Name: “How Do You Say…”: Writing With a Bilingual Mind
Start: 2026-08-16T16:30:00-0600
End: 2026-08-16T17:45:00-0600

A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans

“How Do You Say…”: Writing With a Bilingual Mind

Sunday August 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm MDT

Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4

What if your imagination runs on one language, but your emotions bloom in another? Or it feels as if the place where imagination and emotion overlap comes in one version per language? This workshop explores bilingual, immigrant, and translingual cognition — the shifts of memory, rhythm, metaphor, and voice across languages. We will discuss ways to harness the power of language-interference, emotional memory, and translation as craft tools.

Presenters

Lavinia Leon

Writer

Lavinia Leon (MD, PhD, AuDHD) was born in Romania and writes about the times and forms of Home from amiskwaciwâskahikan / Edmonton. Her writing orbits around the in-betweens — those transitions, neither-here-nor-theres where we might be most alive. Lavinia received an Honourable... Read More →

Sunday August 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4 700 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 5P6, Canada

Lecture/Seminar

When Words Collide 2026

Lavinia Leon

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When Words Collide 2026

Lavinia Leon

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