Edmonton Comes to Calgary: Theresa Shea

Name: Edmonton Comes to Calgary: Theresa Shea
Start: 2026-02-05T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2R 0X8

Schedule

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1302 4 St SW #100, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2R 0X8 | Calgary, AB

Edmonton Comes to Calgary: Lisa Martin in conversation with Julie Sedivy
In the spirit of deepening the literary connections between Alberta’s two major cities, this new reading series showcases the work and career trajectory of an Edmonton-based writer in conversation with Julie Sedivy. This edition, we are pleased to welcome Theresa Shea. Join us for a reading and in-depth conversation in which we’ll explore her preoccupations with faith, profound loss, uncertainty, and healing.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Theresa Shea is the author of two published novels. Her debut, "The Unfinished Child" (Brindle & Glass, 2013), was a finalist for the Georges Bugnet Award and the EPL Readers’ Choice Award. Her second, "The Shade Tree" (Guernica Editions, 2021), won the 2020 Guernica Prize (for best unpublished literary manuscript by a Canadian) and the 2022 Georges Bugnet Award. Her third novel, "Dog Days of Planet Earth", is forthcoming with ECW Press in fall 2026. A former instructor at MacEwan University and, most recently, a report writer for the City of Edmonton, Shea now writes full-time.

Julie Sedivy is a writer and linguist whose work straddles scientific and literary worlds. Her book "Memory Speaks" (Harvard University Press) was shortlisted for two Alberta Literary Awards and was named by The Economist as one of the top five books about language in a “golden age” of language writing. Her most recent book, "Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), won the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize and was a finalist for the Alberta Memoir Award. "Linguaphile" was listed as a Best Book of 2024 by The New Yorker and Kirkus. Julie has contributed writing to outlets such as Nautilus, Discover, Scientific American, the Literary Review of Canada, EuropeNow, Aeon + Psyche, and Politico. She is the co-editor (with Rona Altrows) of "Waiting," a collection of personal essays (University of Alberta Press), and the co-author (with Souad Shehab) of "Ayah and the Big World Outside," a forthcoming children’s book to be published by Orca. She is a citizen of three countries, and now makes her home on the achingly beautiful lands of Treaty 7.