The Perfect Night Out at Wordfest

https://vimeo.com/1113994911https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1113994900 “Wordfest is The Perfect Night Out” “The access and Intimacy that Wordfest allows isn’t captured anywhere else.” Video by Pluto Pictures. More Than Just a Festival Every October, Wordfest produces The Imaginairium, Canada’s Liveliest Literary Festival. But wait, there’s more. We also present the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through […]

Story from Adam Shoalts in The Way We Nature

Story from Adam Shoalts for The Way We… Nature Wordfest’s Imagine On Air presented Adam Shoalts online in 2021 in celebration of his highly anticipated new book The Whisper on the Night Wind. He appeared alongside Suzanne Simard, and Edith Widder for Wordfest’s lively storytelling show, The Way We… Nature. See the Author in Calgary […]

Adam Shoalts in Conversation with Pam Rocker

Adam Shoalts in Conversation with Pam Rocker for The Way We… Nature Wordfest’s Imagine On Air presented Adam Shoalts online in 2021 in celebration of his highly anticipated new book The Whisper on the Night Wind. He appeared alongside Suzanne Simard, and Edith Widder for Wordfest’s lively storytelling show, The Way We… Nature. See the […]

Chris Kraus and the Wordfest Universe

Chris Kraus & the Wordfest Universe For every show, we commission a special genre reel featuring book jacket artwork of past Wordfest alumni to show how all of the stars presented on our stages are deeply interconnected — whether thematically or by genre or through the range of audience enthusiasms each author brings to the […]

Imagine On Air presents Patrick Radden Keefe

Imagine On Air presents Patrick Radden Keefe In spring 2021, Wordfest’s Imagine On Air online series presented award-winning New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and his highly-anticipated exposé of the Sackler family dynasty’s devastating connection to the opioid crisis: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. This is an hour-long conversation hosted […]

Patrick Radden Keefe: Which Sackler would you talk to?

Patrick Radden Keefe: Which Sackler would you talk to? In spring 2021, as part of its online Imagine On Air series, Wordfest presented award-winning New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and his highly-anticipated exposé of the Sackler family’s devastating connection to the opioid crisis: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. See […]

Patrick Radden Keefe: A book that feels like fiction

Patrick Radden Keefe on “A Book that Feels Like Fiction” In spring 2021, as part of its online Imagine On Air series, Wordfest presented award-winning New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and his highly-anticipated exposé of the Sackler family’s devastating connection to the opioid crisis: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. […]

Patrick Radden Keefe on Research and Writing

Patrick Radden Keefe on Writing Raddon Keefe traces the roots of the opioid crises through the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma pharmaceuticals empire made Oxycontin the top selling pain pill. While other journalists have written on the topic, Radden Keefe’s timing was ideal: thousands of court documents had recently become public. On top of that, […]

2025 Festival Preview Night Livestream

https://vimeo.com/1117298351https://vimeo.com/1117298351 Watch the Festival Preview Watch the recording of an exclusive preview of Wordfest’s 2025 Imaginairium (Oct. 14-19), hosted by Wordfest’s CEO & Creative Ringleader Shelley Youngblut. This is your chance to get the inside scoop on the 30+ shows and stellar lineup coming to this year’s festival so you can plan your festival week. […]

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