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When Words Collide 2026
A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans
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Danielle Charbonneau
Friday
, August 14
12:00pm
MDT
It's a Bird. It's a Plane -- Crafting Realistic Imaginary Creatures for Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Shelly Campbell
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
The Whole Package: Creating a Top-Quality Published Book That Jumps Off the Shelf and Attacks Your Reader (Nicely)
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Jennifer Sommersby
Saturday
, August 15
9:00am
MDT
Selling Your Book Without Platform
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Jessica Waite
1:30pm
MDT
Sawyer On Science Fiction Book Launch
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Thompson Social Hub
Ed Willett • Richard Graeme Cameron • Robert J. Sawyer
3:00pm
MDT
Fiction as Riot: Writing When the World is F*cked - MASTERCLASS (pre-reg req)
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Bannerman
Finnian Burnett
Sunday
, August 16
12:00pm
MDT
A Very, Very, Very Fine House: The Warp and Weft of Worldbuilding - MASTERCLASS (pre-reg req)
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Walker
Amanda Leduc
3:00pm
MDT
Strategies for Surviving Feedback - MASTERCLASS (pre-reg req)
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Bannerman
Finnian Burnett • Christine Tsai Taylor
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