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When Words Collide 2026
A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans
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Pip Kiraz
Friday
, August 14
3:00pm
MDT
Adventures in Shorts! Finding Success with Short Fiction and Personal Essays
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
J.C. (John) Corry • Kim Harbridge • Susan Calder • Hilary Faktor
4:30pm
MDT
Book Banning and Censorship: Looking at the Bigger Picture
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Kit Dobson
Writing As Resistance: Using Our Words to Critique, Challenge, and Disrupt
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 5
Madison Joyce • Priscille Bukasa • Adrienne Adams • Alex Benarzi • O.L. McAnord
Writing Hopepunk: Marginalized Perspectives
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
Cait Gordon • Keenan Jones • Amanda Leduc • Adriaan Brae
5:00pm
MDT
Take your character from an RPG to a Novel
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Stephen B
Darren Tenor
Saturday
, August 15
9:00am
MDT
Writing While Neurodiverse: ADHD Strategies for Authors
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Nicole Bross
10:30am
MDT
15 Ways to Make Money in the Writing World
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Suzy Vadori
12:00pm
MDT
Queer Rep in Mainstream Media
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
Sarah L. Pratt • Danny Ramadan • Tanya MacIntosh • Adriaan Brae
1:00pm
MDT
Beyond the Page Demo: Winston Pei is Cutting Up Books for Fun and Art
Grand Foyer
Winston Pei
1:30pm
MDT
Real vs. Reality: Impact vs. Facts
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Donna D. Conrad
3:00pm
MDT
Beyond the Bottom Line: Running an Anticapitalist Author Business
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Brenna Bailey-Davies
4:30pm
MDT
Breaking Barriers: Writing, Developing, and Creating Despite Disabilities
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Steffanie Costigan
6:00pm
MDT
Board Games and Magic the Gathering Mixer
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Stephen A
Cipher
9:00pm
MDT
Open Mic Night
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Thompson Social Hub
Randy McCharles • Valerie L. King
Sunday
, August 16
9:00am
MDT
The Importance of Finding Your Community
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 5
Deniz Soykurumcetin • Donna D. Conrad • J.C. (John) Corry • Marie Powell
12:00pm
MDT
Get that grant! How to win literary arts grants
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Lexie Angelo
1:30pm
MDT
Through Fires and Fascism: Staying Creative When the World Seems Upended
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 5
Sarah Johnson • Cait Gordon • Finnian Burnett • Tanya MacIntosh
3:00pm
MDT
Write What You Know: Transform Lived Experience into Powerful Fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Julie A. Christiansen
Why Do We Keep Destroying the World?
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Doll
Ambre Olivari • Rick Overwater • Nikki Vogel • Chris Carolan
4:30pm
MDT
Developmental Editing Your Book
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Suzy Vadori
Decolonization of Speculative Fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald
Susan Forest • Onyx Shelton • Zeva Mah • Calvin Jim
6:00pm
MDT
Closing Ceremony: Keynotes on Courage, Identity, and our Stories Ahead with Andrew Buckley and Gemma Files; plus War of the Words and 2027 festival lookahead
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4+6
Andrew Buckley • Gemma Files
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