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Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Current and upcoming Calgary Weekend Edition picks at Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor, with older listings kept in the archive.
1221 2 St SW, Calgary, T2R 0W5
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🔹Wordfest presents Rick Campanelli
With all the nostalgia for the ’90s, this is our moment to rally around Rick “The Temp” Campanelli, whose nickname was upgraded to “The Franchise” after his long tenure as a beloved MuchMusic VJ. His bombshell memoir, Tempted: My Story, takes us along his journey from Queen Street West to hosting ET: Canada and Breakfast Television in Toronto. And we have the perfect pro to lead the conversation and audience Q&A: Dave Kelly, the beloved host of Calgary’s Breakfast Television. Wordfest showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December.
🎉Witches, Cats & Poets: Story Time
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉Reading is FUNdamental with Deborah Ellis & Vikki VanSickle
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉A Morning with John Borrows & Shelagh Rogers
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉Fierce Attachments of the Feline Variety with Rosemary Sullivan
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉The Fabulous Andrew Sean Greer
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉A Morning with Jackie Morris
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉Wild Life with Neil Griffin & Dan Werb
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉What a Pair! Jillian & Lauren Tamaki
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉A Morning with Ruth Ozeki
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉Ways of Listening with Rollie Pemberton
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉The Savage Mind with David Treuer
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉Road Tripping with Patrick deWitt
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉What a Pair! Ellie Foumbi & Iain Reid
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉The (U.S.) Breakup with Kurt Andersen
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉An Evening with Anand Giridharadas
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉What a Pair! Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Canisia Lubrin
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉The Dead Dads Club
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.
🎉A New York State of Mind
This show is part of Wordfest’s Imaginairium festival, Oct. 13 to 18, 2026. Connect with 50+ of the world’s most arresting writers, thinkers, activators, and inspirers, gathered just for you in Calgary, Canada. Wordfest also showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more info, visit visit wordfest.com.