Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held Tuesdays at the Calgary Memorial Park Library, Lower Level, 1221 – 2 St SW.  We regularly meet only four months a year:

Fall session: October and November
Spring session: March and April

There can be exceptions, such as our September 2017 event!

For information on joining us as a guest, check our Page, JOIN US

NOTE: Special Event September 28, 2017

CWLC is hosting author Gail Bowen (2:00 – 3:00 pm, Memorial Park Library, lower level). This is an event for members only. See WordFest.com for Gail Bowen’s public event September 26.

 

October 2017		Presenting a paper on author:
3	Dolores Duval	Ross King
10	Lillian Tickles	Carol Shields
17	Moorea Gray	Stephan G. Stephansson
24	Flora Spackman	Orson Scott Card
31	Shawna Mattison	Haruki Murakami
November 2017
7	Robin Stanford	William Gibson
14	Wilda Dow	Amy Tan
21	Guest Bruce Hunter: CPL Writer-in-Residence
	tuesday, december 2 Winter Party (members only)
March 2018
6	Janet Halls	Elena Ferrante
13	Mavis Martienson	Mary Higgins Clark
20	Sandra Ens	Jane Urquhart
27	Guest Denise Chong: U of C  Writer-in-Residence
April 2018
3	Anne-Marie Duma	Tony Hillerman
10	Lyn Koltutsky	Emily Carr
17	Marcia Century	Donna Leon
25	Closing Luncheon and AGM

 

 

Literary Presentation Guidelines:

• Presentation should be a minimum of 30 – 35 minutes in length;
• Emphasis should be on the literary aspects of the work; influences on the author; the author’s life and times; and appropriate quotations from the body of work;
• The paper should address at least four or five books;
• The presenter should prepare two or three significant questions relating to their paper for general discussion following the presentation if time allows;
• The presenter should provide a summary, maximum one page, electronically and/or on paper, to the secretary for inclusion in the Glenbow archives and on the CWLC website.