary artists: Ceci Chow, Blake McLeod, Rip Em, and Sable Sweetgrass. This unforgettable show begins at 7PM MT and includes book signings with the featured authors. Shelf Life Books will be on site with books and ticket holders can also pre-order copies here for pick-up at the event. READ MORE

Wordfest presents bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin and his new book  A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever. Tracking trade wars and kinetic wars, central banks and runs on banks, pipelines blown up and start-ups knocked down, Rubin gives us a glimpse of a near future that will look very different from the recent past. It reminds us that our mortgage rates and job security, our grocery bills and investments, are all tied to events set in motion by governments, corporations, and black swans around the world.  READ MORE