Ali Bryan is a novelist and creative nonfiction writer who explores the what-ifs, the wtfs, and the wait-a-minutes of every day. A two-time finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, her work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for both the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and optioned for TV by Sony Pictures. Her novels include Coq, The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships, Takedown, Roost (winner of the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction), The Figgs, and The Hill.
Wordfest turns 30 this year and we’re throwing a lively bash to celebrate the Calgarians who helped build Wordfest. It’s our way of thanking writers, readers, and community builders for helping to spark our thriving literary scene. And what better way to showcase this city’s range of wordy goodness than inviting seven of our finest storytellers to share a seven-minute tale about the relationship between their art and their hometown, in its all its contradictions, complexities, and connections. Join us for The Way We… Calgary’d, featuring Ali Bryan, Marcello Di Cintio, Will Ferguson, Cheryl Foggo, Richard Harrison, Joshua Whitehead, and Teresa Wong, with a special performance by Tom Phillips.
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta District 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
