Thursday, March 26 – Tools, Not Rules

Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, on Zoom. For members and invited guests Speaker – Mahrie Reid ARWA teaches people to write. This Thursday, multi-published author, Mahrie G. Reid, shares one of the best ways to learn the craft of writing. It’s a method she’s used for over thirty years with excellent results. Come on…

Trial Run of Zoom Workshops by ARWA

Sunday, March 22, 2020 Due to the Coronavirus, ARWA has suspended all meetings at St. Mark’s Manor. BUT… Welcome to the 21st Century!! Using the meeting app Zoom, ARWA will be continuing their workshop meeting in the virtual world. All members will be emailed a link to join the meeting. We will be looking for…

Saturday Workshop – March 14, 2020

For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Speaker: M. Jane Colette Organization, Creativity, and Flexibility M. Jane Colette riffs off her Organized Creative workshop (and workbook) to tell you why not being able to find matching socks, your notebook, and…

Saturday Workshop – February 8, 2020

For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Potluck for Annual Valentine’s Meeting Sex Scene Slip-ups Join Tammy-Lyn for an informative – and most likely hilarious – workshop on getting those sex scenes right!  Our Annual Valentine’s Pot-Luck to follow.

Saturday Christmas Party – December 14, 2019

For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. ARWA’s Annual Christmas Party. Come dressed festively and bring your favourite Christmas goodies to eat (pot luck). Our speaker is:  David Sweet – Lessons from the Force Hear stories and learn about police…

Thursday, November 28, 2019 – Armchair Research

Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, St. Mark’s Lodge, 2612 14A Street SW, Calgary. For members and invited guests Speaker – Mahrie G Reid Research is part of a writer’s life for both historical and contemporary writers. We’re lucky – we have online research and can do so much from home. But there is still…

Saturday Workshop – November 9, 2019

For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Building Characters – Jessica L. Jackson Please, join us for an examination of how we build the characters that inhabit our stories! Jessica L. Jackson is our presenter for our Saturday workshop this month.…

Saturday Workshop – October 12, 2019

For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Historical Fiction – Bret Cousins Historical fiction is a broader genre than you might think. Any story set in the past can be considered historical, be it romance, adventure, a spy story, or…

Bookstore Romance Day – Owl’s Nest

Saturday, August 17 at 10 AM If you didn’t burn out over When Words Collide… come do more crazy book stuff with MJ Colette and some of the CaRWA authors on Sat! MJ Colette will be doing Tarot card readings and ms consults. And spreading of the word and inviting peeps would be much appreciated.…