Writers' Guild of Alberta Podcast

F.K. Aldon : Question the Status Quo Author and YouTuber F.K. Aldon is a Jill of All Trades: she writes ✍🏾, she reads tarot 🔮, she podcasts 🎙️, she paints nails 💅🏾. Gio and Renée speak with Fadima about her motivation and process for writing her debut, nonfiction book The Single Friend; the ethics of starting her YouTube tarot channel Scorpio Stiletto Tarot; the social commentary that informs...

Episode Title: Emily Campbell : Write For Writing's Sake 🖋️ Emily Campbell (she/her) is a writer, a poet, the founder of The New Cambrians book club/writing group, and has published with The Bolo Tie Collective, The Anti-Languorous Project and the inaugural issue of Lida Literary Mag. Joining Gio and Renée, Emily talks about the evolution of her writing; decoupling her writing career from "making...

Writers assemble! Liselle Sambury (she/her) is a young adult author writing stories about "messy Black girls in fantasy situations" and is dropping her debut book, Blood Like Magic, in June 2021. She joins Renée and Gio to talk about how she got started in writing, how she established herself on AuthorTube, and how she got her very first book deal. This episode also includes Liselle's tips on writ...

Get ready to level up! Have you ever wondered what it takes to write your own video game? Let Davis G. See (he/him) tell you, as he walks Gio and Renée through the path that led him to freelance writing, creating interactive fiction, and becoming one of Edmonton Public Library's featured writers. Topics include how to build your client base as a freelancer, gay poetry binders, why queer representa...

How magical! This week Renée and Gio sit down with the kind and talented Jessica Renwick (she/her), award-winning author of the fantasy middle-grade Starfell series. The first two books, The Book of Chaos and The Guitar of Mayhem, are out now. Her short story “The Witch’s Staff” will appear in the forthcoming anthology book Magical Girls from Celticpress Publishing. We talk writing characters we c...

The WGA is proud to partner with the Listen 2 Me podcast. Listen 2 Me is a podcast for creatives, by creatives. Your hosts, Gio and Renée, two lifelong friends and queer creatives, talk about the very real highs and lows of making art while staying grounded. Episode 14 - Kelly Small:Have you ever wondered how to keep your sanity as a career creative in today’s cutthroat capitalist economy? This ep...

This is audio recorded from the live reading with finalists for the Alberta Literary Awards. Readers, in order of appearance: Omar Mouallem Natalie Meisner Bertrand Bickersteth Gabe Calderon Kat Cameron Ellen Chorley Jannie Edwards Will Ferguson Alexandra Latos Amy Leblanc Harnarayan Singh Kim Smith Stephanie Tamagi 1:49:53​ - Debby Waldman

This is audio recorded during the live reading with finalists from the Alberta Literary Awards. Readers, in order of appearance: Katie Bickell Timothy Caulfield Tyler Enfield Lee Kvern Annette Lapointe Clem Martini Peter Midgley Beth Sanders Barbara Scott Gina Starblanket & Dallas Hunt

Joan Marie Galat shares three of her books for children, followed by a conversation with Onyinye Odih, and audience Q&A via YouTube chat. *Original air date, Oct. 29, 2020*

Lori Hahnel reads from her new book of stories, Vermin, followed by a conversation with fellow short story writer Lee Kvern, and audience Q&A via YouTube chat. *Original air date Oct. 27, 2020*

Alison Clarke will read from her new poetry book, Phillis, followed by a conversation with Brandon Wint, and an audience Q&A via YouTube chat. *NOTE* There is a brief technical interruption at the 5:56 minute mark. Our apologies for the disruption. **Original air date: Oct. 15**

Katrina Rosen reads from her memoir, With You by Bike, followed by a conversation with Helen Rolfe, and audience Q&A via YouTube chat. *Original air date: Sept 28*

Carleen Marie reads from her new memoir, Orchid of Fate.

Author reading and Q&A with Nancy Bell. Author of Dead Dogs Talk.

Dianne Palovcik reads from her new novel, In Trouble, and speaks with Joan Marie Galat about the book and her writing life. This is a pre-recorded interview and no Q&A is included.

Alexis Kienlen talks to Anne Logan about her new novel, Mad Cow. *Original air date September 10, 2020*

Dolly Dennis reads from her new novel, The Complex Arms, and chats with author Jennifer Quist about her publishing journey, with an audience Q&A afterwards. *Original air date September 3, 2020*

Author Annette Lapointe reads from her latest book, And This is The Cure, followed by a Q&A led by Sue Farrell Holler. Annette Lapointe has lived in rural Saskatchewan, Quebec City, St John’s, Saskatoon, Winnipeg (where she earned her PhD), and South Korea. She now lives in Treaty 8 territory, on the traditional lands of the Beaver people, and teaches at Grande Prairie Regional College. In her cop...

Cathie Bartlett reads from her new novel, Destination Prairie, and chats with her friend and fellow writer Jane Ross.

Le 17 mars 2021, écoutez un nouvel épisode des midis littéraires du CLC avec l'écrivaine renommée, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau ! Née en Jamésie, au nord-ouest du Québec, Bordeleau est une artiste multidisciplinaire eeyou qui œuvre depuis 40 ans. En 2006, elle obtient le prix d’excellence en région remis par le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec en plus de la mention de Télé-Québec du prix...

Edmonton poet Kat Cameron will read from her latest collection, Ghosts Still Linger, followed by a Q&A led by fellow Edmonton poet Paul Pearson. Kat Cameron lives in Edmonton on Treaty 6 territory. Her poetry collections include Ghosts Still Linger, published by the University of Alberta Press in 2020, and Strange Labyrinth. Her short story collection The Eater of Dreams was shortlisted for the Da...

Edmonton playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Katherine Koller will read from her collection of short stories, Winning Chance, followed by a Q&A led by Fort McMurray author Dorothy Bentley. Katherine Koller writes for stage, screen and page. Her first plays, Cowboy Boots and a Corsage and Magpie, were for CBC radio. Her full-length stage plays include her Alberta LandWorks Trilogy: Coal Valley,...

Edmonton poet Paul Pearson reads from his debut poetry book Lunatic Engine, followed by a Q&A led by Edmonton playwright and novelist Katherine Koller. Pre-order Lunatic Engine here: https://www.turnstonepress.com/books/poetry/lunatic-engine.html Paul Pearson is the co-founding editor and chapbook designer for the Olive Reading Series. His poems have appeared in Descant and Event, and the antholog...

Calgary poet and longtime active WGA member Bob Stallworthy will read from his poetry book Impact Statement, followed by a Q&A led by Edmonton poet, fiction writer, and journalist Alexis Kienlen. Bob Stallworthy has been active in the Alberta writing community since he began writing full-time and professionally in 1985. He is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada and the Writers’ Guild of Alber...

Fort McMurray author Dorothy Bentley introduces her children’s poetry picture book Summer North Coming, followed by a Q&A led by Calgary writer Barbori Garnet. Dorothy Bentley has been writing poetry sporadically since elementary school, but only recently began submitting it to contests, literary magazines. and publishers. Summer North Coming, published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside in September 2019,...