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Open to the public: Saturday Evening Autograph Session
Wednesday Jul 31, 2013
Saturday evening from 8 PM - 10 PM
Attending authors join our festival guest to meet fans and sign books!
Signing authors include:
Free Public Readings and Signings
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Many of our guests of honour are coming into town a day or two
early and have agreed to
do some readings outside our festival. Their books will
also be on sale at the reading sites if you wish to purchase them and
get a couple of autographs early.
The first reading will be on Thursday evening before the festival at the
University of Calgary at 7pm at the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) in
the Gallery Hall. You can park in the parkade by the main entrance off 24th
Avenue.
For anyone that needs these, here are the links to the U of
C Campus Map and the U
of C Parking Map.
The second reading will be at Pages Books on Kensington at 1125
Kensington Road NW at 12 Noon on the Friday.
2012 Aurora Awards
Thursday Jun 18, 2013
Our next podcast installment, 2012 Aurora Awards is
now available. Enjoy!
Special Workshop
Monday Jul 15, 2013
ARWA is offering a special, three hour workshop on Friday, August 9
from 9 AM to 12 PM (just prior to the festival opening). The subject
is Writing Sexual Tension, Heightening
Your Readers' Satisfaction. Not just for romance writers!
No festival membership is required to attend this workshop.
When Words Collide Aurora Nomination
The Editors' Panel
WednesdayTuesday Jun 05, 2013
Our next podcast installment, the Editors' Panel is
now available. Enjoy!
Sunday May 19, 2013
When Words Collide has again been nominated for an Aurora Award, Canada's top science fiction and fantasy award. Please, visit their site and join the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association so you can vote for this year's nominees.
Romance Through the Ages
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
Our next podcast installment, Romance Through the Ages is
now available. Enjoy!
OOPS, or, I Hate Computers
Wednesday May 01, 2013
Due to a software glitch (my story and I'm sticking to it), the
contact information for those wonderful people who signed up to be
volunteers in the past few weeks has been lost. If you have
volunteered but not heard from our volunteer co-ordinator, please sign up again. Thank you!
Special Workshop
Friday Apr 26, 2013
ARWA is offering a special, three hour workshop on Friday, August 9
from 9 AM to 12 PM (just prior to the festival opening). The subject
is Writing Sexual Tension, Heightening
Your Readers' Satisfaction. Not just for romance writers!
Next Meeting
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
Our planning meetings are usually the second Sunday of the
month. The next one will be May 19. Meetings (from now
on) will run from 10 AM to noon in the upstairs community room
of the Macleod Trail Co-op (just south of Heritage Dr.) 8818 Macleod
Trail SE. If you would like to help us plan for next year's festival
or just check out what is going on, please drop in.
Popcorn Theory of Success
Monday Apr 08, 2013
Our next podcast installment, Popcorn Theory of Success is
now available. Enjoy!
Program Development
Wednesday Mar 13, 2013
The program for the When Words Collide 2013 is currently being
developed. Please check
this PDF for current information. Updates to the document will happen monthly.
An Hour with Rebecca Moesta
Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
Our next podcast installment, An Hour with Rebecca Moesta is
now available. Enjoy!
Next Meeting
Sunday Feb 10, 2013
Our planning meetings are usually the second Sunday of the
month. The next one will be March 10. Meetings (from now
on) will run from 10 AM to noon in the upstairs community room
of the Macleod Trail Co-op (just south of Heritage Dr.) 8818 Macleod
Trail SE. If you would like to help us plan for next year's festival
or just check out what is going on, please drop in.
Call for Papers
Friday Jan 18, 2013
When Words Collide is hosting an academic colloquium on August 10,
2013. We welcome presentations that explore creative writing pedagogy,
genre writing in academic settings, and critical investigations of
genre works, including mystery, science fiction, romance, western,
horror, fantasy, young adult, and others. Please see here for detailed information.
Pre-Festival Workshops
Tuesday Jan 15, 2013
If you want to take a writing workshop, now
is your chance! Workshops are open to registered member of When
Words Collide only.
Murder and Mayhem — Canadian Style
Monday Jan 14, 2013
Our next podcast installment, Murder and Mayhem — Canadian Style is
now available. Enjoy!
Conflict and Tension
Thursday Dec 27, 2012
Our next podcast installment, Conflict and Tension is
now available. Enjoy!
Next Meeting
Monday Dec 10, 2012
Our planning meetings are usually the second Sunday of the
month. The next one will be January 13. Meetings (from now
on) will run from 10 AM to noon in the upstairs community room
of the Macleod Trail Co-op (just south of Heritage Dr.) 8818 Macleod
Trail SE. If you would like to help us plan for next year's festival
or just check out what is going on, please drop in.
Always the Bad Guy
Tuesday Dec 04, 2012
Our next podcast installment, Always the Bad Guy is
now available. Enjoy!
Fantasy Readings - Nov. 19th & 20th at 7 PM
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012
On Monday, November 19th and Tuesday, November 20th at 7pm each night there will be
readings and Q & A with Karen Dudley and Chadwich Ginther. Their books are
being published by Ravenstone press. Ravenstone is an imprint of Turnstone
press (one of our guests for next year).
Karen's book is a new historical fantasy novel, Food for
the Gods.
Chadwich's book is his debut urban fantasy novel, Thunder
Road.
The Monday night's reading will take place at Sentry Box, 1835 10th
Ave. S.W.
The Tuesday night's reading will take place at the Calgary Public
Library - Louise Riley Branch, 1904 14th Avenue N.W.
Friday Nov 02, 2012
Our next podcast installment, Humour in Fiction is now up. is
now available. Enjoy!
Monday Oct 29, 2012
Wynterblue Publishing is holding
their annual 73-hour novella writing contest for Canadian authors. See
their web site for details.
Sunday Oct 14, 2012
Our planning meetings are usually the second Sunday of the
month. The next one will be in December. There is no meeting
in November. Meetings (from now on) will run from 10 AM to
noon in the upstairs community room of the Macleod Trail Co-op
(just south of Heritage Dr.) 8818 Macleod Trail SE. If you would like
to help us plan for next year's festival or just check out what is
going on, please drop in.
Monday Sep 17, 2012
Our next planning meeting is Sunday October 14th from 12 - 2 PM in
the upstairs community room of the Macleod Trail Co-op (just south of
Heritage Dr.) 8818 Macleod Trail SE. If you would like to help us
plan for next year's festival or just check out what is going on,
please drop in.
Thursday Oct 11, 2012
Our next podcast installment, Beyond the Bedroom - There's More to Romance Than Sex is
now available. Enjoy!
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Our next podcast installment, The Writer as Editor is
now available. Enjoy!
Monday Sep 10, 2012
Thanks to everyone who came out to the BBQ. A fun time was had by all and we raised just shy of $1,000 toward expenses for next year's guests.
Planning for the 3rd Edition of When Words Collide (2013) is
underway. Stay tuned for developments as they happen. If you would
like to help us plan for next year or be one of our volunteers next
summer, please let us know via our volunteers' page.
Wednesday Aug 22, 2012
The online registration system is now
active. If you didn't register at this year's festival you can now do
so in the comfort of your own home or office. Just don't register
while driving. We'd like you to get there in one piece.
Wednesday August 15, 2012
On Saturday, 2012 September 8, you too can spend a
delightful afternoon stuffing yourself with food, participating in our
immense book raffle and supporting When Words Collide 2013.
All for the paltry pittance of ten tiny dollars.
Good food, good company, good books and a plethora of warm fuzzies:
What could be better?
The barbecue will begin at noon and go until about 4 P.M.
The location is the Richmond Meadows Townhouse Complex Party
Room (centre building), just north of the Richmond Road Calgary
Co-op store. Please note that you must park on 39th Street
or in the Co-op parking lot: There is no visitor parking on
site.
Sunday Aug 14, 2012
I'm revamping the online registration system so please be patient
if you are just dying to register for next year. It will be up in a
couple of days.
Sunday Aug 12, 2012
When Words Collide is over for another year but don't be sad — we'll
be back in 2013: bigger and better than ever.
Thank you to all our guests, our panelists and our members for
making 2012 an even more successful year than our first.
Information on the next When Words Collide will start appearing in
the next few days. Stay tuned!
