When Words Collide Festival Report

From the Desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté When Words Collide (Calgary) convention was once again wildly successful, with great programming, wonderful Guest of Honour speeches, and 650 wonderful-to-meet-and-talk-with attendees. Small enough convention to feel ‘intimate’, but large and diverse enough that one constantly learns new things. The cross-genre format of WWC leads to a lot of cross-pollination. (For example, the launch of Sleuth at WWC this year, a new mystery magazine from the people…

Aug 2015

By Lorina Stephensconventions, Five Rivers Events, Hawk, Hunter's Daughter, Jill Cabrera, Kim Greyson, Marie Powell, Nowick Gray, Robert Runte, Susan Bohnet, Susan Forest, Susan MacGregor1 Comment

Five Rivers at When Words Collide Festival

From the Desk of Robert Runte: Five Rivers will have seven authors and two staff attending the When Words Collide Festival in Calgary, August 14-16, 2015. It’s my favorite writers convention because of the high proportion of writers, the cross-genre orientation/cross-pollination, and the high quality of the programming. I missed that Susan MacGregor (pictured below) was going to WWC this year until after I’d already done the poster, but she’ll be there too, and doing…

Jul 2015

By Lorina Stephensbook launch, Candas Jane Dorsey, Hawk, Hunter's Daughter, J.W. Schnarr, Jill Cabrera, Marie Powell, Nowick Gray, Robert Runte, Susan Bohnet, Susan Forest, Susan MacGregor, When Words CollideComments Off