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A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans
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In Conversation 2
Saturday August 15, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6
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Danny Ramadan

Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugees’ advocate.

His memoir Crooked Teeth received raving reviews and was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. His latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes, won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and

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Amanda Leduc

Amanda Leduc is a writer, speaker, and disability rights advocate.
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​She is the author of the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Coach House Books, 2020), which was shortlisted for the 2020 Governor General’s Award in Nonfiction, and t

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Lily Chu

Lily Chu loves ordering the second-cheapest wine, wearing perfume all the time, and staying up far too late with a good book.

​Four of her books have been released in audio as Audible Originals, performed by Phillipa Soo (The Stand-In, The Comeback, The Takedown, and Drop Dead) and John Cho (Drop Dead). Lily’s best-selling stories are critically acclaimed and have spent multiple weeks at number one in

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avatar for Ashley J.J. White (aka Ashley Frerichs)

Ashley J.J. White (aka Ashley Frerichs)

Ashley J.J. White (Ashley Frerichs) is a Treaty 7-based arts advocate, community builder, avid reader, and writer of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Her work has been published in Berkeley Fiction Review, Shadow and Sax, and After Dinner Conversation, among others. She advocates... Read More →
Saturday August 15, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6 700 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 5P6, Canada
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