October

Wordfest Presents Mary Berg
Oct 21 @ 7 PM MT $45

DJD Dance Centre
111 12 Ave SE
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Talk about Good Stuff! Wordfest presents MasterChef Canada champ, bestselling cookbook author, and new daytime tv show host Mary Berg and her newest cookbook, In Mary’s Kitchen: Stress-Free Recipes for Every Home Cook. More good stuff - your ticket includes a copy of In Mary’s Kitchen and a tasty conversation hosted by food writer Julie Van Rosendaal. The fun starts at 7PM MT and will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. READ MORE
Wordfest Presents Ken Dryden
Oct 24 @ 7 PM MT $20

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
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The hockey legend returns! Wordfest is thrilled to present bestselling author Ken Dryden in celebration of his newest, most personal book, The Class: A Memoir of a Place, Time, and Us. Echoing the unique insights of Michael Apted's 21 Up documentary series, Dryden brings his trademark keen eye, penetrating intelligence, and profound empathy to his own special group of childhood classmates. The conversation, hosted by Wordfest CEO & Creative Ringleader Shelley Youngblut, starts at 7PM MT and includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fueled by Owl’s Nest Books. READ MORE
Wordfest Presents Waubgeshig Rice
Oct 30 @ 7 PM MT $20

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
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Wordfest presents Waubgeshig Rice and his hotly anticipated new novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, the sequel to his award-winning bestseller, Moon of the Crusted Snow. The conversation starts at 7PM MT and includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Shelf Life Books. READ MORE

November

Wordfest Presents Cat Bohannon
Nov 07 @ 7 PM MT $20

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
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Wordfest presents Cat Bohannon and her illuminating new book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 2000 Million Years of Human Evolution. The conversation starts at 7PM MT and will be hosted by Dr. Fiona Mattatall. This event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Shelf Life Books. READ MORE
Wordfest Presents Karma Brown
Nov 09 @ 7 PM MT $20

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
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Wordfest is delighted to showcase bestselling author Karma Brown and her newest novel, What Wild Women Do. The conversation, hosted by Shelley Youngblut, Wordfest's Creative Ringleader, starts at 7PM MT and includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Owl’s Nest Books. READ MORE
Wordfest Presents Jann Arden & Rick Mercer
Nov 17 @ 7 PM MT $80

The Grand
608 1 St SW
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SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME! Click here to join the waitlist. (Thank you, Wordfesters, for your remarkable support. Please encourage your friends and family to sign up for our e-blast to make sure they're the first to hear about even more stellar authors coming to Calgary this year.) Wordfest is thrilled to welcome comedic legends Jann Arden and Rick Mercer in conversation about their new books: Arden’s debut novel, The Bittlemores, and Mercer’s memoir, The Road Years. The 75-minute conversation, introduced by former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, starts at 7 PM MT and will include audience questions (please submit them in advance here). READ MORE
Wordfest Presents R. H. Thomson
Nov 20 @ 7 PM MT $20

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
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Wordfest presents beloved Canadian actor and arts advocate R. H. Thomson with his very personal look at war and its aftermath, By The Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families. The conversation starts at 7PM MT and will be hosted by choreographer/theatre artist Denise Clarke, co-founder of Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre. This special event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Owl’s Nest Books. READ MORE

December

Wordfest Presents Peter Mansbridge
Dec 06 @ 7 PM MT $20

Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library
800 3 Street SE
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What a pleasure to welcome legendary broadcast journalist Peter Mansbridge back to Calgary, in celebration of his newest book (written with Mark Bulgutch): How Canada Works. The conversation starts at 7PM MT and will be followed by an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Indigo Chinook. READ MORE

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Wordfest’s Imaginairium is back this fall, livelier than ever, showcasing 2023’s most exciting authors and books. We’ve gathered the best of the best once again in Calgary so that you can think bigger, dig deeper, and connect even more meaningfully with each other.

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