Programs & Services: Links

Bookstores and Libraries

• The Alberta Library
  access to all libraries across the province with the use of one library card
  
  
• Canadian Booksellers Association
  search for local booksellers (and places to buy books by Alberta authors!)
  
  
• Library Association of Alberta
  strengthening Alberta’s library community

Festivals

• Calgary International Spoken Word Festival
  the largest spoken word festival in Canada
  
  
• Edmonton Poetry Festival
  annual poetry festival in Edmonton
  
  
• LitFest: Edmonton International Literary Festival
  October 22-25, 2009, Canada’s only creative nonfiction festival
  
  
• Taleblazers Festival
  October 5-30, 2009, literary arts festival for young people across Alberta
  
  
• WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival
  October 13-18, 2009, annual six-day literary festival
  
  
• Wordspinner, The Peace Country’s Book Festival:
  June 18-21, 2009, in Grande Prairie

Grants for Writers

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts
  information on grants for writers and more
  
  
• Calgary Arts Development
  Calgary’s designated arts development authority
  
  
• Canada Council for the Arts
  information on grants for writers and more
  
  
• Edmonton Arts Council
  grants for writers in the greater Edmonton area
  
  
• The Woodcock Fund (Writers’ Trust of Canada)
  emergency grants to established writers who experience an unforeseen financial crisis

Information for Writers

• Access Copyright
  copyright licensing solutions and information on copyright
  
  
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  a guide to copyright and how to register copyright
  
  
• Writer Beware
  warnings about literary fraud and other schemes and pitfalls that target writers

Organizations for Writers

• Alberta Playwrights’ Network
  nurturing Alberta’s playwrights and provide support for the development of their plays
  
  
• Alberta Romance Writers’ Association
  providing a support network for romance writers in all genres
  
  
• Alexandra Writers Centre Society
  learning, community and support for creative writers in Calgary
  
  
• Calgary Association of Freelance Editors (CAFE)
  promotion and development of freelance editors in the Calgary area
  
  
• Canadian Authors Association, Alberta Branch
  community, guidance, recognition and opportunities to emerging and established writers
  
  
• Canadian Children’s Book Centre
  encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers
  
  
• Canadian Literature Centre
  western hub of the Canadian literary community
  
  
• Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
  supporting and promoting children’s literature
  
  
• Editors’ Association of Canada
  promotes professional editing and has a online database of editors
  
  
• Imaginative Fiction Writers Association
  Calgary’s genre fiction writing group
  
  
• League of Canadian Poets
  enhancing the status of poets and nurturing a professional poetic community
  
  
• Most Vocal Poets Society
  promoting poetry as a performance art, particularly in Lethbridge and southern Alberta
  
  
• Mystery Writers Ink
  welcomes Calgary and area crime writers
  
  
• Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
  information for professional writers, including up-to-date rates on what to pay a writer
  
  
• Raving Poets
  open mic poetry reading series in Edmonton
  
  
• Single Onion
  one of Calgary’s longest-running spoken word series
  
  
• Stroll of Poets Society
  community of poets with weekly reading series
  
  
• The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling (TALES)
  celebrating the oral tradition of storytelling
  
  
• Theatre Alberta
  encouraging the growth of theatre in Alberta
  
  
• Writers Beyond Borders
  for multilingual and immigrant writers in Edmonton
  
  
• Writers Guild of Canada
  representing professional writers working in film, television, radio and multimedia production
  
  
• The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
  supporting and advocating Canadian book published authors; also have invaluable information on writing and publishing
  
  
• Young Alberta Book Society (YABS)
  committed to creating literary arts opportunities for young Albertans
  
  
• Young Poets
  articles, information, markets and contests for young poets

Publishers (Book and Magazine)

• Association of Canadian Publishers
  Information on over 140 Canadian publishers
  
  
• Alberta Magazine Publishers Association
  lists Alberta magazines
  
  
• Book Publishers Association of Alberta
  information and listings of Alberta’s book publishers
  
  
• Magazines Canada
  representing over 300 Canadian magazines

Professional Development and Writing Programs

• Banff Centre - Literary Arts Self-Directed Writing Residency

              Banff: offers space and services for individual writing projects.

• Kings University College - English Program
  Edmonton: offers degrees in English and Journalism

• Simon Fraser University - Writing and Publishing Program
  Vancouver: offers non-credit certificates, courses, public lectures, and events

• University of Calgary - Creative Writing Program
  Calgary: offers degrees in creative writing

WGA Sponsors

• Alberta Views
• The Banff Centre
• Marni Fullerton Features Inc.
• Western Financial Group’s WEST Magazine