Our yearly celebration of CBC’s Canada Reads is one of our liveliest showcases and this year, it’s too hot to handle. We couldn’t resist the allure of putting the hockey book—Searching for Terry Punchout penned by Calgary’s Tyler Hellard—in “forced proximity” to the romance read—the debut It’s Different This Time by Emmy Award-winning producer Joss...

Calgary’s own Glenn Dixon, the internationally bestselling author of Juliet’s Answer, returns to Wordfest with his highly anticipated new novel, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances, a charming tale — with timely Orwellian overtones—about a sentient Roomba vacuum that sets out to save the humans in her house. Dixon breathes life into an appliance that...

SOLD OUT! Click here to join the waitlist. (Thank you, Wordfesters, for your remarkable support. If you missed out on tickets, get yourself, your friends, family, and neighbours to sign up for our e-blast to ensure you never miss out next time!) Canadian Geographic named Adam Shoalts “one of our greatest living explorers.” Maclean's describes...