Which authors would you read to discover the past of our province and region? What makes Alberta's history fascinating? Is it fascinating? What does everyone know or think they know about Alberta? What do we need to learn? Madeline Shaw-Wong, Shirley Smith Matheson, Jim Jackson, Faye Reinberg Holt

Writers who have been edited discuss their positive experiences along with examples of edits that have made the final piece of writing better.

Carrie Mumford, Peter V. Brett, Edward Willett, E. C. Bell, Raina Schnider

Researching Made Easy: primary sources, libraries, archives, travel, bibliographies and Wikipedia(?). How to get it right before you write. Panelists: Barb Galler Smith, Joe Compton, Michael Skeet, Tracy Cooper-Posey, S. G. Wong

To Mallory Or Not To Mallory? The literary history of King Arthur--medieval superhero--with editors and authors JR Campbell, Shannon Allen, Renee Bennett, Rick Overwater (By the Light of Camelot)

2017 festival guests Sam Hiyate, Mark Leslie, C.C. Humphreys, Jennifer Estep and Guy Gavriel Kay take questions from the floor ranging from what they're reading to their advice to budding authors.

World Fantasy Award winner Guy Gavriel Kay reads from Children of Earth and Sky during WWC 2017.

Paranormal and romance writer Jennifer Estep is the author of the Elemental Assassin series, among others. In this reading, WWC 2017 members learned about the dangers of an Old West theme park.

West coast writer C. C. Humphreys took WWC 2017 members on a steamy sidetrip into history with this excerpt from his Jack Absolute series. Parental guidance recommended for this one, please.

Mark Leslie is a suspense, thriller and nonfiction writer.  During the 2017 GoH readings, Mark recounted a visit to a haunted hospital

During the 2017 Guest of Honour readings, festival guest agent Sam Hiyate, president of The Rights Factory, shared excerpts from authors he represents: Jennifer Close and Andrew Kaufman.