Schedules & Events

Share Your WIP (Work In Progress)! Share Your Ideas, Skills and Prose—From First Draft to Publication $66 ($22 per session) Join us for these interactive workshops facilitated by David Leach, Professor of Creative Non-Fiction Writing at the University of Victoria, author, and past presenter at the 2019 Calgary Jewish Book Festival. Share your ideas, skills, and prose – from first draft to publication. Learn to hook your reader, set your scene, create your characters, and revise and publish.

Calgary JCC has joined with the Marcus JCC in Atlanta to offer premium literary programming through this year’s virtual Book Festival. Never Alone ZOOM Webinar Author Talk and Q&A | Click for Tickets $6 for one virtual ticket or $36 for one virtual ticket and copy of book (shipping included) Never Alone is a classic account of courage, integrity and belonging. In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist for the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement…

Pizza Napoletana, a sheet-pan pizza topped with tomatoes, parsley and parmesan, was one of the most popular offerings at Corona Bakery in Montreal. This bakery was opened in 1932 by Kat’s great-grandfather, Donato Monaco, after he immigrated to Canada from Italy. While learning to make this pizza, Kat decided to replace the lard traditionally included in the recipe with vegetable shortening. This was a way to honour both her Italian and Jewish identities, and carry a tradition rooted in her…

Calgary JCC has joined with the Marcus JCC in Atlanta to offer premium literary programming through this year’s virtual Book Festival. Why Did I Come Into This Room? A Candid Conversation About Aging In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Journalist ZOOM Webinar Author Talk and Q&A | Click for Tickets $11USD for one event ticket or $36USD for one event ticket and copy of book (includes shipping) A funny “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” for the aging woman, acclaimed…

Calgary JCC has joined with the Marcus JCC in Atlanta to offer premium literary programming through this year’s virtual Book Festival. I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post Holocaust Memoir In conversation with one of her sons — TBD 5:45pm: Opens with Kristallnacht Commemoration — Rabbi Brian Glusman | Click for Tickets Free virtual ticket or one virtual ticket and one copy of book for $35USD (includes shipping) Esther Safran Foer grew up in a home where…

Share Your WIP (Work In Progress)! Share Your Ideas, Skills and Prose—From First Draft to Publication $66 ($22 per session) Join us for these interactive workshops facilitated by David Leach, Professor of Creative Non-Fiction Writing at the University of Victoria, author, and past presenter at the 2019 Calgary Jewish Book Festival. Share your ideas, skills, and prose – from first draft to publication. Learn to hook your reader, set your scene, create your characters, and revise and publish.

Calgary JCC has joined with the Marcus JCC in Atlanta to offer premium literary programming through this year’s virtual Book Festival. Long Way Home In Conversation with Mara Davis, Local Atlanta Media Maven ZOOM Webinar Author Talk and Q&A $11USD for one virtual ticket or $24USD for one virtual ticket and paperback copy of book (shipping included) From the scion of Hollywood royalty–son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas–a moving, often shocking, ultimately inspiring memoir detailing his struggle to…