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When Words Collide 2026
When Words Collide 2026
A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans
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Cindy Morris
Friday
, August 14
12:00pm
MDT
Gemma Files Lecture
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Gemma Files
1:30pm
MDT
Fear Factor: How Fear Rewires Your Character’s Behavior, Logic & Responses
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Angela Ackerman
3:00pm
MDT
High stakes short fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Lexie Angelo
4:30pm
MDT
Bucket of Bones: Building the Skeleton of Your Murder Mystery
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Dave Sweet • Charlotte Morganti
9:00pm
MDT
Noir at the Bar
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Thompson Social Hub
Saturday
, August 15
9:00am
MDT
What's Under the Bed - Creating monsters who'll haunt readers long after they've closed the book
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Shelly Campbell
12:00pm
MDT
Live Action Slush: Short Fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6
Jennifer Chevais • Lexie Angelo • Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra
1:30pm
MDT
Real vs. Reality
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Donna D. Conrad
3:00pm
MDT
Laugh Out Loud Literary Devices
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4
Miranda Krogstad
4:30pm
MDT
From Personal to Perennial: The Craft and Career of Picture Books
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
Keenan Jones • Yewande Daniel-Ayoade • Paola Santos • Maria Marianayagam
Sunday
, August 16
10:30am
MDT
Creativity & Chaos
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Doll
Andrew Buckley • Finnian Burnett
Embrace the cringe of the Canadian identity to find success
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Lexie Angelo
12:00pm
MDT
Get that grant! How to win literary arts grants
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Lexie Angelo
1:30pm
MDT
How to Write a Synopsis without Crying First
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4
Mira Landry
3:00pm
MDT
War of the Words Readings
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Stephen B
4:30pm
MDT
Writing the long game: the endurance panel.
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 5
Bradley Somer • Ali Bryan • Marcello Di Cintio • Leanne Shirtliffe • Nikki Vogel
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