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Wordfest A Celebration of Richard Wagamese
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
5:30 PM
Calgary
$25
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Kanata Classics recently released Starlight—the coda to Richard Wagamese’s iconic novel Medicine Walk—with an introduction by his “chosen sister”, the inimitable Shelagh Rogers.Join her and David A. Robertson (who penned the introduction to Kanata Classics’ rerelease of Medicine Walk) in a celebration of Wagamese’s life and legacy, including his years as a Calgary Herald columnist.
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