Shelley Youngblut

Shelley Youngblut

Shelley Youngblut connects smart, funny people with life-changing ideas as the CEO & Creative Ringleader of Wordfest. In partnership with the Calgary Public Library, she is transforming Alberta’s oldest library into a vibrant arts and culture hub.

Shelley created her first magazine, VOX, while studying English at the University of Calgary, and her 20-year-career culminated in a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 from the Western Magazine Awards. She was the founding editor of the award-winning Swerve magazine and has created magazines for ESPN, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Nickelodeon and The Globe & Mail. She is also the author of three sports books, published by Hyperion in New York.

A former pop culture correspondent for ABC World News Now and Canada AM, she is unconventionally opinionated on CBC Calgary’s Eyeopener and also part of a weekly urban advice column. The mother of identical twins and a perfect dog, she wishes she could sing, win more at Texas Hold ’Em and bring Patti Smith to Calgary.

All events hosted by Shelley Youngblut

10 AM
Creating Book Buzz
Oct 14 @ 10 AM MT - 11:15 AM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2nd Street SW
5:30 PM
Tzavta Salon: Paula Saunders
Oct 14 @ 5:30 PM MT - 9 PM MT

Charbar, Simmons Building

618 Confluence Way SE
4 PM
Tea & Sustenance with Anne Kreamer
Oct 09 @ 4 PM MT - 4:30 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2nd Street SW
7 PM
Wordfest presents Susan Orlean
Nov 21 @ 7 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT

Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library

800 3 Street SE
10 AM
A Celebration of Calvin and Hobbes
Oct 08 @ 10 AM MT - 2:30 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2 St SW
7 PM
Wordfest Presents Kurt Andersen
Oct 09 @ 7 PM MT - 8:15 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2nd Street SW
7 PM
Alberta Views Live: Election Deep Dive
Feb 21 @ 7 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2nd Street SW
7 PM
TV Binge-Watchers Club: The Handmaid's Tale
Mar 12 @ 7 PM MT - 8 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2nd Street SW