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SHELF LIFE BOOKS- Writing Calgary Event- creation, publishing and distribution
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When and where:
July 24 at 7 pm at Shelf Life Books, 4 Street and 13 Avenue, SW. Event link: https://shelflifebooks.ca
More about the panelists:
Lori Beattie: Since 2002 Lori has been writing and publishing best-selling guidebooks. In 2025 Lori published a much expanded 3rd edition of her hugely successful compendium of Calgary’s Best Walks. She is also the author of Calgary’s Best Bike Rides.
Kevin Allen: Author of Our Past Matters: Stories of Gay Calgary; The book is part of a larger project that has achieved national recognition and led to a series of award-winning documentary films, maps, essays, walking tours.
Charles Agopsowicz: A graphic designer, illustrator and comic/zine creator. Check out his zines here: https://store.withthesetwohands.com/
Jim Ellis: Jim wears many hats as the director of the U of C Institute of Humanities and U of C professor of English as well as the author numerous essays and books, including most recently The Poem, the Garden and the World: Poetry and Performativity in Elizabethan England (Northwestern UP, 2023). His current project looks at the role of plants in The Faerie Queene. Read more about Jim here: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/james-ellis