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WORDSTOCK 2024
PROSE BY PROS
One night. One novelist. One artist. Six emerging and established writers. All Fiction.
Welcome to Edmonton’s premiere celebration of fiction prose.
Welcome to WORDSTOCK.
What is Wordstock?
In an effort to compile a list of all the fiction nights available around Edmonton, it was discovered that there was a lack of opportunity to showcase the raw and seasoned talent thriving in our own community. In a world of open mic nights and poetry slams, the realm of fiction is often tucked into the drawer of the proverbial writer’s desk and forgotten…until now.
WORDSTOCK is a culmination of conversations and discussions amongst a mosaic of writers across Edmonton. In partnership with the Writers' Guild of Alberta, organizers have produced an event to celebrate pure creativity of the written word. Non-fiction and poetry show us the beauty of the everyday, while fiction can be stretched, twisted, and remade into something more. Through the power of sheer invention, a whole fabricated piece, conjured from the ether, can bring a reader even closer to life’s hidden truths.
From the darkest dungeons of Otranto’s castle, to flaming attack ships off the shoulder of Orion, to a small snail trying to make its way across an English garden, fiction holds no single providence. Fiction is the field of unchained creativity. Fiction is the heart of WORDSTOCK.
EVENT DETAILS
DATE
November 14, 2024
ADDRESS
Kaffa Roaster & Studio | 10920 88 Ave
EVENT TIME
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Event Itinerary
7:00 PM
Doors open
7:30 PM
Event Start
Ben Johns
Jo Dawyd
Ashley Alton
Invited Poet: Mark Smith
8:15 PM
Intermission
8:30 PM
Event Resumes
Derek Lantz
Laurence Braun-Woodbury
Lizzie Derksen
Guest Author: Jacqueline Baker
9:30 PM
Closing Remarks & Event Conclusion
Performer Line-Up
A novelist who represents the spirit and drive of long-form prose, is entwined in the artistic fabric of our literary community, and the very embodiment of that elusive thing we call... fiction.
One Guest Author
A practiced and well-honed hand in the performance of prose, chosen for their unique approach to language and the written word, and a tangible connection to our many allies in all things art.
One Invited Poet
The best of the rising best, representing the strongest in
up-and-coming creative prose, demonstrating the awesome power of fiction. As the tides rise and sway in an ocean of talent, these are among the strong few dictating the direction of the current.
Six Emerging Writers