STARFest > St. Albert Readers Festival

STARFest > St. Albert Readers Festival STARFest is the St. Albert Readers Festival, an annual celebration of writing, writers and reading. www.starfest.ca

Friday night still has us floating! Thank you Cody and Jason, for a conversation full of heart and humour. Until next ti...
02/09/2026

Friday night still has us floating! Thank you Cody and Jason, for a conversation full of heart and humour. Until next time, take good care!

Got Friday night plans? Join us Feb. 6 at 7 PM at the Downtown Library for an unforgettable conversation with Cody Caeta...
02/05/2026

Got Friday night plans? Join us Feb. 6 at 7 PM at the Downtown Library for an unforgettable conversation with Cody Caetano and Jason Purcell about Cody’s award-winning memoir, Half-Bads in White Regalia!

Join us on February 6th for Cody Caetano in conversation with the always thoughtful Jason Purcell as they discuss his u...
01/31/2026

Join us on February 6th for Cody Caetano in conversation with the always thoughtful Jason Purcell as they discuss his unforgettable, award-winning memoir, "Half-Bads in White Regalia."

Capturing the wonder and disorder of a precarious childhood, Caetano delivers a fever-dream coming-of-age story, garnished with a slang his own, unspooling a tangled family history with warmth, humour, and deep generosity. Don’t miss this conversation!

Friday, Feb. 6 | 7:00 PM
Downtown Library

Join us on February 6th for Cody Caetano in conversation with the always thoughtful Jason Purcell as they discuss his u...
01/25/2026

Join us on February 6th for Cody Caetano in conversation with the always thoughtful Jason Purcell as they discuss his unforgettable, award-winning memoir, "Half-Bads in White Regalia."

Capturing the wonder and disorder of a precarious childhood, Caetano delivers a fever-dream coming-of-age story, garnished with a slang his own, unspooling a tangled family history with warmth, humour, and deep generosity. Don’t miss this conversation!

Friday, Feb. 6 | 7:00 PM
Downtown Library
To register, visit: https://ow.ly/MABj50Y31Nm

Magpie Books will be there too, ready to help you walk away with more beauty in hand!

Friday night plans? Come join Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, and Aurora award-winning author Premee Mohammed in...
01/22/2026

Friday night plans? Come join Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, and Aurora award-winning author Premee Mohammed in conversation with Bree Taylor!

Premee's Annual Migration of Clouds Trilogy is an amazing work of speculative fiction that movingly explores friendship, survival, memory and regret set in a post apocalypse Alberta you didn't know could feel so familiar.

Friday, Jan. 23 | 7:00 PM
Downtown Library
To register: https://ow.ly/7tF950Y0Xy3

Join us for an unforgettable evening with award-winning speculative fiction author Premee Mohamed as she discusses The F...
01/14/2026

Join us for an unforgettable evening with award-winning speculative fiction author Premee Mohamed as she discusses The First Thousand Trees and her Annual Migration of Clouds Trilogy in conversation with Bree Taylor.

Friday, Jan 23, 2026
7:00 PM
Forsyth Hall, Downtown Library
Register: https://sapl.libcal.com/event/3948349

We recently shared details about this event (and next month’s with Cody Caetano!) in our STARFest newsletter. 📬 👉 Don’t miss out on future updates—sign up here: sapl.ca/mail-list.html

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🌟 STARFest Presents Premee Mohamed! 🌟Join us for an unforgettable evening with award-winning speculative fiction author ...
01/07/2026

🌟 STARFest Presents Premee Mohamed! 🌟

Join us for an unforgettable evening with award-winning speculative fiction author Premee Mohamed as she discusses The First Thousand Trees and her Annual Migration of Clouds Trilogy in conversation with Bree Taylor.

Friday, Jan 23, 2026
7:00 PM
Forsyth Hall, Downtown Library

We recently shared details about this event (and next month’s with Cody Caetano!) in our STARFest newsletter. 📬 👉 Don’t miss out on future updates—sign up here: sapl.ca/mail-list.html

🎧 Listen In!The U of A Reads podcast from the University of Alberta Alumni Association features a conversation with Cono...
12/23/2025

🎧 Listen In!
The U of A Reads podcast from the University of Alberta Alumni Association features a conversation with Conor Kerr, a recent STARFest favourite!
Recorded as part of the Beyond the Pages webinar series, Kerr—author of Prairie Edge and Beaver Hills Forever—reflects on how the Prairies shape his characters, their choices, and their futures.
👉 Tune in here: https://ow.ly/ASTT50XLA7m
📚

Photo by Bob Bondarevich

Thank you to Genevieve Graham and Katie Bickell for wrapping up the festival with such a warm and captivating conversati...
10/28/2025

Thank you to Genevieve Graham and Katie Bickell for wrapping up the festival with such a warm and captivating conversation!
📸 Stephanie Cragg

Thank you, Jen Sookfong Lee and Emily Riddle! From your insights on the horrors women can carry across generations to yo...
10/27/2025

Thank you, Jen Sookfong Lee and Emily Riddle! From your insights on the horrors women can carry across generations to your humour that captivated the audience, it was a truly memorable evening!

📸 Tulay Dicle

Wow! Somehow, we’ve arrived at the midway point of our readers' festival! Thank you to Amanda Peters and Diana Davidson ...
10/20/2025

Wow! Somehow, we’ve arrived at the midway point of our readers' festival! Thank you to Amanda Peters and Diana Davidson for the lively and vital conversation on Friday. Next up: Brian Thomas Isaac in conversation with the ever-candid Conor Kerr.

📸Bob Bondarevich & Lorne Soles

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