We’ve been waiting and waiting for the brilliant Teresa Wong to publish her new graphic novel All Our Ordinary Stories. (Fortunately, she’s been busy creating comics for The Believer, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and The Walrus.) Thankfullly, we get to celebrate her book’s birthday together in Calgary, in a presentation and conversation hosted by local community builder Alice Lam. This event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Owl’s Nest Books, who will be on site with copies fresh off the presses. READ MORE

Join Wordfest for a passionate conversation about local news with Jeremy Klaszus, author of The Hollowing of the Calgary Herald, based on his 2023 Sprawlcast. He'll be joined on stage by Herald alumni Bob Blakey, Catherine Ford, Gwendolyn Richards and Shelley Youngblut, who witnessed the newspaper's heyday ­and its slow decline over the decades. The 75-minute show includes an audience Q & A and book signing. Independent Alberta publisher Hingston and Olsen will be on site with copies of the limited edition hardcover, which features electric green paper, foil-stamped iconography, and a letterpress-printed title band. It also includes an all-new afterword in which Klaszus receives and responds to “letters to the editor” about the initial report. READ MORE

Wordfest is thrilled to showcase Alex Sarian, President & CEO of Arts Commons, and his new book The Audacity of Relevance: Critical Conversations on the Future of Arts and Culture. The conversation about the endless possibilities for reinvention at a time of crisis for the cultural sector, hosted by Wordfest's Shelley Youngblut, will be bursting with creative surprises and global insights. This event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Shelf Life Books. (And while we’re certain The Audacity of Relevance is going to be a national bestseller, you make that happens by pre-ordering copies of the book here for pick-up at the show!) READ MORE