Month: April 2010

THE WRITERS GUILD OF ALBERTA & 100 WINES PRESENT:  THE 2010 ALBERTA LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLIST CELEBRATION—WINE & LITERARY PAIRINGS, SLAM READINGS AND MORE!  Friday, April 30, 2010 100 Wines 1109 Olympic Way SE, Calgary 7PM Free admission & open to the public As a prelude to this year’s Alberta Literary Awards Gala—come out and raise your glasses to the 2010 nominated authors at Calgary’s exquisite 100…

Calgary shortlistees for this year’s Alberta Literary Awards are reading this Friday night, April 30th, at 7PM. The venue is 100 Wines, 1109 Olympic Way SE, the same place the Wine and Literary Pairings event was last winter. Looks like Calgarians are dominating the awards this year (hee hee), with fifteen of us reading on Friday,…

Dave Williamson reviews Love Minus Zero in Prairie Fire Review of Books. Thanks again to Prairie Fire  — it’s great the book is still getting reviews. Instructor reading at the Alexandra Writers Centre on Friday night was a fun time, as was a Kilkenny at The Hose and Hound afterward. Next Friday it’s the Alexandra…

Just back from a spring break trip to Seattle with the family. We had a fabulous time. It was our first time there; so many cool things to see and do. But we were unanimous in our choice for best Seattle attraction: The Experience Music Project, an interactive museum dedicated to rock music. Wow, unbelievably cool…