Name: Closing Ceremony: TWONOTE with Andrew Buckley, Gemma Files; plus War of the Words Winners
Start: 2026-08-16T18:00:00-0600
End: 2026-08-16T19:30:00-0600

A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans

Closing Ceremony: TWONOTE with Andrew Buckley, Gemma Files; plus War of the Words Winners

Sunday August 16, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm MDT

Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4+6

Join us for the fantastic close of When Words Colide 2026! What?? It can't be over yet! And yet it can.

To close out the festival, we'll have some thanks and acknowledgements, a salute to this year's winners of War of the Words, and some other wee surprises.

Taking us home are Andrew Buckley and Gemma Files, with some words to power your way through the year until When Words Collide 2027!

Gemma Files Keynote: Monster Pride! or "How neurodivergence has helped me become my fullest self as a horror writer (and writer in general)."

Presenters

Andrew Buckley

Gemma Files

Previously a film critic, journalist and teacher, Gemma Files has been an award-winning horror author since 1999.

She's best-known for her novel Experimental Film (Open Road Media) and her collections of short fiction, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning In That Endlessness, Our End and Blood From the Air (both from Grimscribe). Her next book, Little Horn: Stories, is out as of October... Read More →

Sunday August 16, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4+6 700 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 5P6, Canada

Keynote

When Words Collide 2026

Andrew Buckley

Gemma Files

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When Words Collide 2026

Andrew Buckley

Gemma Files

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